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= Ben Cotton =
= Ben Cotton =
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Greetings from your Fedora Program Manager!
Greetings from your Fedora Program Manager!
== Contact ==
'''Email''': [mailto:bcotton@fedoraproject.org bcotton@fedoraproject.org]
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'''IRC''': ''bcotton'' on the [http://freenode.net freenode IRC network]
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'''Social media'''
* '''Twitter''' [https://twitter.com/funnelfiasco @FunnelFiasco]
* '''LinkedIn''' [https://www.linkedin.com/in/BCotton/ Ben Cotton]
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'''Other Information'''
* '''GPG key''': [https://keybase.io/funnelfiasco keybase]
* '''Location''': Lafayette, Indiana, USA
* '''Timezone''': America/Indiana/Indianapolis
* '''Website''': [https://funnelfiasco.com funnelfiasco.com]


== Activities within Fedora ==
== Activities within Fedora ==


=== Fedora Program Manager ===
=== Fedora Program Manager ===
I started as the Fedora Program Manager on June 25th. I'll have more to say here once I get settled in.  
I started as the Fedora Program Manager in June 2018. I wrangle the [[Changes changes]], manage the [[Schedule schedule]], and generally help herd the cats.  


=== My Badges ===
=== My Badges ===
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=== Documentation Project ===
=== Documentation Project ===
I was volunteered to be the Docs project leader in November 2011. Mostly my contributions involve administrivia, easy bug fixes, and occasional chapters about printing. I sort of faded away from the docs project when life got in the way.
I was volunteered to be the Docs project leader in November 2011. Mostly my contributions involve administrivia, easy bug fixes, and occasional chapters about printing. I sort of faded away from the docs project when life got in the way.
I have a [[User:Bcotton/DocBook_notes|page of DocBook notes]] because I haven't found one elsewhere on the wiki.
I also have a page of [[User:Bcotton/Useful_links]] because I can never seem to find what I'm looking for via the wiki search.

Revision as of 16:50, 19 July 2018

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Ben Cotton

Greetings from your Fedora Program Manager!

Activities within Fedora

Fedora Program Manager

I started as the Fedora Program Manager in June 2018. I wrangle the Changes changes, manage the Schedule schedule, and generally help herd the cats.

My Badges

  Involvement  Mugshot  Bloggin' it! (Planet III)  Bloggin' it! (Planet I)  Bloggin' it! (Planet II)  Embryo  Tadpole  Egg  Working' a Beat (Beat Writer I)  Junior Badger (Badger I)  Working' a Beat (Beat Writer IV)  Working' a Beat (Beat Writer III)  Working' a Beat (Beat Writer II)  Associate Editor  Novice (Wordsmith I)  If you build it... (Koji Success II)  LISA16  Secretary General  Top 500  Let's do lunch!  Master Editor  Flock 2018 Attendee  Fedora Podcast Interviewee  What goes around comes around (Karma I)  Chocolate Chip (Cookie II)  White Rabbit  Crypto Badger  Chief Editor  Common Bugs Contributor  Black and White (Cookie III)  Community Messenger III  Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II)  Grandmaster Editor  Prolific!  Flock 2019 Attendee  Top 100  Ohio LinuxFest 2019  I Voted: Fedora 31  Perceiving the Bull (Tester III)  Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II)  It still works!  Readiness  I Voted: Fedora 30  Extra!  Extra!  Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I)  Clickbait (Fedora Magazine II)  Clickbait (Fedora Magazine III)  Fedora 32 Change Accepted  The Blessing of the FPL  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV)  Fedora Advocate  Taming the Bull (Tester V)  nest-attendee-2020  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI)  I Voted: Fedora 33  Fedora 34 Change Accepted  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII)  Red Hat Summit 2021  Delivery  Learning from Sensei  United Packages of Fedora  Akademy 2021  Nest Attendee 2021  Lets have a party Fedora 36  GUADEC 2022  IoT Working Group Member  Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee  I voted: Fedora 39  Junior Editor  Take this and call me in the morning  Origin  You can call me "Patches" (SCM II)  What goes up... (Koji Failure I)  Froglet  Fedora 25 Change Accepted  In Search of the Bull (Tester I)  You can call me "Patches" (SCM III)  Bob Loblaw (Planet V)  Speak Up!  Council Member  Riddle Me This  Senior Editor  Community Messenger I  Rollercoaster Restaurant  CommOps Superstar  It's a Cake Thing  I Voted: Fedora 29  DevConf 2019 Attendee  FOSDEM 2019 Attendee  Nuancier F30  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I)  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II)  Science (Kernel Tester I)  Pizzelle (Cookie IV)  Catching the Bull (Tester IV)  Summer Coder  Master Badger (Badger III)  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III)  I Voted: Fedora 32  Rainbow (Cookie V)  Fedora 33 Change Accepted  iot-name-game  Lets have a party Fedora 33  I Voted: Fedora 34  Lets have a party Fedora 34  Community Survey Taker I  Riding the Bull Home (Tester VI)  GUADEC 2021  Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation  Lets have a party Fedora 35  Fedora Week of Diversity  Science (Kernel Tester III)  FOSDEM 2022 Attendee  Fedora Mentor Summit 2022  SCaLE 19x Attendee  Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee  Lets have a party Fedora 37  Top 25  Called to Action  F38 Kernel Test Day Participant  I voted: Fedora 40  Tadpole with Legs  Let Me Introduce Myself  You can call me "Patches" (SCM I)  Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I)  If you build it... (Koji Success I)  Associate Badger (Badger 1.5)  Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I)  White Hat  Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I)  Bloggin' it! (Planet IV)  Macaron (Cookie I)  Bona Fide  Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II)  Vacation  Helping Hand  Senior Badger (Badger II)  Community Messenger II  Community Messenger IV  Community Messenger V  You’re on a boat!  Rockin' & Rollin'  FOSDEM 2020 Attendee  Adult Frog  DevConf.cz 2020 Attendee  NeuroFedora SIG Member  Fedora & CentOS Social @ Summit 2020  The Panda Is In  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV)  SCaLE 18x Attendee  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V)  Fedora Legal Badge of Doom  I converted to btrfs!  If you build it... (Koji Success III)  Social Panda  FOSDEM 2021 Attendee  DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee  Magazine Editor  Museum Visitor  Science (Kernel Tester II)  Badge Junkie (Badger IV)  I Voted: Fedora 36  I Voted: Fedora 35  DevConf.cz 2022 Attendee  Community Survey Taker 2022  I voted: Fedora 37  Community Messenger VII  Community Messenger VI  Community Messenger VIII  I voted: Fedora 38  Community Survey Taker 2023  Let's have a party (Fedora 40)

Packaging

I am an owner or co-owner of

  • condor
  • wordgrinder
  • latex2html

Marketing

I joined the Marketing team in December 2017. I'm interested in starting an I am Fedora short video series.

Documentation Project

I was volunteered to be the Docs project leader in November 2011. Mostly my contributions involve administrivia, easy bug fixes, and occasional chapters about printing. I sort of faded away from the docs project when life got in the way.