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{{Admon/note | This page will be changing soon. | I'm joining [http://redhat.com 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.  For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/.  I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.
 
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 ==
== Contact ==
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* '''Email''': [mailto:jsmith-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org Jared's Email]
* '''Email''': [mailto:jsmith-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org Jared's Email]
* '''IRC''': jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #fedora-admin, #asterisk-docs)
* '''IRC''': jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #fedora-admin, #asterisk-docs)
* '''GPG key''': Key ID 8B670B7A
* '''GPG key''': Key ID 210BDF5A
* '''Fedora Account''': jsmith
* '''Fedora Account''': jsmith
* '''Blog''': http://www.jaredsmith.net/


== Activities within Fedora ==
== 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.)
* I was the [[FPL|Fedora Project Leader]] for two years.
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* 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.   
<!-- Add info about general Asterisk experience, and specifically how it applied to Fedora Talk -->
* 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.)
<!-- Add outside experience from previous employment -->
* I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.
<!-- Link to a self introduction somewhere in the project: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/infrastructure/2008-February/003614.html ... should work nicely -->
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=== Goals ===
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== 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
* Work with the Fedora Program Manager [[user:poelcat|John Poelstra]], Fedora Engineering Manager [[user:spot|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.
* Work with the Fedora Program Manager [[user:JohnPoelstra|John Poelstra]], Fedora Engineering Manager [[user:spot|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 [[Board| Fedora Project Board]], and ensure that the Board is effectively advising and guiding the Fedora Project where needed.
* Chair the [[Board| 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.
* 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.
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== Education Background ==
Jared graduated in 2001 from Utah State University with a degree in Computer Engineering.
His fondest memory of his USU education involves a course taught by [http://digital.cs.usu.edu/~allan/ Professor Stephen J. Allan]:
"The class was something like "Unix Basics" or something boring like that, but the teacher made the assignments interesting, by forcing you to work with others in the class to solve a problem. A typical assignment might go something like this: 'Joe, you write an awk script to take this file I give you and transform it to look like this -- Susie, you take that, and use grep and sed to do this to it, Jared -- you take that and write a Perl script to do this...' and so on. So not only did we learn the tools, we had to communicate our expectations and assumptions with the other members of our team."
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== Badges ==
To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:


==== As a Contributor ====
{{ #fedorabadges: jsmith }}
* 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.

Latest revision as of 16:49, 31 August 2017

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

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. For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/. I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.

Contact

Activities within Fedora

  • I was the Fedora Project Leader for two years.
  • 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.)
  • I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.


Badges

To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:

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