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Ben Cotton

Personal information
Pronouns:	he/him/his
Location:	Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Homepage:	https://funnelfiasco.com
E-mail:	bcotton@fedoraproject.org
Contact information
Ham Radio:	kc9fyx
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/in/BCotton/
Fediverse:	@funnelfiasco@hachyderm.io
GitHub:	funnelfiasco
Fedora-specific information
FAS name:	bcotton
Fedora e-mail:	bcotton@fedoraproject.org
Fedora homepage:	bcotton.fedorapeople.org

Ben Cotton

Greetings! I'm Ben, author of Program Management for Open Source Projects and long-time Fedora contributor. What I do in Fedora is below. If you're interested in what I do the rest of the time, you can read Duck Alignment Academy or my personal blog.

Activities in Fedora

Packaging

I am an maintainer or co-maintainer of

wordgrinder
latex2html

I also maintain Copr builds for

QA

I occasionally contribute to QA activities, mostly by upgrading to the next release prior to the Beta release and enabling updates-testing. I also frequently vote on blockers/freeze exceptions.

Former activities

Community Blog

I was Editor in Chief of the Community Blog from 2019–2023.

Docs

My first foray into Fedora was joining the Docs team in 2009. 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 still pop in every once in a while to offer opinions and minor contributions.

Magazine

I was one of the Fedora Magazine Editors from 2019-2021.

Fedora Program Manager

I was the Fedora Program Manager (FPgM) frpm June 2018 until I was laid off by Red Hat in May 2023. I wrangled the changes, managed the schedule, and generally helped herd the cats. As the FPgM, I often found myself jumping into many areas to help out when needed.

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+|image=bcotton-devconf-square.png
 |location=Lafayette, Indiana, USA
 |homepage=https://funnelfiasco.com
 |email=bcotton@fedoraproject.org
-|telegram=bcotton
 |callsign=kc9fyx
-|twitter=funnelfiasco
 |linkedin=https://www.linkedin.com/in/BCotton/
-|IRC=bcotton
-|irc-channels=#fedora-council,#fedora-pgm,#fedora-devel,#fedora-admin,#fedora-qa,#fedora-kde,#fedora-commops
 |github=funnelfiasco
 |pronouns=he/him/his
+|fediverse=@funnelfiasco@hachyderm.io
+|fediverse-url=hachyderm.io/funnelfiasco
 }}
 = Ben Cotton =
-Greetings from your Fedora Program Manager!
+Greetings! I'm Ben, author of ''[https://pragprog.com/titles/bcosp Program Management for Open Source Projects]'' and long-time Fedora contributor. What I do in Fedora is below. If you're interested in what I do the rest of the time, you can read [https://duckalignment.academy/ Duck Alignment Academy] or my [https://funnelfiasco.com/blog personal blog].
-== Activities within Fedora ==
+== Activities in Fedora ==
-=== Fedora Program Manager ===
-I started as the Fedora Program Manager (FPgM) in June 2018. I wrangle the [[Changes | changes]], manage the [[Schedule | schedule]], and generally help herd the cats. Because I don't scale well, I started a [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/program_management/pgm_team/ Program Management Team]. As the FPgM, I often find myself jumping into many areas to help out when needed.
-=== Community Blog ===
-I am the editor-in-chief for the [https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org Fedora Community Blog].
-=== Docs ===
-My first foray into Fedora was joining the Docs team in 2009. 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 still pop in every once in a while to offer opinions and minor contributions.
-=== IoT ===
-I help out with some of the administrivia in the IoT team.
-=== Magazine ===
-I was one of the [https://fedoramagazine.org Fedora Magazine] Editors from 2019-2021.
 === Packaging ===
 I am an maintainer or co-maintainer of
-* condor
 * wordgrinder
 * latex2html
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 * [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/bcotton/wordgrinder/ Wordgrinder]
-=== Websites ===
+=== QA ===
-I help make small changes to the Fedora websites.
+I occasionally contribute to QA activities, mostly by upgrading to the next release prior to the Beta release and enabling updates-testing. I also frequently vote on blockers/freeze exceptions.
+=== Former activities ===
+==== Community Blog ====
+I was Editor in Chief of the [https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org Community Blog] from 2019–2023.
+==== Docs ====
+My first foray into Fedora was joining the Docs team in 2009. 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 still pop in every once in a while to offer opinions and minor contributions.
+==== Magazine ====
+I was one of the [https://fedoramagazine.org Fedora Magazine] Editors from 2019-2021.
+==== Fedora Program Manager ====
+I was the Fedora Program Manager (FPgM) frpm June 2018 until I was laid off by Red Hat in May 2023. I wrangled the [[Changes | changes]], managed the [[Schedule | schedule]], and generally helped herd the cats. As the FPgM, I often found myself jumping into many areas to help out when needed.

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