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=== Goals ===
== Goals as the Fedora Project Leader ==


==== As the Fedora Project Leader ====
* Oversee the entire Fedora Project -- if it's in Fedora, ultimately I'm accountable for it.
* Oversee the entire Fedora Project -- if it's in Fedora, ultimately I'm accountable for it.
* Act as a catalyst within the community to improve communications and encourage excellent behavior
* Act as a catalyst within the community to improve communications and encourage excellent behavior
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* Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
* Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
* Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.
* Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.
==== As a Contributor ====
* Provide top-tier quality documentation for Fedora products and services.
* Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
* Strive to provide a good example of dealing with other people in a constructive, friendly way at all times.

Revision as of 20:23, 9 July 2010

Jared Smith
Jared Smith
Fedora Information
FAS name: jsmith
Fedora email: jsmith@fedoraproject.org
IRC nick: jsmith
IRC channels: #fedora-docs, #asterisk-doc, #asterisk-dev, #asterisk-bugs (and others)
Fedorapeople page: https://jsmith.fedorapeople.org
Badges (183)
Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet III) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Tadpole Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Apex Egg Tadpole with Legs White Hat Take this and call me in the morning Secretary General No Longer a Ronin Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Sensei Let Me Introduce Myself Vacation Froglet Associate Editor White Rabbit Proven Packager The Blessing of the FPL Flock 2014 Speaker Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Helping Hand What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) If you build it... (Koji Success III) Flock 2014 Attendee Science (Kernel Tester I) Party Pirate Dancing with Toshio Nuancier 21 Flock Paparazzi What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Readiness Shellshocked Corporate Drone Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) What goes around comes around (Karma II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) FUDCon Managua The Panda Is In Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Flock 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Nuancier (F22) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) DevConf 2015 Attendee OSCON 2015 Attendee Macaron (Cookie I) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Science (Kernel Tester II) Origin Flock 2015 Speaker Delivery Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Nom Nom Nom Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Nuancier F23 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Master Badger (Badger III) Corporate Shill Partners in Crime Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Black and White (Cookie III) Senior Editor Master Editor Top 100 The Last Argument of Kings Top 25 Flock 2016 Attendee Top 500 Patches (SCM V) Fedora 24 Change Accepted Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Nuancier F24 Nuancier F25 The cat came back... Krakow Brews! All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Community Messenger I Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Security Team Nuancier F26 Adult Frog Chief Editor Steampunk Arcade Binary Star F28 i18n Test Day Participant Flock 2017 Attendee Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 I Voted: Fedora 29 Meeting of the Minds Flock 2018 Attendee Rollercoaster Restaurant Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Fedora Podcast Interviewee It's a Cake Thing Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Fedora Advocate Flock 2019 Attendee Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 32 I Voted: Fedora 33 Lets have a party Fedora 34 nest-attendee-2020 Lets have a party Fedora 33 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Magazine Editor Community Survey Taker I I Voted: Fedora 34 Museum Visitor Nest Attendee 2021 I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2022 IoT Working Group Member I voted: Fedora 37 I voted: Fedora 38 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2023 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) I voted: Fedora 39
 
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This page will be changing soon.
I'm joining Red Hat as the new Fedora Project Leader starting Monday, July 12. You'll find more information here shortly about me and my work in the Fedora Project.

My name is Jared Smith. I'm a big Linux geek. I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP. I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should. I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices). As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest. Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony.

Contact

  • Email: Jared's Email
  • IRC: jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #fedora-admin, #asterisk-docs)
  • GPG key: Key ID 8B670B7A
  • Fedora Account: jsmith

Activities within Fedora

  • I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself. I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican. I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server. (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)

Goals as the Fedora Project Leader

  • Oversee the entire Fedora Project -- if it's in Fedora, ultimately I'm accountable for it.
  • Act as a catalyst within the community to improve communications and encourage excellent behavior
  • Work with the Fedora Program Manager John Poelstra, Fedora Engineering Manager Tom "Spot" Callaway, and the Community Architecture team to make sure that Fedora is making constant, substantial progress in its mission to advance free and open source software.
  • Chair the Fedora Project Board, and ensure that the Board is effectively advising and guiding the Fedora Project where needed.
  • Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
  • Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.