:construction_site: Change role title from FCAIC to FCA
What about FCAIC and FCL?
The title of this role evolved and changed over the years since its
inception in February 2015. When the role was first created, the role
title was Fedora Community Leader (F.C.L.). At the time, the F.C.L. role
provided much needed separation with roles of the Fedora Project Leader.
However, the title did not feel right yet either. Anyone can be a leader
in the Fedora community, whether they are employed by Red Hat or not! We
did not want to imply otherwise.
Later, in October 2016, the role title was changed to Fedora Community
Action & Impact Coordinator (F.C.A.I.C). This title was lengthier but
better captured what community engagement means in a large, globally-
distributed community like Fedora. Over time, community management in
Free & Open Source Software (F.O.S.S.) communities is better recognized
as an important part of successful projects. More projects,
organizations, and companies working on F.O.S.S. introduced new roles in
community management and leadership. However, community work does not
have an industry-accepted job ladder, as is more common with software
engineering. Red Hat eventually settled on the title of community
architect for community work in its pioneering Open Source communities.
Fast forward to 2023. The landscape has changed and evolved! So, it was
the ideal time to reflect on the title for this role. This is a proposal
to change the title to Fedora Community Architect (F.C.A.). Ultimately,
the goal of changing the name is to better describe the role and what
the F.C.A. does in Fedora. The lengthy "F.C.A.I.C." title usually came
with an explanation to others unfamiliar with Fedora and our community
culture. F.C.A. is also a handy shortening of the longer F.C.A.I.C.
acronym too!
Signed-off-by: Justin W. Flory (he/him) <jwf@redhat.com>