<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hi, my name is Harry Hodgson and I live in Britian . My FAS username is harryrhodgson, and my <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/IRC" title="IRC" class="mw-redirect" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; ">IRC</a> nickname is not yet created, I know how to work IRC just don't have access to Fedora ATM to do so as I'm traveling.</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I learned about the Fedora Marketing team through personal distro research, and am interested in joining because I believe in freedom and freedom that brings you the latest and greatest technological advancements, I believe Fedora brings this - not only is it free but it is also highly regarded and provides the user with a varied range of applications that maximizes there usage.</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is the first FOSS project I have worked on! Although I've been wanting to get involved for well over a year, no communities offered a marketing experience like Fedora did!</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> I've worked in Marketing in the past. Some of the projects I've worked on, or roles I've had, include: </span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Marketing Manager at LetsLunchUK - launched in the UK to just under 200 users, we secured coverage on TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Marketing Director at LetsGrow Foundation - currently working with the LetsGrow foundation to build a secure interest before launch.</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Marketing manager at Flowsee - worked with start-up Flowsee to market there social network and to kickstart there kick starter which raised a suitable amount of money but didn't reach there goal.</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My skills, which I hope to utilize in Fedora Marketing, include:</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Social Media Marketing - Getting the Fedora community pumped and eager.</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Physical marketing - Hopefully attending both online and offline events and spreading the fedora cheer.</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Media attention - Getting the media to spread the fedora way of life.</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; list-style: square url(https://fedoraproject.org/w/skins/fedora/bullet.gif); "><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Other skills include:</span></li></ul><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Podcasting and blogging knowledge.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fantastic communication skills on and offline.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; list-style: square url(https://fedoraproject.org/w/skins/fedora/bullet.gif); "><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'd also like to learn:</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Development skills through the community although this isn't marketing the community would be strong enough to teach me and I'd be able to help Fedora in two areas.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When I'm not working on Fedora, I am educating myself on the ways of business at South Axholme Academy. (Studying at this school.)</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A couple of goals I have for the Fedora Project are to make fedora the most popular linux distro in the UK maybe even the world and to meet and socialize with hundreds of awesome open source loving humans - that is so important to me, I want to be part of a community . I would also like to see Fedora torrents - i've not seen them yet but usually they're faster than mirror downloads and that would totally rock for all those who want Fedora super fast.</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I am wondering about why Fedora is so damn awesome? and will we ever see a completely cloud based Fedora?. </span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thanks for taking your time to read this email, it is very much appreciated! Lets rock the open source world! I'd just like to thank you for offering a template, so easy and gave me a lot of time to go through and really put in consideration to what I was writing. Fantastic!</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All the best,</span></p><p style="margin: 1ex 5ex 1ex 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Harry Hodgson</span></p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><br><br></body></html>