Motu Application for Steve Stalcup (vorian)

[Steve Stalcup]

In addition to my 50 hour a week job in real life, and raising 4 children, I  
would like to be considered for the MOTU team!

By profession, I run a farm store (yes, you read that right).  It's hard work, 
but a lot of fun.  I have never had a tech job, and I don't know if I want 
one.  Most people like to fish, golf, or any other number of things as hobbies.  
As for me, my hobby is Linux (specifically K/Ubuntu Linux).  In addition to 
running that ol' farm store, I have a wonderful wife of 10 years, and 4 
terrific kids (with one on the way).

I have been a very small part of Ubuntu for over 3 years now, having spent my 
time in various parts of the community.  For some time, I've had the goal of 
becoming a MOTU.  With a few frustrating starts/stops, I decided to "sink my 
teeth in" early in the Hardy cycle, and do the little bit I could to learn my 
way around packaging.  For shame, I didn't start keeping track of my 
contributions for a while, so some the early work is not listed or recorded 
anywhere.  I can say that Emmet sponsored several of my early packages, and I 
had great quality feedback from him.  He really showed me how the whole 
process works (Thanks a million Emmet!).

As for packages I am fond of, I'll start with chm2pdf. 
https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chm2pdf
This was my first package accepted into Ubuntu.  I learned quite a bit about 
packaging with python apps.  This package is now maintained in Debian, and is 
synced with every bugfix or new upstream.

Another package I have done quite a bit of work with is ktorrent-kde4. 
https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ktorrent-kde4
This was one of the first kde4 packages I did.  I have been working closely 
with John Dong on each revision and upstream release.  Ktorrent and Ktorrent-
kde4 will be merging for the 8.10 release, the package merge is awaiting 
sponsorship on Launchpad.

I really like kdiamond-kde4, it's very addictive 
https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdiamond-kde4
This was my first FeatureFreeze exception package.  With this package, I 
learned how the Feature Freeze Exception process works.  This is now part of 
the kde-games meta-package as kdiamond.

I am also proud of keruocalc-kde4. 
https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keurocalc-kde4
It's the first multi-binary package I made from scratch.  This package along 
with lemonpos-kde4 are in the works to be migrated from the -kde4 package 
name.

Along with these, I've had a couple of packages sponsored into Debian.  
pdf2djvu and trash-cli (trash-cli was just uploaded today).  The new upstream 
of pdf2djvu and the initial release of trash-cli will be synced once they are 
available in Sid.

Throughout the remainder of this cycle, I will continue to help the fabulous  
Kubuntu team get the 8.10 release ready to be the best one ever!  I will 
continue to look for new apps to package, which is always fun to do.  I also 
plan on joining the Ubuntu Universe Sponsors team, and doing several reviews a 
week.  I also plan on helping in the MOTU-Torrent team.  Most of all, I look 
forward to continuing to learn and grow with the best development team in the 
world.

Here are the appropriate links:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StephenStalcup <- wiki page
https://edge.launchpad.net/~vorian/+packages <- packages 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StephenStalcup/MOTU - Motu journal <- Motu Journal
http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=vorian%40ubuntu.com <- Debian QA Page

I also wanted to thank the following sponsors for putting up with me!  I 
really appreciate your guidance, time, and sharing of seemingly endless 
knowledge:  

John Dong, Richard Johnson, Jonathan Patrick Davies, Johnathan Riddell 
Luca Falavigna, Scott Kitterman, Nelson A. de Oliveira, and Luca Bruno. 

Thanks for your consideration.
Steve (vorian)