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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)  Tadpole with Legs  Junior Editor  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  Associate Editor  Novice (Wordsmith I)  Bloggin' it! (Planet IV)  Macaron (Cookie I)  Bona Fide  What goes up... (Koji Failure I)  In Search of the Bull (Tester I)  You can call me "Patches" (SCM III)  Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II)  Speak Up!  Council Member  Riddle Me This  Senior Editor  Let's do lunch!  Master Editor  Flock 2018 Attendee  Chocolate Chip (Cookie II)  White Rabbit  Crypto Badger  Black and White (Cookie III)  Community Messenger III  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)  Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II)  It still works!  FOSDEM 2020 Attendee  Adult Frog  Fedora 32 Change Accepted  Master Badger (Badger III)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III)  Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV)  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV)  SCaLE 18x Attendee  Fedora Advocate  Fedora Legal Badge of Doom  I converted to btrfs!  If you build it... (Koji Success III)  nest-attendee-2020  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI)  I Voted: Fedora 33  Lets have a party Fedora 33  Learning from Sensei  Community Survey Taker I  Akademy 2021  Science (Kernel Tester II)  Badge Junkie (Badger IV)  I Voted: Fedora 36  I Voted: Fedora 35  SCaLE 19x Attendee  Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee  IoT Working Group Member  Called to Action  I voted: Fedora 38  Community Survey Taker 2023  F38 Kernel Test Day Participant  I voted: Fedora 40  Take this and call me in the morning  Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I)  Origin  You can call me "Patches" (SCM II)  If you build it... (Koji Success II)  Froglet  Fedora 25 Change Accepted  Vacation  Helping Hand  Senior Badger (Badger II)  Fedora Podcast Interviewee  What goes around comes around (Karma I)  CommOps Superstar  Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II)  Prolific!  Flock 2019 Attendee  Top 100  I Voted: Fedora 31  Perceiving the Bull (Tester III)  Readiness  I Voted: Fedora 30  Extra!  Extra!  Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I)  Clickbait (Fedora Magazine II)  Clickbait (Fedora Magazine III)  NeuroFedora SIG Member  Fedora & CentOS Social @ Summit 2020  The Panda Is In  I Voted: Fedora 32  Taming the Bull (Tester V)  Fedora 34 Change Accepted  FOSDEM 2021 Attendee  DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee  Magazine Editor  I Voted: Fedora 34  Lets have a party Fedora 34  United Packages of Fedora  GUADEC 2021  Museum Visitor  DevConf.cz 2022 Attendee  Community Survey Taker 2022  Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee  I voted: Fedora 39  Let's have a party (Fedora 40)  I voted: Fedora 41  LISA16  Bob Loblaw (Planet V)  Secretary General  Top 500  Community Messenger I  Rollercoaster Restaurant  Community Messenger II  Chief Editor  Common Bugs Contributor  It's a Cake Thing  I Voted: Fedora 29  Grandmaster Editor  Community Messenger IV  Community Messenger V  You’re on a boat!  Ohio LinuxFest 2019  Rockin' & Rollin'  Science (Kernel Tester I)  Pizzelle (Cookie IV)  Catching the Bull (Tester IV)  Summer Coder  DevConf.cz 2020 Attendee  The Blessing of the FPL  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III)  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V)  Rainbow (Cookie V)  Fedora 33 Change Accepted  iot-name-game  Social Panda  Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII)  Red Hat Summit 2021  Delivery  Riding the Bull Home (Tester VI)  Nest Attendee 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  Lets have a party Fedora 36  GUADEC 2022  Lets have a party Fedora 37  Top 25  I voted: Fedora 37  Community Messenger VII  Community Messenger VI  Community Messenger VIII

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.