From 086f737d81bc6f6fec7abf05a134ba3f63055292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Miller Date: Feb 28 2018 10:39:08 +0000 Subject: update leadership doc --- diff --git a/project/images/council-badge.png b/project/images/council-badge.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e0399d Binary files /dev/null and b/project/images/council-badge.png differ diff --git a/project/images/fesco-badge.png b/project/images/fesco-badge.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..93ed858 Binary files /dev/null and b/project/images/fesco-badge.png differ diff --git a/project/leadership.adoc b/project/leadership.adoc index 6a4d923..deb38d2 100644 --- a/project/leadership.adoc +++ b/project/leadership.adoc @@ -1,8 +1,67 @@ -[NOTE] -==== += Fedora Leadership -This page is a placeholder. It should have content adapted from -https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Leadership. You can help make this document more useful by -submitting changes via pull request at https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/council-docs +The Fedora Project is led by contributors from across the community. +Different functional areas of Fedora at times evolve, build, or dismantle their own formal (or informal!) leadership over time. +Because Fedora is an open source project, we encourage new contributors to identify problems, find solutions, and collaborate with other members to achieve results. +Our community recognizes and empowers able leaders from among our peers. -==== \ No newline at end of file +The Fedora Project aims to have a thin layer of governance that enables decision making without excessive drag. + + +The following are current examples of _leadership groups_ in Fedora. + +== Fedora Council == +image::council-badge.png[float="right",50%] + +The https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/council/charter.html[Fedora Council] is the topmost governance and leadership body in Fedora, and is made up of appointed and elected members from across the Fedora community. +Details about the Council such as size, constitution, and succession planning are found in the https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/council/charter.html[Fedora Council Charter]. + +The https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/council/fpl.html[Fedora Project Leader] (or "FPL") serves as the chair of the Council. + + +== Fedora Engineering Steering Committee == +image::fesco-badge.png[float="right",50%] + +The https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/subprojects/fesco.html[Fedora Engineering Steering Committee] (commonly known as "FESCo") is a community-elected body empowered by the Council to manage the technical features of the Fedora distribution and specific implementations of policy in the Fedora Project. +You can find further information about FESCo, its members, and its policies on the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Engineering_Steering_Committee[FESCo wiki pages]. + + +== Fedora Mindshare Committee == + +The https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/subprojects/mindshare.html[Mindshare Committee] represents leadership for user and contributor community growth and support. + + +== Other groups == + +The list above is not a complete list of every group of empowered community members. +Other groups steer specific parts of Fedora as well, empowered and supported by the relevant teams. +The list above shows the three leadership groups that most often work on issues of policy or practice affecting large portions of the Fedora Project. + +Community members are always encouraged to get involved in leading Fedora in ways that are important to them, while minimizing overhead and governance project-wide. + + +=== Working Groups === + +Fedora https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Editions[Editions] — currently, +https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Atomic_WG[Atomic], +https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Server[Server], +and +https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation[Workstation], +— and sometimes Fedora Project Objectives are lead by _Working Groups_. +These groups are either independent subcommittees of FESCo, Mindshare, or the Council. +They have formal membership and decision-making processes, but generally the membership is intended to include active contributors and the decision-making power reflects that. +A seat on the Working Group itself is _not at all_ required to participate meaningfully in the work on Editions or Objectives. + + +=== Subprojects === + +https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/subprojects/subprojects.html[Subprojects] are long-standing major areas of effort under the overall Fedora umbrella. +Each subproject has its own governance. + + +=== Special Interest Groups === + +https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/subprojects/sigs.html[Special Interest Groups], or "SIGs", are much less formal. +The process for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Creating_a_Fedora_SIG[creating a SIG] has *no red tape*. +Different SIGs have different structures; some use formalized voting and others don't. +Some SIGs may eventually become subprojects; for others, the lightweight framework is perfect.