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Revision as of 19:12, 12 August 2015
| Karl (kmf) Fischer | |
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| Personal Information | |
| Born: | 01/10/1981 in |
| Home: | Pretoria South Africa |
| Fedora-specific Information | |
| FAS-Name: | kmf |
| Fedora-Mail: | kmf@fedoraproject.org |
| Miscellaneous Information
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| IRC: | kmf on Libera.Chat, in: |
| #fedora-meeting, #fedora-africa | |
| Badges (37) | |
                                    
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Intro
Linux user since 1999, I love all aspects of Open Source but especially the community.
- I'm a Peacemaker
- I Love People
- I'm happily married, 3 children
- I love all bells and all whistles equally
- I work here as a Technical Consultant
Adding value
- I love to evangelize open source, open standards and the open web
- I previously worked for the South African Government as an Open Source Project Manager
Goals
- I want Fedora to win users based on Features and ease of use
- I want people to hit the road running when they install Fedora
- AMA (Ask me Anything) and I'll share the tools I use and the way I do things
As a Contributor
- I'm an Ambassador
- Want to uphold the FPCA
- Promote the Fedora Values
- Dealing with other people in a uplifting, encouraging and positive way, so that we can create a loving Fedora family.
- Share the Love!
- I love serving people in anyway possible!
Soft Skills
- Communication
- Woo
- Hugs
- People Skills
Tech Skills
- Nagios/Icinga/Opsview
- Sysadmin skills
- Support Systems
- I'm a RHCE
Event Skills
- March 2004 - Africa Source Conference in Namibia – Speaker in the Education Track
- May 2005 - Organised Linux Community stand, at Linux World at the Sandton Convention Center
- August 2005 - Facilitator Free Knowledge Communities at the Centurion Lake Hotel
- September 2005 - Organised Software Freedom Day at the Innovation Hub
- January 2006 - Education Facilitator Africa Source II Conference in Uganda
- September 2006 - Organised Software Freedom Day at the Department of Science & Technology
- September 2007 - Organised Software Freedom Day at the Department of Science & Technology
- September 2008 - Hosted the Software Freedom Event at Insitex
- September 2009 - Speaking at GovTech on Open Source adoption in Government
- September 2009 - Organizer, Hosted the Software Freedom Event at Department of Science & Technology
- September 2010 - Organised Software Freedom Day at the Department of Science and Technology (A strong Focus on the Open Weband Open Source on Mobile Devices)
- August 2013 - Consegi 2013, Speaker and Panelist on Free Software and Open Source in South Africa
- 20 September 2014 - Organizer, Software Freedom Day 2014 - Pretoria Gautrain Station Flickr photos