Universe Contributors Application for Charlie Smotherman (porthose)

[Nicolas Valcárcel]

+1 from me, he has been of great help on the mentoring reception team,
it's an honor for me to work with him together on it. He will be an
awesome addition to the team.

On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 12:35 -0500, Charliej wrote:
> Hello everyone, 
> 
> My name is Charlie Smotherman (porthose) and this is my application to
> become a Ubuntu Universe Contributor. 
> 
> I currently maintain Ampache and Ampache-themes in Debian, and I am
> seeking a sponsor for QuickPlay, which is currently up on
> mentors.debian.net and REVU.  
> 
> I have done some minor development work on Ubuntu during the Hardy
> cycle, but have become more active in the Intrepid cycle.  During Hardy
> my main focus was to get Ampache and Ampache-themes included into Debian
> so they could be sync'd over to Ubuntu, with this I have become familiar
> with Debian and Ubuntu processes.  Some of the Ubuntu processes that I
> am familiar with are: bug triaging, bug fixes, FFe's, getting debian RC
> bug fixes into Ubuntu, package updates, new package creation, REVU
> comments (27) and REVU package building/testing.  For Jaunty my plans
> are to become more involved in merges and assisting with bugs.
> 
> I have been helping out on REVU by letting RainCT know when packages
> need to be archived as I run across them.  For my efforts RainCT has
> assigned me REVU moderator privileges, which allows me to archive
> packages as needed, to help keep REVU nice and clean.  
> 
> I am also a member of the MOTU Mentoring Reception Team.  I assist the
> team by taking in contributor applications, process them, and correspond
> with MOTU's to pair MOTU mentor's and mentee's in the Junior and Senior
> Mentoring programs.  This has afforded me the opportunity to correspond
> with MOTU's that I would not have otherwise correspond with.  
> 
> My Wiki page [1] and my Launchpad page [2] lists the contributions I
> have made to Ubuntu. 
> 
> I would like to thank everyone that has taken the time to sponsor my
> work so far:
> 
> - Daniel Holbach  (dholbach)
> - James Westby  (james_w)
> - Siegfried Gevatter  (RainCT) 
> - Nicolas Valcárcel (nxvl)
> - Cesare Tirabassi  (norsetto)
> - Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)
> 
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CharlieSmotherman
> [2] https://edge.launchpad.net/~cjsmo
> 
> Thank you for your consideration
> 
> Charlie Smotherman
> 
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