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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) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Tadpole Flock 2013 Speaker 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) Egg Apex Tadpole with Legs White Hat Novice (Wordsmith I) Take this and call me in the morning Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Vacation Secretary General No Longer a Ronin Associate Editor Proven Packager Sensei Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit Froglet What goes around comes around (Karma I) The Blessing of the FPL Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Flock 2014 Speaker Helping Hand If you build it... (Koji Success III) Senior Badger (Badger II) Flock 2014 Attendee Nuancier 21 Flock Paparazzi Party Pirate Science (Kernel Tester I) Dancing with Toshio Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Readiness FUDCon Managua Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Corporate Drone What goes around comes around (Karma II) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Shellshocked Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee The Panda Is In Flock 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) OSCON 2015 Attendee DevConf 2015 Attendee Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Nuancier (F22) Macaron (Cookie I) Science (Kernel Tester II) Flock 2015 Speaker Origin Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Delivery Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) 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) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Partners in Crime Corporate Shill What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor The Last Argument of Kings Top 100 Black and White (Cookie III) Senior Editor Top 25 Top 500 Nuancier F24 Patches (SCM V) Fedora 24 Change Accepted Flock 2016 Attendee The cat came back... Krakow Brews! Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Nuancier F26 All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Community Messenger I Nuancier F25 Security Team Meeting of the Minds Binary Star Chief Editor Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 F28 i18n Test Day Participant Adult Frog Steampunk Arcade Flock 2017 Attendee Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Flock 2018 Attendee Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Fedora Podcast Interviewee Catching the Bull (Tester IV) It's a Cake Thing Rollercoaster Restaurant Parselmouth I I Voted: Fedora 29 Badge Junkie (Badger IV) You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Flock 2019 Attendee Fedora Advocate 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) I Voted: Fedora 32 F32 i18n Test Day Participant Magazine Editor I Voted: Fedora 33 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 34 Community Survey Taker I Museum Visitor Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest Attendee 2021 I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 I voted: Fedora 37 IoT Working Group Member Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) I voted: Fedora 38 Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: 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) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker 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) Egg Tadpole Tadpole with Legs Take this and call me in the morning Apex White Hat Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Secretary General No Longer a Ronin Sensei Proven Packager Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit Vacation Associate Editor The Blessing of the FPL Froglet Helping Hand Flock 2014 Speaker Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) If you build it... (Koji Success III) What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Flock 2014 Attendee Party Pirate Flock Paparazzi Science (Kernel Tester I) Dancing with Toshio Nuancier 21 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes around comes around (Karma II) Shellshocked Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Corporate Drone What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Readiness You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) FUDCon Managua The Panda Is In FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Flock 2015 Attendee Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) OSCON 2015 Attendee DevConf 2015 Attendee Nuancier (F22) Macaron (Cookie I) Science (Kernel Tester II) Origin Delivery Flock 2015 Speaker Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Nom Nom Nom Def 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 Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Nuancier F23 Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Master Badger (Badger III) Partners in Crime Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Senior Editor What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Black and White (Cookie III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Top 25 What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor The Last Argument of Kings Top 500 Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Top 100 Fedora 24 Change Accepted Patches (SCM V) Nuancier F24 Krakow Brews! Flock 2016 Attendee All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) The cat came back... Nuancier F25 Community Messenger I Security Team Adult Frog Nuancier F26 Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Steampunk Arcade Flock 2017 Attendee Binary Star Chief Editor Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 F28 i18n Test Day Participant Fedora Podcast Interviewee Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Meeting of the Minds It's a Cake Thing Flock 2018 Attendee Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Rollercoaster Restaurant Catching the Bull (Tester IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 Parselmouth I You’re on a boat! Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Flock 2019 Attendee Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Fedora Advocate I Voted: Fedora 31 I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) I Voted: Fedora 32 F32 i18n Test Day Participant I Voted: Fedora 33 Magazine Editor Lets have a party Fedora 33 nest-attendee-2020 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee Community Survey Taker I Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 34 Nest Attendee 2021 I Voted: Fedora 35 Museum Visitor I Voted: Fedora 36 I voted: Fedora 38 Community Survey Taker 2022 IoT Working Group Member Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee I voted: Fedora 37 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: Fedora 39 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39)