Hello fellow contributors.
My name is Greg Krpan and I am looking to contribute to the Documentation Project.
In the past, most of my work has been as a SysAdmin, but I have also performed a number of documentation roles as well. My early documentation work was to document servers and data center configurations for disaster recovery planning, I have also been involved in the creation of a user manual to assist in employee migration from Novell Groupwise to Lotus Notes, along with associated training in order to familiarize users with the new application. I have been published twice for my work designing and constructing a Beowulf-class supercomputer for geographic modelling for the USGS.
My skill level with computers is high. I am comfortable with most any hardware configurations from PC's to mainframe, and anything in between. Most of my experience has been supporting midrange systems, primarily Dell PowerEdge (RHEL) IBM RS/6000 (AIX) and Sun UltraSPARC (Solaris). I build my own PC's for home use, and most recently operated my own computer consulting business where I promoted Fedora as the primary operating system.
In the role of a SysAdmin, I have had heavy interaction with users, and am able to communicate on any level from "newbie" to expert with confidence. I have also had call center experience, in which patience and the ability to calm a customer was paramount to providing a pleasant experience for the customer.
I am a good fit for the documentation project as I believe in providing the most complete documentation possible in order to allow users to become more self sufficient with their use of the Fedora and it's integrated components. I can break down a problem quickly and efficiently in order to develop and document a solution, and can relate that solution to any level of audience required.
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On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 01:43 -0500, Greg Krpan wrote:
Hello fellow contributors.
My name is Greg Krpan and I am looking to contribute to the Documentation Project.
In the past, most of my work has been as a SysAdmin, but I have also performed a number of documentation roles as well. My early documentation work was to document servers and data center configurations for disaster recovery planning, I have also been involved in the creation of a user manual to assist in employee migration from Novell Groupwise to Lotus Notes, along with associated training in order to familiarize users with the new application. I have been published twice for my work designing and constructing a Beowulf-class supercomputer for geographic modelling for the USGS.
My skill level with computers is high. I am comfortable with most any hardware configurations from PC's to mainframe, and anything in between. Most of my experience has been supporting midrange systems, primarily Dell PowerEdge (RHEL) IBM RS/6000 (AIX) and Sun UltraSPARC (Solaris). I build my own PC's for home use, and most recently operated my own computer consulting business where I promoted Fedora as the primary operating system.
In the role of a SysAdmin, I have had heavy interaction with users, and am able to communicate on any level from "newbie" to expert with confidence. I have also had call center experience, in which patience and the ability to calm a customer was paramount to providing a pleasant experience for the customer.
I am a good fit for the documentation project as I believe in providing the most complete documentation possible in order to allow users to become more self sufficient with their use of the Fedora and it's integrated components. I can break down a problem quickly and efficiently in order to develop and document a solution, and can relate that solution to any level of audience required.
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Greg,
Welcome aboard.
Right now we are in the process of arranging "Beat Writers" for Fedora 14. Beat writers pick a specific area to write about, and capture their Release Notes contribution on the wiki. Later in the cycle, the wiki is converted to DocBook for the final Release Notes.
Take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Documentation_beats and see whether any of the beats interest you. (Hardware maybe?). Earlier versions of the release notes are available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/index.html so you can get a feel for what we do.
In addition, there are a number of guides we update each release https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project_guides_table
And, we also get involved in other tasks like announcements (generally in partnership with Marketing) and other various writing tasks.
If there is a beat or guide that interests you, add your name to the appropriate place (it is a wiki after all).
And again, Welcome --McD
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