Self-Introduction: Chris Lennert

Full Name: Chris Lennert Location: Greenville, SC, USA (Eastern Standard Time) Profession: Network Administrator and developer Company: Woodward Governor Company Goals 1. What do you want to write about? I would be willing to cover the ServerTools beat. In addition, if the primary authors permit, I would be interested in contributing to the DesktopUserGuide and the Hardening Tutorial. 2. What other documentation do you want to see published? A Fedora-specific remote access tutorial that covers setting up VPN tunnels to several of the major firewall distros/products and which would serve as a starting point for folks looking to connect to corporate networks. Unless I am mistaken, I don't believe one exists. 3. Do you want to edit for grammar/writing and/or technical accuracy? As a former high school science teacher, I would be happy to correct grammar, "wordsmith" documents, and verify content. 4. Anything else special? I've been a dedicated consumer of FOSS for many years and have contributed in smaller ways in the past. Diving into the heart of the Fedora documentation efforts is one way for me to get off my arse and start contributing in a major way. Historical Qualifications 1. What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past? Since my job responsibilities in recent years have included user support, I have written various end-user-oriented documents. Several of these have been DocBook-based HTMLHelp documents (CHM's) for my predominantly Windows-based users. 2. What level and type of computer skills do you possess? I would characterize my level of skill as broad with moderate depth. I tend to prefer development-oriented tasks, but since my current employment also requires network/system administration and user support, I don't feel I qualify for the lofty title of "developer". Nevertheless, I am very comfortable with Java, XHTML/CSS, XSLT, DocBook markup and many of the Apache Java libraries. I have used most of the major Linux and BSD distributions though I tend to stay close to the Red Hat world. I have experience (implementation, at the least) with many of the most luminary FOSS applications. 3. What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc. I like to think of myself as an All-Around Nice Guy(TM). :) 4. What makes you an excellent match for the project? * Broad level of experience covering network & system administration, user support, and software development. * Java development experience * Experience with DocBook-related toolchains (mostly Ant-, Saxon- and Apache FOP-based) and XSL customization GPG KEYID and Fingerprint KEYID: DE8B9506 [calennert@rutherford ~]$ gpg --fingerprint DE8B9506 pub 1024D/DE8B9506 2005-12-09 [expires: 2007-12-09] Key fingerprint = E199 9CAD 955D 5CB7 ADB3 B05F EACC ACF9 DE8B 9506 uid Christopher Lennert <calennert(a)gmail.com&gt; sub 2048g/6741E0E0 2005-12-09 [expires: 2007-12-09]