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= My Fedora Life =
= My Fedora Life =
... began back in April of 2010. After distro/OS hoping for some time, and nearly settling on a BSD variant, I found the Fedora Infrastructure team. I read some of the SOPs on the wiki, joined a few IRC channels, and instantly knew that I wanted to be a part of the team. Almost a year later, I am now on the core sysadmin team for the project, and enjoy spending time fixing things and making the Infrastructure, and thus, the Project, be the best it can be. :)
... began back in April of 2010. After distro/OS hoping for some time, and nearly settling on a BSD variant, I found the Fedora Infrastructure team. I read some of the SOPs on the wiki, joined a few IRC channels, and instantly knew that I wanted to be a part of the team. Almost a year later, I am now on the core sysadmin team for the project, and enjoy spending time fixing things and making the Infrastructure, and thus, the Project, be the best it can be. :) In mid 2011, I was the recipient of the Fedora [[Scholarship]]. I owe a huge Thank You to the Fedora Project and to all who make the scholarship possible.


= My Other Life...or lack thereof =
= My Other Life...or lack thereof =
I attend college full time, at [http://www.uakron.edu The University of Akron], where I am majoring in Computer Science. I am also a member of the University's amateur radio club, where I am the club system administrator. I have big dreams for my future, and generally tend to carry a positive attitude about life and it's <s>horrors</s> blessings.
I attend college, at [http://www.uakron.edu The University of Akron], where I am majoring in Computer Science. I am the Vice President of two fine clubs at the University: The student ACM chapter and the University of Akron Amateur Radio Club (W8UPD). I have big dreams for my future, and generally tend to carry a positive attitude about life and its <s>horrors</s> blessings.

Revision as of 11:17, 17 December 2011

Self Introduction

Ricky Elrod (irc: CodeBlock (on Freenode and Slashnet), fas: codeblock, ham radio: N8SQL)
codeblock@fedoraproject.org
http://ricky.elrod.me/

My Fedora Life

... began back in April of 2010. After distro/OS hoping for some time, and nearly settling on a BSD variant, I found the Fedora Infrastructure team. I read some of the SOPs on the wiki, joined a few IRC channels, and instantly knew that I wanted to be a part of the team. Almost a year later, I am now on the core sysadmin team for the project, and enjoy spending time fixing things and making the Infrastructure, and thus, the Project, be the best it can be. :) In mid 2011, I was the recipient of the Fedora Scholarship. I owe a huge Thank You to the Fedora Project and to all who make the scholarship possible.

My Other Life...or lack thereof

I attend college, at The University of Akron, where I am majoring in Computer Science. I am the Vice President of two fine clubs at the University: The student ACM chapter and the University of Akron Amateur Radio Club (W8UPD). I have big dreams for my future, and generally tend to carry a positive attitude about life and its horrors blessings.