Yay Phoenix! :) how 'bout this chilly 82-degree thanksgiving weather? Welcome! -robyn (a former north canyon rattler!) On 11/26/09, Ryan Rix <phrkonaleash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > After talking with Mel Chua and Ankur Sinha on the #Fedora-mktg channel last > night, Ankur and I have decided to embark on a Marketing project[1] for > either > F13, or the F14 feature track. As a result, I've decided to actually join > the > Marketing team, so here is my formal self-introduction :) > > *Full legal name (as you use it is fine) > Ryan Rix > > *City, Country; you may use your timezone if you have a compelling reason > not > to specify your city or country > Phoenix, AZ, USA > > *Profession or Student status > High School Student > > *Company, School, or other affiliation > Deer Valley High School > > *Your goals in the Fedora Project > To see Fedora Linux and the Fedora Project shine, and for the project to > lead > the FOSS community as a whole. Getting Fedora's awesome community involved > is > a key part of this happening, and it's what I am also trying to accomplish > in > becoming a local Fedora Project ambassador. > > *What do you want to talk about? > Fedora, of course! I'm a member of the KDE SIG, so that's where my expertise > in the distro lies, but pretty much anything related to the project, the > distro or the people is open territory :) > > *What would you like to see in Fedora? > Fedora's Four Pillars are one of the major reasons I was so attracted to the > distribution and community. I think that making sure the distro follows > these > four goals will help to propel Fedora to the forefront of the GNU/Linux > community as a whole. We should always be striving to package, integrate, > ship > and promote cutting edge software, services and designs to the Fedora > community and the FOSS community as a whole. We should strive to lead by > example in not embracing proprietary software solutions at all costs and we > should be willing to fight for our freedom. > > *Anything else you'd like to do? > As I said above, I'm going to be working with Ankur Sinha on bringing his > awesome idea to light within the F13 or F14 feature period, and that's > probably what I will be focusing most of my initial work in Marketing on. It > sounds like a very exciting project and could have a huge impact on Fedora's > new users, and attracting possible contributors. > > *Historical qualifications > High School Newspaper? Not much :) I'm an ambassador, if that helps :) > > *What other projects or marketing effors have you worked on in the past? > (List > what you think is relevant) > Null > > *What level and type of marketing skills do you have? > Not much besides a veracity and will to make Fedora as awesome as possible > :) > > *What other skills do you have that might be applicable? > Minimal coding skills, in C++ and python, which I'll be expanding via a few > small projects and fedora-tour in the near future. I may also have a tablet > PC > in the near future to help express my (pathetic) artistic skills :-) > > Happy Thanksgiving for all your Americans, and happy Thursday for everyone > else, > Ryan Rix > Ambassador, KDE SIG, News (and now Marketing) :) > > [1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora-tour > -- > Ryan Rix > Fedora KDE SIG Member, Phoenix AZ Ambassador, News KDE Beat writer > > http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com | http://identi.ca/phrkonaleash > XMPP: phrkonaleash@xxxxxxxxx | MSN: phrkonaleash@xxxxxxxxx > AIM: phrkonaleash | Yahoo: phrkonaleash > IRC: PhrkOnLsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/#srcedit,#plugaz,#fedora-kde and > countless other FOSS channels. > -- Sent from my mobile device -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
