Workstation Working Group - Call for participation

[Owen Taylor]

Due to schedule constraints and other time commitments, Rex Dieter and
Paul Frields are looking to step down from the Working Group. We
really appreciate the work that Rex and Paul have put in over the last
several years! So, we're looking for at least two new members. If we
have more than two good candidates, we'll consider increasing the size
of the WG.

The basic goal of the Workstation Working Group is to move forward the
Workstation Edition of Fedora forward - the WG is responsible for
making sure we ship a polished product, for making decisions about
proposed technical changes that are specific to the Workstation, and
for setting the overall direction for future development of the
Workstation Edition. There is a particular emphasis at the moment on
the Silverblue project - on making Fedora work great as an image and
container based operating system.

Responsibilities of a WG member are:

 * Attend and participate in bi-weekly IRC meetings. Currently these
are at 13:00 UTC on Mondays - the day and (to some extent) the time
will be reconsidered when we have a final composition.
 * Take action items at the meetings and follow up - actions usually
involve communication and research.
* Follow issues reported against
https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/, and bring things that come to
your attention that need working group attention there.

We'd like the new members to increase the diversity of viewpoints
represented in the working group. So, we'd especially encourage
participation from people, who meet some of the following criteria:

* From groups underrepresented in Free and Open Source Software
* Not working for Red Hat
* Not directly working on the GNOME desktop

If you are interested in joining the Working Group team, or think you
might be interested and have questions, please mail me privately or
follow up here.

Thanks!
Owen Taylor <otaylor(a)redhat.com&gt;

[Phil Wyett]

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On Mon, 2019-04-22 at 10:56 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
>  Due to schedule constraints and other time commitments, Rex Dieter
> and
>  Paul Frields are looking to step down from the Working Group. We
>  really appreciate the work that Rex and Paul have put in over the last
>  several years! So, we're looking for at least two new members. If we
>  have more than two good candidates, we'll consider increasing the size
>  of the WG.
>  
>  The basic goal of the Workstation Working Group is to move forward the
>  Workstation Edition of Fedora forward - the WG is responsible for
>  making sure we ship a polished product, for making decisions about
>  proposed technical changes that are specific to the Workstation, and
>  for setting the overall direction for future development of the
>  Workstation Edition. There is a particular emphasis at the moment on
>  the Silverblue project - on making Fedora work great as an image and
>  container based operating system.
>  
>  Responsibilities of a WG member are:
>  
>   * Attend and participate in bi-weekly IRC meetings. Currently these
>  are at 13:00 UTC on Mondays - the day and (to some extent) the time
>  will be reconsidered when we have a final composition.
>   * Take action items at the meetings and follow up - actions usually
>  involve communication and research.
>  * Follow issues reported against
>  https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/, and bring things that come to
>  your attention that need working group attention there.
>  
>  We'd like the new members to increase the diversity of viewpoints
>  represented in the working group. So, we'd especially encourage
>  participation from people, who meet some of the following criteria:
>  
>  * From groups underrepresented in Free and Open Source Software
>  * Not working for Red Hat
>  * Not directly working on the GNOME desktop
>  
>  If you are interested in joining the Working Group team, or think you
>  might be interested and have questions, please mail me privately or
>  follow up here.
>  
>  Thanks!
>  Owen Taylor <otaylor(a)redhat.com&gt;
>   
Hi Owen and all,

I would be interested in participating in the Workstation Working Group.

During my nearly 20 years of using and developing FOSS, I have seen many changes
and the requirements of the user and developer change when it comes to
distribution choice. The workstation is my choice when using fedora and to be
allowed to help in shaping its future would be very welcome and honour.

I come from a stand point of interest in fedora workstation for business,
voluntary groups and social enterprises. There are other use cases I know of and
new ones that I would like to explore in the future.

I am currently preparing computing courses to deliver myself to Horton Housing
Association clients at their Bradford training centre here in the UK. These
clients come from a variety of backgrounds, which include homelessness, drug,
alcohol issues and other complex needs. Just to be clear here... I am a
recovering alcoholic myself, one that no longer drinks at all.

Do not work for Red Hat. :-D

While a GNOME user, a fedora co-maintainer for gnome-maps and do bits upstream,
I am not overly involved with the GNOME desktop and see merit in other libraries
and desktop application offerings. Always have an open mind.

I have begun to watch the 'fedora-workstation' group on pagure and am now am
receiving emails on all activity. This just adds a few to the mountain of
RHEL/CentOS, fedora and upstream projects I already receive.

I have the ability and freedom to perform the tasks as stated in the main email.

Thank you reading and if asked to become part of the group, it would be an
honour.

Regards

Phil

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[Geoffrey Marr]

Hi Owen, Rex, Paul,

My name is Geoff Marr and I am currently a RH employee working as a member
of Fedora QA. I have been in this position for (about) three years, since
May 2016, and I know I've worked with some of you, if at least indirectly.
I realize you're looking for someone outside of RH, but I would like to
submit my credentials as I am especially interested in the current
direction that Fedora Workstation is moving, particularly where Silverblue
fits into the Fedora ecosystem. I spent quite a bit of time in 2017-2018
getting to know the Atomic Workstation, so a lot of the nuances of
Silverblue are familiar to me. I have also taken an interest in the Fedora
Workstaton Electronics Lab spin, although it hasn't been updated in
years... I originally came from the hardware side of things (ARM, embedded,
etc) and I know of several people who would be interested in using the
Electronics Spin if it included some packages that are more up to date. All
this to say, I'm interested in fulfilling the role and getting more plugged
into the Workstation community. If you need more information, or if there
is a more formal application, I'd be happy to oblige. :)

Thanks,
Geoff Marr
IRC: coremodule


On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 1:51 PM Phil Wyett <philwyett(a)kathenas.org&gt; wrote:

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>  On Mon, 2019-04-22 at 10:56 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
>  > Due to schedule constraints and other time commitments, Rex Dieter and
>  > Paul Frields are looking to step down from the Working Group. We
>  > really appreciate the work that Rex and Paul have put in over the last
>  > several years! So, we're looking for at least two new members. If we
>  > have more than two good candidates, we'll consider increasing the size
>  > of the WG.
>  >
>  > The basic goal of the Workstation Working Group is to move forward the
>  > Workstation Edition of Fedora forward - the WG is responsible for
>  > making sure we ship a polished product, for making decisions about
>  > proposed technical changes that are specific to the Workstation, and
>  > for setting the overall direction for future development of the
>  > Workstation Edition. There is a particular emphasis at the moment on
>  > the Silverblue project - on making Fedora work great as an image and
>  > container based operating system.
>  >
>  > Responsibilities of a WG member are:
>  >
>  >  * Attend and participate in bi-weekly IRC meetings. Currently these
>  > are at 13:00 UTC on Mondays - the day and (to some extent) the time
>  > will be reconsidered when we have a final composition.
>  >  * Take action items at the meetings and follow up - actions usually
>  > involve communication and research.
>  > * Follow issues reported against
>  > https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/, and bring things that come to
>  > your attention that need working group attention there.
>  >
>  > We'd like the new members to increase the diversity of viewpoints
>  > represented in the working group. So, we'd especially encourage
>  > participation from people, who meet some of the following criteria:
>  >
>  > * From groups underrepresented in Free and Open Source Software
>  > * Not working for Red Hat
>  > * Not directly working on the GNOME desktop
>  >
>  > If you are interested in joining the Working Group team, or think you
>  > might be interested and have questions, please mail me privately or
>  > follow up here.
>  >
>  > Thanks!
>  > Owen Taylor <otaylor(a)redhat.com&gt;
>  >
>
>  Hi Owen and all,
>
>  I would be interested in participating in the Workstation Working Group.
>
>  During my nearly 20 years of using and developing FOSS, I have seen many
>  changes
>  and the requirements of the user and developer change when it comes to
>  distribution choice. The workstation is my choice when using fedora and to
>  be
>  allowed to help in shaping its future would be very welcome and honour.
>
>  I come from a stand point of interest in fedora workstation for business,
>  voluntary groups and social enterprises. There are other use cases I know
>  of and
>  new ones that I would like to explore in the future.
>
>  I am currently preparing computing courses to deliver myself to Horton
>  Housing
>  Association clients at their Bradford training centre here in the UK. These
>  clients come from a variety of backgrounds, which include homelessness,
>  drug,
>  alcohol issues and other complex needs. Just to be clear here... I am a
>  recovering alcoholic myself, one that no longer drinks at all.
>
>  Do not work for Red Hat. :-D
>
>  While a GNOME user, a fedora co-maintainer for gnome-maps and do bits
>  upstream,
>  I am not overly involved with the GNOME desktop and see merit in other
>  libraries
>  and desktop application offerings. Always have an open mind.
>
>  I have begun to watch the 'fedora-workstation' group on pagure and am now
>  am
>  receiving emails on all activity. This just adds a few to the mountain of
>  RHEL/CentOS, fedora and upstream projects I already receive.
>
>  I have the ability and freedom to perform the tasks as stated in the main
>  email.
>
>  Thank you reading and if asked to become part of the group, it would be an
>  honour.
>
>  Regards
>
>  Phil
>
>  - --
>  *** If this is a mailing list, I am subscribed, no need to CC me.***
>
>  Playing the game for the games sake.
>
>  Twitter: kathenasorg
>  IRC: kathenas
>  Web: https://kathenas.org
>  Github: https://github.com/kathenas
>  GitLab: https://gitlab.com/kathenas
>
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