On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Paul W. Frields<stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Red Hat has announced its 2009 RHCE of the Year winners, and if you > look here, you'll see a very recognizable name: > > http://bit.ly/g6Zto > > Congratulations to all the winners, including our very own John Rose, > whose participation in Fedora is highlightedin the announcement. > John, thanks to all you continue to do for Fedora, and it's wonderful > to see your many achievements recognized with this award. I look > forward to seeing you in Chicago in a few weeks! I'd like to thank Red Hat for making this an especially memorable Red Hat Summit for me and all those who have sent me messages in this thread and elsewhere. Some of those personal messages mean more to me than I can express. My submission tried to emphasize involvement in three intertwining communities: the Red Hat customer community, the #rhel community support channel on freenode, and the Fedora Project. And while singling people out to thank is problematic, I really feel I need to thank a few people who were instrumental in helping me find my way. Máirín Duffy in one way or another had a hand in my participating in all three communities. When someone's devotion to a community makes you wonder why she cares so much that you go to investigate the community yourself, well, you have an ace recruiter. merlinthp and delhage put up with my initial grumpiness long enough in #rhel to allow me time to find a place to fit in. If you want to learn how to run a public IRC channel that fosters a friendly and productive community go watch how Howard and Lars do it. A bit more than one year ago I blundered into being part of the rebirth of the Fedora Ambassador program in North America. gregdek made a commitment to empower ambassadors to take control of their own activities and this fundamental change in ownership resulted in the creation of FAmNA. It has been a joy to make a small contribution to the work of Clint, David, Brian, Pascal, and the rest of the FAmNA community over the subsequent months. John -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
