F40 FESCo Election Interview

What is your name (Given/First and Family/Last Names please)?

Jared K. Smith

What is your FAS Username and/or Nick?

jsmith

What Matrix Channels do you tend to use?

Fedora Devel and Fedora ARM, mostly

Why do you want to be a member of FESCo and how do you expect to help steer the direction of Fedora?

I have a great love for the Fedora community, and want to ensure it continues to be a strong and vibrant place. One of the best way I can contribute is to help steer engineering decisions as part of FESCo. For me, it's about giving back to a great project.

How do you currently contribute to Fedora? How does that contribution benefit the community?

I've been actively contributing to Fedora for over twenty years -- as a packager, as a member of the docs team, as the FPL, and various terms on the FESCo and Mindshare committees.

How do you handle disagreements when working as part of a team?

For me, it's about keeping an open mind, and being able to hold two competing views in my mind at the same time and not rushing to judgement. After that, it's about focusing on what is right and not necessarily who is right. Last but not least, it's clearly communicating both your opinion and how you came to form that opinion.

What else should community members know about you or your positions?

I can't think of anything in particular.