From 459e3f69769d1c377ad207304f6ea73faeb71dc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Cotton Date: Dec 09 2021 15:02:35 +0000 Subject: Add some "welcome to Council" docs This is intended to be a one-stop shop for new Council members. It's probably missing a lot, but it's better than what we had before, which was nothing. --- diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc index ffb9868..8c7c8f8 100644 --- a/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc +++ b/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ** xref:policy/edition-promotion-policy.adoc[Edition Promotion Policy] ** xref:policies.adoc[Additional Policies] * Council Procedures +** xref:procedures/welcome.adoc[Welcome to Council] ** xref:procedures/team_directory.adoc[Team Directory] ** xref:procedures/tickets.adoc[Ticket Queue] * xref:history.adoc[Council and Board Historical Membership] diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/procedures/welcome.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/procedures/welcome.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b6c4406 --- /dev/null +++ b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/procedures/welcome.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ += Welcome to Council + +Welcome to the Fedora Council! +You have just joined +(or perhaps you are thinking about joining) +and now you want to learn your way around. +If you have any questions, +don't hestitate to ask for help. +Ask for a mentor if you think that would help you. + +== General expectations + +*Be brave.* +You are on the Council because you represent the Fedora community. +We expect you to share your ideas and opinions. +If you are the representative of another group +(i.e. Diversity & Inclusion, FESCo, and Mindshare Committee representatives), +you are expected to speak on behalf of the group you represent. +Let the rest of the Council know when you need help. +Share what's going well. +Communicate Council goings on back to the group you represent. + +*Take action.* +The Council is an active leadership body, +which means Council members should feel empowered to _do_ things, +not just _discuss_ things. +You don't need to wait to be assigned a task. +If there's something that needs to be done, +feel free to do it! + +*Ask for help.* +Every member of the Fedora Council was new at some point. +Don't feel bad if you need to ask for help or if something is unclear. +Think of it as finding a bug in the documentation! + + +== Access + +When you were elected or appointed to the Fedora Council, +the FPgM (or someone else) opened an issue in our https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issues[ticket tracker]. +This provides a checklist for all of the places you need to be granted access. +Don't worry! +There's not much you need to do there. +If there's something Council-related that you don't have access to, +open an issue or ask in xref:_#chat[chat]. + +== Communication + +We have asynchronous conversations in the https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/c/project/council-discuss/60[Council Discussions topic] on Discussion. +This is a public forum, +so we expect—and welcome—input from community members who are not on Council. +On the rare occasions when we need to discuss confidential matters, +we have a private mailing list. + +For synchronous communication, +we use the https://matrix.to/#/#council:fedoraproject.org[*#council*] channel on chat.fedoraproject.org +(briged to the *#fedora-council* IRC channel on https://libera.chat/[Libera.Chat]). + +== Meetings + +The Council holds bi-weekly business meetings. +These are an opportunity to check on the progress of tasks +and have conversations about open issues. +Attendance is not mandatory, +but we encourage you to attend and participate as often as you can. +Business meetings are open to the community at large. + +Once a month, +we hold https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Video_Meetings[video meetings]. +These are an opportunity to let the community showcase their work +and ask the Council and broader community for help. +Video meetings are open to the community at large. + +From time to time, +the Council holds face-to-face meetings. +These are private and in-person when possible. +Attendance at these meetings is strongly encouraged. +The Council will pay travel expenses when necessary. + +== Tickets + +*Expectation:* +Tickets are for discussing and voting on a specific proposal. +If you have an idea that needs broader discussion or brainstorming, +start a thread on Discussion. + +Procedures for labels, priorities, and voting on tickets are in the xref:tickets.adoc[Ticket Queue docs].