Package maintainer, developer, contributor, mentor, and diversity advocate Haïkel Guémar challenges the Fedora audience to help make on-boarding for new Fedora users simpler. He talks us through example actions we can take to increase diversity in the Fedora Project community.

LISTEN: soundcloud.com/chris-ward-908424795/flock-stories-2016-haikel-guemar

I’m Chris Ward. @kejbaly2 on Twitter, Facebook, and even… Brno. Send me a postcard!

Show Notes

• Fedora wiki page: User:Hguemar
• Packages: admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/hguemar
• Twitter: @hguemar
• Freenode: number80

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Today’s guest is Matthew Miller (mattdm)! He’s a long-time Fedora user and contributor, as well as the founder of Boston University Linux. However, perhaps most important of all, he is the current Fedora Project Leader! In this interview, we ask Matthew questions like…

1. How did you get to where you are today?
2. What are some of the areas you’re focused on improving in the Fedora community now?
3. And while we’re here, who else is making waves in the Fedora Project?

LISTEN: soundcloud.com/chris-ward-908424795/flock16-mathew-miller-r3-2016-10-16-chris-ward-flock-stories

I’m Chris Ward. @kejbaly2 on Twitter, Facebook, and even… Brno. Send me a postcard!

Show Notes

• Personal website: mattdm.org
• Fedora wiki page: User:Mattdm
• Twitter: @mattdm
• Google+: plus.google.com/u/0/+MatthewMiller-mattdm

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What can you do to get the most out of your time at events like Flock? Today, we hear from one of the main organizers of this year’s Flock conference, Brian Exelbierd. Brian is a multi-disciplinary Fedora contributor who dabbles in community building, documentation writing, and technical problem solving. Most recently, Brian took up his new role as the Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinator (FCAIC). He also has some humble advice for folks looking for hints on how to give their Fedora contribution powers a boost!

LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/chris-ward-908424795/flock-stories-2016-brian

I’m Chris Ward. @kejbaly2 on Twitter, Facebook, and even… Brno. Send me a postcard!

Show Notes

• Personal blog: winglemeyer.org
• Fedora wiki page: User:Bex
• Twitter: @bexelbie
• GitHub: github.com/bexelbie
• Atomic Developer Bundle: github.com/projectatomic/adb-atomic-developer-bundle

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It would be pretty amazing if your school ran Fedora for their computer classes, wouldn’t it? Of course it would! And for that, I’m proud to present to you, Jonathan Dieter. Jonathan is an active Fedora Ambassador and a true Fedora evangelist. He is an incredible inspiration to young students at the Lebanon Evangelical School in Beirut, Lebanon, where he has used Fedora for over 10 years! In the interview, Jonathan tells us a bit more about his school and other interesting projects he is following these days.

LISTEN: soundcloud.com/chris-ward-908424795/flock-stories-jonathan-dieter

I’m Chris Ward.  @kejbaly2 on Twitter, Facebook, and even… Brno. Send me a postcard!

Show Notes

• Personal blog: cedarandthistle.wordpress.com
• Fedora wiki page: User:Jdieter
• Flock 2016 profile: flock2016.sched.org/speaker/jdieter
• Email: jdieter [at] lesbg [dot] com
• GitHub: github.com/lesbg
• Google+: plus.google.com/+JonathanDieter

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If you were wondering where Flock 2018 might be, today’s guest Redon Skikuli might just have your answer! Redon is not just a Fedora community contributor, he’s a Fedora community creator. I ask Redon what he’s up to these days and why he thinks we should also consider joining future Flocks.

LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/chris-ward-908424795/flock-stories-redon-skikuli

Show Notes

• Email: redon [at] skikuli [dot] com
• Twitter: @rskikuli
• Website: redon.skikuli.com
• Open Labs: openlabs.cc

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