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You can find [[/Bio | my official bio here]].


I work for [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] as the [[FPL| Fedora Project Leader]] and chairman of the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]].  I also dabble in the following bits:
I joined [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] in February 2008, and until July 2010, I served as the [[Project Leader|Fedora Project Leader]] and chairman of the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]].  Starting in 2010, until launch in June 2014, I worked as a development coordinator for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
* The [[DocsProject | Documentation team]], as a writer, editor, and part-time balladeer
* Maintainer of fedora-release-notes and [[#Package_Maintenance|a few other useful packages]]
* Help with the [[Marketing]] team
* Merciless and sometimes foolhardy [[wiki gardening]]


I also help drive the [http://fredlug.tux.org/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group]  (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.
Since late 2013, I've been the manager of the [[Fedora Engineering]] team. I spend most of my Fedora time providing light direction, internal and administrative support, and roadblock-clearing for the team members. I see my job as helping them (1) be maximally successful at their jobs, and (2) develop as Red Hat associates and professionals.


I was a founding member of the [[Board|Fedora Project Board]], and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.
Nowadays in what little spare time I have, I dabble in the following Fedora bits:
* Editing and sometimes writing for the [[Magazine]] ([https://fedoramagazine.org direct link])
* Give bits of advice and help to the [[FPL]] as a member of the "ex-FPL club"
* Work on my own [http://pulsecaster.org PulseCaster] project (it's [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/pulsecaster available in Fedora] of course!)
* Maintain Fedora [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/pfrields?acls=commit packages]


= Active Documents =
I'm a member (inactive) in the [http://fredlug.info/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group] (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.


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I was a founding member of the [[Board|Fedora Project Board]] as a volunteer contributor, and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.  I've been involved in the Fedora Project since 2003.
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These documents appear on the [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora documentation]  Web site and in [http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/docs.shtml Docs CVS] .  I have done authorial or editorial work on the following documents:


* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/ Installation Guide]
[[Category:Ambassadors from the USA]]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ Release Notes]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/jargon-buster/ Jargon Buster]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/translation-quick-start-guide Translation Quick Start Guide]
 
In the past, I've also worked on these (now obsolete) documents:
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-install-guide-en/ Installation Guides for FC4, FC5]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq-fc5 SELinux FAQ for FC5]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/ Yum Software Management for FC3, FC4]
 
= Package Maintenance =
 
I maintain or co-maintain the following packages in [[PackageMaintainers| the Fedora package collection]]:
* blogtk
* fedora-release-notes
* nautilus-open-terminal
* nautilus-sendto
* perl-PatchReader
* xmldiff (''This is the Logilab Python version.'')
* xmlstarlet
 
I no longer maintain the following [[Extras| Extras]] packages:
* drivel - dead upstream
* gnome-sudoku - moved into ''gnome-games''
 
= Obsolete Documents =
 
These are deprecated because of changes over time to Fedora.  Currently these still appear in CVS, but may eventually become wistful memories.
 
* [http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/usb-hotplug/?root=docs USB-Hotplug Tutorial]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/mirror/ Mirror Tutorial for FC2]
 
== Web Publishing to docs.fedoraproject.org ==
 
This subject is now covered in the [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/documentation-guide/ Documentation Guide].
 
= Self Introduction =
 
Name: Paul W. Frields
 
Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA
 
Profession: Engineering Project Manager
 
Company: [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat, Inc.]
 
== Goals ==
 
=== As the FPL ===
* Oversee the entire Fedora Project -- if it's in Fedora, ultimately I'm accountable for it.
* Work with the Fedora Program Manager (JohnPoelstra), Fedora Engineering Manager (TomCallaway), and the CommunityArchitecture 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.
* 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.
 
=== As a Contributor ===
* Provide top-tier quality documentation for Fedora products.
* 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.
 
== Historical Qualifications ==
 
* The Fedora Project was my first work as an open-source contributor.
* I have used Linux since 1997, Red Hat Linux 4.1 (Vanderbilt), and have used every Red Hat and Fedora distribution since.  I am comfortable with most aspects of system administration, and fellow sysadmins in my previous jobs often came to me with questions.  On the other hand, through working in Fedora I've met truly gifted sysadmins who make my work look pretty shoddy by comparison.
* I have taught Linux to literally thousands of seminar attendees and classroom students (working professionals, mainly) using these products.
* I work on the Fedora Documentation Project, and they seem to trust me.
 
== Skill Areas ==
 
HIGH:  bash, GNU make, DocBook, RHCE (need recert!), communication skills (writing, teaching, public speaking)<BR>
MEDIUM/LOW:  XML/XSL/XSLT, Python, Perl, C/C++
 
= GPG Information =
 
<pre>pub  1024D/BD113717 1997-09-19
Key fingerprint = 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
sub  4096g/46D87F1F 1997-09-19</pre>
 
[[Category:Homepage]] [[Category:AmbassadorsUSA]]

Latest revision as of 17:03, 3 January 2018

Paul W. Frields
Paul W. Frields
Personal Information
Birthday:
Home: http://paul.frields.org/
Fedora-specific Information
FAS-Name: pfrields
Fedora-Mail: pfrields@fedoraproject.org
Miscellaneous Information
Private Mail:
GPG-Key: BD113717
IRC: stickster on Libera.chat in
#fedora-docs, #fedora-mktg, #fedora-admin, #fedora-advisory-board, #fedora-ambassadors, #fredlug (and others)
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Speak Up! Associate Editor Junior Editor Involvement Tanked! Flock 2013 Attendee Secretary General Pixel Ninja You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador Packager Sponsor Bona Fide If you build it... (Koji Success II) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Nuancier Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Let Me Introduce Myself Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Riddle Me This Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Embryo Froglet Tadpole Egg Tadpole with Legs Apex Baby Badger White Rabbit DevConf 2014 Attendee If you build it... (Koji Success III) Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Partners in Crime Rockin' & Rollin' Senior Editor Heartbleed Buster Take this and call me in the morning The Blessing of the FPL Paranoid Panda Vacation Senior Badger (Badger II) White Hat Flock 2014 Speaker Extra!  Extra! Flock 2014 Attendee Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Party Pirate Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Nuancier 21 Corporate Drone Dancing with Toshio Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Readiness In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Flock 2014 Organizer Master Editor What goes around comes around (Karma I) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Let's do lunch! Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Fedora at RH Summit, 2015 Design Ninja Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine II) Origin Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Flock 2015 Speaker DevConf 2015 Speaker Macaron (Cookie I) Adult Frog Chief Editor Clickbait (Fedora Magazine III) Flock 2015 Organizer Flock 2015 Attendee Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Nom Nom Nom Websites.NEXT Nuancier F23 Top 100 Old Yeller Grandmaster Editor Top 500 Maestro Badge Muse (Badges Released I) Docs FAD 2016 Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Common Bugs Contributor Black and White (Cookie III) Nuancier F24 Flock 2016 Organizer Red Hat Summit 2016 Master Badger (Badger III) Nuancier F25 Flock 2016 Attendee Flock 2016 Speaker Community Messenger I Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Nuancier F26 Board Member Flock 2017 Attendee Red Hat Summit 2017 Steampunk Arcade Flock 2017 Organizer Rainbow (Cookie V) Nuancier F28 Fedora Podcast Interviewee Red Hat Summit 2018 Helping Hand Rollercoaster Restaurant What goes around comes around (Karma II) Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Council Member I Voted: Fedora 31 Parselmouth I Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) DevConf.cz 2020 Attendee Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) United Packages of Fedora I Voted: Fedora 33 Magazine Editor nest-attendee-2020 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Nest Attendee 2021 Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: Fedora 39
 

You can find my official bio here.

I joined Red Hat in February 2008, and until July 2010, I served as the Fedora Project Leader and chairman of the Fedora Project Board. Starting in 2010, until launch in June 2014, I worked as a development coordinator for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Since late 2013, I've been the manager of the Fedora Engineering team. I spend most of my Fedora time providing light direction, internal and administrative support, and roadblock-clearing for the team members. I see my job as helping them (1) be maximally successful at their jobs, and (2) develop as Red Hat associates and professionals.

Nowadays in what little spare time I have, I dabble in the following Fedora bits:

I'm a member (inactive) in the Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.

I was a founding member of the Fedora Project Board as a volunteer contributor, and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007. I've been involved in the Fedora Project since 2003.