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Yn1v: Neville A. Cross

Neville A. Cross

General Data

Fedora Account: yn1v
GPG:96851663
Blog: http://taygon.com (Spanish)
IRC: yn1v (usually #fedora-latam for meetings)
Location: Managua, Nicaragua. 1206.29 N / 08615.91 W Time Zone: UTC +06:00
Nationality: Nicaraguan Languages: Spanish (first language), English (as second language), Portuguese (just a bit).
Call Sign: YN1V (for Amateur Radio)
Linux User #: 473217
E-mail:

About me

I am Business Administrator, I do not posses any technical training or certification. You may be tricket to think that I have, I swear I do not. Really! My technical side comes from the fact that I am an amateur radio since 1993. My very first attempts with linux were with Red Hat around 1999. I came back to it a couple of times but run into hardware incompatibilities. I took a book of FC4 bible in 2006 and have been using Fedora as my main OS ever since.

I have joined the local Fedora community called Fedora-ni on march 2008. By the same time I have joined the LUG: GUL-NIC (Grupo de Usuarios Linux en Nicaragua).

Roles

Fedora Ambassador (2008)
Freemedia Coordinator (2009) Personal Log
Marketing Team (2010) Currently Inactive
Fedora Weekely News, Ambassador Beat Writer. Currently Inactive
Mentor for Ambassadors. Currently Inactive
FAmSCo (Dec 2010 - Jun 2012) and current period starting Feb 2014
Fedora Community Card Holder Report
Fedora Board Member since Feb 2014

Badges

Interest

Fedora Amateur Radio Special Interest Group
Fedora Robotics Special Interest Group

Events

FISL / FUDCon LATAM. Porto Alegre, Brazil (2009)
Marketing FAD. Raleigh, NC, USA (2010)
FUDCon NA. Tempe, AZ, USA (2011)
FUDCon LATAM. Panama City, Panama (2011)

Publications

Article: Software Freedom at Nicaragua at Observador Economico Magazine online version (spanish)

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 = Neville A. Cross =
-== Contact Data ==
+== General Data ==
-*'''Blog:''' http://neville.siqueres.com (Spanish)
-*'''Website:''' http://www.geocities.com/displicente (Spanish)
-*'''E-mail:''' nacross (at) gmail (dot) com
-*'''PGP:'''96851663
-*'''IRC:''' yn1v (usually #fedora-latam and #fedora-ni at freenode when time allows it)
 *'''Fedora Account:''' yn1v
+*'''GPG:'''96851663
+*'''Blog:''' http://taygon.com (Spanish)
+*'''IRC:''' yn1v (usually #fedora-latam for meetings)
+*'''Location:''' Managua, Nicaragua. 1206.29 N / 08615.91 W '''Time Zone:''' UTC +06:00
+*'''Nationality:''' Nicaraguan '''Languages:''' Spanish (first language), English (as second language), Portuguese (just a bit).
+*'''Call Sign:''' YN1V (for Amateur Radio)
+*'''Linux User #:''' 473217
+*'''E-mail:'''
+[[Image:neville_email.png]]
-== Mini Bio ==
+== About me ==
-I am Admnistrative Manager at [http://www.teodolinda.com.ni Hotel Mansion Teodolinda] at Managua city, capital of Nicaragua. I have a business degree, so I am not a deep knowledgeable computer person. I am a Amateur Radio since 1993, and a enthusiast on packet radio. By now I have a license of the highest level.
+I am Business Administrator, I do not posses any technical training or certification. You may be tricket to think that I have, I swear I do not. Really! My technical side comes from the fact that I am an amateur radio since 1993. My very first attempts with linux were with Red Hat around 1999. I came back to it a couple of times but run into hardware incompatibilities. I took a book of FC4 bible in 2006 and have been using Fedora as my main OS ever since.
-My very first attempts with linux were with Red Hat around 1999, I had several hardware problems and leave it for some years. I took a book of FC4 bible in 2006 and have been using Fedora as my main OS ever since.
+I have joined the local Fedora community called [http://www.fedora.org.ni Fedora-ni] on march 2008. By the same time I have joined the LUG: GUL-NIC (Grupo de Usuarios Linux en Nicaragua).
-I have joined the local Fedora community called [http://www.fedora-ni.net Fedora-ni] on march 2008. By the same time I have joined the local LUG: GUL-NIC (Grupo de usuarios Linux de Nicaragua).
+== Roles ==
-There is no much Linux formal training opportunities at Nicaragua, so I took a short course in Linux Server Administration based on openSUSE (May - June 2008). This helped me a lot to fill in where my empiric learning have left voids.
+* Fedora Ambassador (2008)
+* Freemedia Coordinator (2009) [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Yn1v/freemedia_log Personal Log]
+* Marketing Team (2010) Currently Inactive
+* Fedora Weekely News, Ambassador Beat Writer. Currently Inactive
+* Mentor for Ambassadors. Currently Inactive
+* FAmSCo (Dec 2010 - Jun 2012) and current period starting Feb 2014
+* Fedora Community Card Holder [[User:Yn1v/Community_credit_card_report| Report]]
+* Fedora Board Member since Feb 2014
-I applied to become Fedora ambassador on August 20th, 2008.
+== Badges ==
+{{ #fedorabadges: yn1v }}
-February 2008 marked the beginning of a difficult situation. As the Fedora Nicaragua web site frozen on time, it was needed another local news space. [http://www.fedora.org.ni Fedora Nicaragua] came to life with a mailing list and the promise of a local repo.
+== Interest==
+* Fedora Amateur Radio Special Interest Group
+* Fedora Robotics Special Interest Group
-Luckily there was a Linux course based on Fedora on March 2009. This really help me get a hang of terminal.
+== Events ==
+* FISL / FUDCon LATAM. Porto Alegre, Brazil (2009)
+* Marketing FAD. Raleigh, NC, USA (2010)
+* FUDCon NA. Tempe, AZ, USA (2011)
+* FUDCon LATAM. Panama City, Panama (2011)
-Since April 2009 I have been running administrative task on FreeMedia Program.
+= Publications =
-There are moments when everything happened at the same time. June 2009 was this kind of time. There was a successful [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2009-August/msg00151.html Fedora 11 Launch Event] in Managua. I made presence in the First Central American Free Software Encounter representing Fedora Community. Finnaly I was invited to FISL and Fudcon LATAM.
+* Article: Software Freedom at Nicaragua at ''Observador Economico'' Magazine [http://www.elobservadoreconomico.com/articulo/675 online version (spanish)]
-== Trivia ==
-*'''Location:''' Managua, Nicaragua. 1206.29 N / 08615.91 W
-*'''Time Zone:''' UTC +06:00
-*'''Languages:''' Spanish (first language), English (as second language), Portuguese (just a bit).
-*'''Nacionality:''' Nicaraguan
-*'''Higer Education:'''
-** BA Business Administration - [http://www.uca.edu.ni Universidad Centroamericana], Nicaragua.
-** MSc Organisational Change and Development - [http://www.manchester.ac.uk The University of Manchester] - United Kingdom.
-*'''Call Sing:''' YN1V (for Amateur Radio)
-= Fedora Contributor =
-== Groups ==
-* [[Ambassadors | Ambassadors]]
-* [[SIGs/AmateurRadio | Fedora Amateur Radio Special Interest Group]]
-* [[Distribution/FreeMedia Freemedia]]
-== Tasks ==
-* Editor of [http://fedora.org.ni Fedora Nicaragua Blog]
-* List administrator of [http://fedora.org.ni/mailman/listinfo/fedora Fedora Nicaragua mailing List]
-* Support at the Fedora Nicaragua Mailing List and Fedora Latam Mailing List
-* Free Media Program member since November 26th, 2008.
-** [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Yn1v/freemedia_log Log of the Free Media I have sent]
-** Help with membership management for Free-Media group and Free-media mailing list. Since April 23th, 2009
-== Projects as an Ambassador ==
-* Promote a monthly gathering where users that get Fedora installed from different install parties can get support. Working with local FOSS community we have established Pizza-Bash events. This are an informal activity where people can get help face to face. I have been hanging Fedora posters and helping Fedora users.
-* Set up a local repository at Nicaragua. In the mean time set up a private repository for updates a give access to users that do not have internet and also to be used at install parties without internet access. A local ISP has shown interest in this project, they are allocating server space for this. Update(19 feb 2009) the server is on. Most files are stored, rsync is completing them. Test looks fine so far.(9 Apr 2009) The Nicaraguan repo is working, more info [http://fedora.org.ni/?p=18 here (Spanish)]
-* Participate in the Spanish translation of [http://www.fedorafaq.org The unofficial Fedora FAQ]
-* Help on the documentation of Amateur Radio applications that are included on Fedora
-= FOSS =
-==FOSS Projects==
-* Set up a wiki to share instructions for setting up linux for amateur radio use. Specially the topics related to AX.25.
-* Set up a local forum to provide support for [http://www.gnucash.org GNUCash]
-= Publications =
-* Article: Software Freedom at Nicaragua at ''Observador Economico'' Magazine [http://www.elobservadoreconomico.com/articulo/675 online version (spanish)]
+----
-[[Category:Ambassadors from Nicaragua]]
+[[Category:Nicaragua]][[Category:Ambassadors]][[Category:Ambassadors from Nicaragua]]

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