From 62c0fcc5010a84c420a8485891009f2d4f7f044a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin W. Flory (he/him) Date: Jan 18 2023 15:56:01 +0000 Subject: :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) --- diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc index 9df9878..b78f643 100644 --- a/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc +++ b/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ * xref:contact.adoc[Contact the Fedora Council] * xref:members.adoc[Current Council Members] ** xref:fpl.adoc[Fedora Project Leader] -** xref:fcaic.adoc[Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinator] +** xref:fca.adoc[Fedora Community Architect] ** xref:fpgm.adoc[Fedora Program Manager] ** xref:diversity-inclusion:roles:council-advisor.adoc[Fedora D&I Advisor] * Council Policies diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fca.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fca.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d975a76 --- /dev/null +++ b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fca.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ += Fedora Community Architect (F.C.A.) +:page-aliases: fcaic.adoc + +The _Fedora Community Architect_ (F.C.A.) is a full-time, Red Hat-employed job to lead initiatives to grow the Fedora user and developer communities, and to make Red Hat & Fedora interactions more transparent and positive. +The Fedora Community budget comes to us through the Red Hat Open Source Program Office (OSPO). +This position facilitates decision-making on how to best focus that to meet our community's goals and objectives. +The F.C.A. supports the xref:fpl.adoc[Project Leader] with all things "Community" and works directly with the Fedora Leadership to help bring more Heat and Light to the project. + +The FCA is appointed to the Community Action and Impact seat on the Fedora xref:index.adoc[Council], Fedora’s top-level community leadership and governance body. +The Council is responsible for stewardship of the Fedora Project as a whole, and supports the health and growth of the Fedora Community. + + +[[current]] +== Meet the F.C.A. + +[.profile-picture] +image::https://jwf.io/img/logo.jpg[Justin W. Flory (he/him)] + +https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jflory7[Justin W. Flory] (pronouns: he/him) became the Fedora Community Architect in October 2022. + +Justin is a creative maker. +He is best known as an Open Source contributor and Free Culture advocate originally from the United States. + +Justin has participated in numerous Open Source communities and led different initiatives to build sustainable software and communities for nearly ten years. +This includes his participation in the Fedora Project since 2015. +In Fedora, he co-founded and led the xref:commops::contribute/commops-landing.adoc[Community Operations] team for four years and was a founding member of the xref:diversity-inclusion::index.adoc[Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Team]. +You can read more about Justin's past and present Fedora activities link:https://jwf.io/#fedora[on his website]. + +Previous to Red Hat, from June 2020 to September 2022, Justin supported the link:https://www.unicef.org/innovation/[UNICEF Office of Innovation] as the first Open Source Technical Advisor. +At UNICEF, he supported the link:https://www.unicefinnovationfund.org/[UNICEF Venture Fund] and other Open Source activities within the Office of Innovation. +Together with a team of mentors, Justin mentored twenty-three start-up companies of diverse start-up companies from nineteen countries and five continents. + + +[[roles]] +== Roles and Responsibilities == + +[[roles-council]] +=== Council === + +* Work with other Council members to identify the short, medium, and long term goals of the Fedora community and to organize and enable the project to best achieve them +* Primary Council member with responsibility for the development of the annual Fedora community budget +* Participate in decision-making about use of trademarks, project structure, community disputes or complaints, and other such issues + +[[roles-special]] +=== Special Initiatives === + +* Design and spearhead special initiatives to grow user and contributor bases + +[[roles-metrics]] +=== Metrics === + +* Implement metrics for community engagement, participation, and satisfaction; create and execute projects to improve those metrics; report regularly on progress and adjust approach as needed + +[[roles-opportunities]] +=== Opportunities === + +* Identify opportunities to engage new contributors and community members; align project around supporting those opportunities + +[[roles-community-liaison]] +=== Liaise between Red Hat and FOSS Community === + +* Communicate community needs to Red Hat and participate in regular meetings with internal Red Hat stakeholders; align Red Hat participation in Fedora beyond platform engineering +* Represent Red Hat’s stake in Fedora community success +* Improve on-boarding materials and presentation of Fedora to new Red Hat hires; develop standardized materials on Fedora which can be used at Red Hat globally. + +[[roles-budget]] +=== Budget === + +The Fedora Community Architect will work with Fedora Council and OSAS to determine annual Fedora Budget + +* Ensure that budget is published and tracked transparently, with a public page indicating how each year’s budget is earmarked and its current state. + +[[roles-events]] +=== Fedora Event Planning and Participation === + +Participate in planning and organizing Fedora’s Flagship events each year, including: + +* Flock, Nest, & Hatch +* Release Parties +* Fedora contributor hackfests + +The Fedora Community Architect also represents Fedora at other major industry conferences and hackathons such as: + +* All Things Open +* DevConf CZ, IN, US +* FOSDEM +* PyCon (and Sprints) +* LibrePlanet +* Red Hat Summit + +[[roles-communications]] +=== Communications === + +The Fedora Community Architect provides and facilitates regular communications to Fedora Magazine, the Fedora Community Blog, and other mass communication channels to talk about community goals/progress and general community boosting. + + +[[previous]] +== Previous Fedora Community Architects + +https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Riecatnor[Marie Nordin]:: + November 2019 – October 2022 (_Fedora Linux 31 to 37_) + +https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bex[Brian Exelbierd]:: + October 2016 – November 2019 (_Fedora Linux 25 to 31_) + +https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Decause[Remy DeCausemaker]:: + February 2015 – June 2016 (_Fedora Linux 22 to 24_) + +[[previous-title]] +=== 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. +The title was changed in January 2023 to *Fedora Community Architect* (F.C.A.), its current title. +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! diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fcaic.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fcaic.adoc deleted file mode 100644 index e152224..0000000 --- a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fcaic.adoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,107 +0,0 @@ -= Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinator -:toc: - -The _Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinator_ (or _FCAIC_) is a full-time, Red Hat-employed job to lead initiatives to grow the Fedora user and developer communities, and to make Red Hat & Fedora interactions more transparent and positive. -The Fedora Community budget comes to us through the Red Hat Open Source Program Office (OSPO). -This position facilitates decision-making on how to best focus that to meet our community's goals and objectives. -The FCAIC supports the xref:fpl.adoc[Project Leader] with all things "Community" and works directly with the Fedora Leadership to help bring more Heat and Light to the project. - -The FCAIC is appointed to the Community Action and Impact seat on the Fedora xref:index.adoc[Council], Fedora’s top-level community leadership and governance body. -The Council is responsible for stewardship of the Fedora Project as a whole, and supports the health and growth of the Fedora Community. - - -[[current]] -== Current F-🎂footnote:[What's with the cake? The abbreviation FCAIC sounds like "F-Cake" in American English. If this position is going to have a title that is a mouthful, at least the mouthful can be yummy cake!] - -[.profile-picture] -image::https://jwf.io/img/logo.jpg[Justin W. Flory (he/him)] - -https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jflory7[Justin W. Flory] (pronouns: he/him) became the FCAIC in October 2022. - -Justin is a creative maker. -He is best known as an Open Source contributor and Free Culture advocate originally from the United States. - -Justin has participated in numerous Open Source communities and led different initiatives to build sustainable software and communities for nearly ten years. -This includes his participation in the Fedora Project since 2015. -In Fedora, he co-founded and led the xref:commops::contribute/commops-landing.adoc[Community Operations] team for four years and was a founding member of the xref:diversity-inclusion::index.adoc[Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Team]. -You can read more about Justin's past and present Fedora activities link:https://jwf.io/#fedora[on his website]. - -Previous to Red Hat, from June 2020 to September 2022, Justin supported the link:https://www.unicef.org/innovation/[UNICEF Office of Innovation] as the first Open Source Technical Advisor. -At UNICEF, he supported the link:https://www.unicefinnovationfund.org/[UNICEF Venture Fund] and other Open Source activities within the Office of Innovation. -Together with a team of mentors, Justin mentored twenty-three start-up companies of diverse start-up companies from nineteen countries and five continents. - - -[[roles]] -== Roles and Responsibilities == - -[[roles-council]] -=== Council === - -* Work with other Council members to identify the short, medium, and long term goals of the Fedora community and to organize and enable the project to best achieve them -* Primary Council member with responsibility for the development of the annual Fedora community budget -* Participate in decision-making about use of trademarks, project structure, community disputes or complaints, and other such issues - -[[roles-special]] -=== Special Initiatives === - -* Design and spearhead special initiatives to grow user and contributor bases - -[[roles-metrics]] -=== Metrics === - -* Implement metrics for community engagement, participation, and satisfaction; create and execute projects to improve those metrics; report regularly on progress and adjust approach as needed - -[[roles-opportunities]] -=== Opportunities === - -* Identify opportunities to engage new contributors and community members; align project around supporting those opportunities - -[[roles-community-liaison]] -=== Liaise between Red Hat and FOSS Community === - -* Communicate community needs to Red Hat and participate in regular meetings with internal Red Hat stakeholders; align Red Hat participation in Fedora beyond platform engineering -* Represent Red Hat’s stake in Fedora community success -* Improve on-boarding materials and presentation of Fedora to new Red Hat hires; develop standardized materials on Fedora which can be used at Red Hat globally. - -[[roles-budget]] -=== Budget === - -The FCAIC will work with Fedora Council and OSAS to determine annual Fedora Budget - -* Ensure that budget is published and tracked transparently, with a public page indicating how each year’s budget is earmarked and its current state. - -[[roles-events]] -=== Fedora Event Planning and Participation === - -Participate in planning and organizing Fedora’s Flagship events each year, including: - -* Flock, Nest, & Hatch -* Release Parties -* Fedora contributor hackfests - -The FCAIC also represents Fedora at other major industry conferences and hackathons such as: - -* All Things Open -* DevConf CZ, IN, US -* FOSDEM -* PyCon (and Sprints) -* LibrePlanet -* Red Hat Summit - -[[roles-communications]] -=== Communications === - -The FCAIC provides and facilitates regular communications to Fedora Magazine, the Fedora Community Blog, and other mass communication channels to talk about community goals/progress and general community boosting. - - -[[previous]] -== Previous Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinators - -https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Riecatnor[Marie Nordin]:: - November 2019 – October 2022 - -https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bex[Brian Exelbierd]:: - October 2016 – November 2019 - -https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Decause[Remy DeCausemaker ]:: - February 2015 – June 2016