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<p>Hi, <br>
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<p>My name is Akhilesh R Kumar and I live in Chennai, India. My <a
href="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts" class="external text"
title="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts">Fedora Account System
(FAS)</a> username is rakhilesh, and I am new to IRC and would like
help getting started.
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<p>I learned about the Fedora Marketing team through the Fedora Project
site, and am interested in joining because I believe I can contribute
to a certain extant in promoting Open Source Software. </p>
<p>This is the first FOSS project I have worked on. I've
worked in Marketing in the past. Some of the projects I've worked on,
or roles I've had, include conducting National level and international
conferences where I played a leading role in the planning and event
management. I have also performed a Market Research for a Telecom firm
in order to improve the promotion of its products at the Retail level.<br>
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<p>My skills, which I hope to utilize in Fedora Marketing, include:
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<li> Marketing Skills - </li>
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Knowledge of marketing communication mix to promote
product, Experience in conducting Market research. I am currently
learning Marketing skills of managing a product and
developing a brand.
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<li> Other Skills - <br>
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Event management skill, art-work design using GIMP. <br>
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<li> The learning which I am looking forward to is applying the
marketing techniques which I am learning as part of my course in a
practical scenario.
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<p>When I'm not working on Fedora, I am pursuing Post Graduate Diploma
in Management Studies (Specialising in Marketing) at Loyola Institute
of Business Administration, Loyola College, Chennai. </p>
<p>A couple of goals I have for the Fedora Project are to position
Fedora as a product which is user friendly and promote Fedora in the
local market which is currently overwhelmed by Microsoft. I would also
like to see Fedora provide the users with a custom set of software
which can be chosen prior to downloading and installing it from the
internet and user created database of open source alternatives for some
essential programs happen in Fedora. In a Marketers perspective I would
say perfecting on our product so that other essentials of the Marketing
mix can fall in the right place.<br>
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<p>I am wondering about the possibility of including simple tips on
installing software in Fedora at post installation which I find as a
major set back people have after installing Fedora for the first time. <br>
</p>
<p>That is basically about myself and I would really like to contribute
to the Fedora Project. Please help me get started!<br>
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<p>Regards,<br>
Akhilesh R Kumar<br>
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