From 7372986d69e2557d95bf0f006e33e013f4c10750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin W. Flory (he/him) Date: Feb 07 2023 16:15:18 +0000 Subject: charter: Update DEI Advisor, remove auxiliary status This commit changes the Fedora Council charter to use updated language about the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Advisor. In 2017, the role was changed to "Diversity & Inclusion Team Representative", but in its real function, this was not how the role was utilized in the Council. For some time, the DEI Team documentation reflects the role as "DEI Advisor" while the official Council charter does not reflect this. So, the main change in this is updating the language to match what the DEI Team includes as role documentation for the DEI Advisor to the Council. Additionally, the DEI Advisor is now moved from an auxiliary seat to a full, voting member of the Fedora Council. This is a step as a whole to retire the auxiliary seats and give every member of the Council an equal voice and impact in voting and decisions. In function, this is how the Council already works, but our charter is not reflective of this and technically the charter is the ultimate truth. This follows an in-person conversation with @mattdm, and by opening a Pull Request for this change, requires a Council vote to update the charter. Signed-off-by: Justin W. Flory (he/him) --- diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc index b78f643..01928f6 100644 --- a/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc +++ b/council/modules/ROOT/nav.adoc @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ** xref:fpl.adoc[Fedora Project Leader] ** xref:fca.adoc[Fedora Community Architect] ** xref:fpgm.adoc[Fedora Program Manager] -** xref:diversity-inclusion:roles:council-advisor.adoc[Fedora D&I Advisor] +** xref:diversity-inclusion:roles:council-advisor.adoc[Fedora D.E.I. Advisor] * Council Policies ** xref:policy/coc-response-policy.adoc[Code of Conduct Response Policy] ** xref:policy/community-publishing-platforms.adoc[Community Publishing Platforms] diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc index f981a2c..85ca34a 100644 --- a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc +++ b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc @@ -98,12 +98,9 @@ fourteen days and a simple majority of Council members are in favor of the request. -Composition ------------ +== Composition - -Objective Leads -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +=== Objective Leads On an ongoing basis, including sessions at Flock and in public online meetings, the Council will identify two to four key https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/objectives/[community objectives] @@ -117,13 +114,11 @@ objective lead is responsible for coordinating efforts to reach those goals, evaluating and reporting on progress, and working regularly with all relevant groups in Fedora to ensure that progress is made. +=== Representatives -Representatives -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The Council also includes five representative seats, an *Engineering Representative*, a *Mindshare Representative*, a *DEI Advisor* and two *Elected Representatives*. -The Council also includes four representative seats, an *Engineering -Representative*, a *Mindshare Representative*, and two *Elected -Representatives*. +==== Engineering & Mindshare Representatives “Engineering” and “Mindshare” are broad areas roughly encompassing two of the major areas of activity in Fedora. _Engineering_ is the technical @@ -138,6 +133,16 @@ represent their areas collectively, _not_ to be just an individual voice that happens to be voted-in by some subset of Fedora. They are selected by contributors working in those areas, under the rules of the xref:fesco::Fedora_Council_Engineering_Rep.adoc[Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo)] and the xref:mindshare-committee::procedures/council_rep.adoc[Mindshare Committee], respectively. +==== Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Advisor + +The *Fedora Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Advisor* is a liaison between the Fedora Council and the Fedora Community on topics and issues related to diversity and inclusion in Fedora. +The DEI Advisor works with Fedora Council leadership to represent perspectives and voices of the Fedora Community in decision-making and project discussions. +Additionally, they also lead initiatives to assess and promote equality and inclusion in close collaboration with the xref:diversity-inclusion::index.adoc[Fedora DEI Team]. + +This position is appointed by members of the Fedora DEI Team, with the approval of the Council. + +==== Elected Representatives + The elected positions cover all Fedora subprojects that are not under the engineering or mindshare banners, and the community at large. One specific responsibility is to represent the voice of individual @@ -151,9 +156,7 @@ has a two-election (approximately one year) term. No person who currently holds another Council seat can be elected. If a seat becomes vacant, the Council will arrange for a temporary replacement. - -Appointed Leadership Positions -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +=== Appointed Leadership Positions *Fedora Project Leader* @@ -178,28 +181,15 @@ transparent and positive. The Fedora community budget comes to us through the Red Hat Open Source Program Office, and this position facilitates decision-making on how to best focus that to meet our collective objectives. +=== Auxiliary Seats -Auxiliary Seats -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -As with the objective leads, the next two appointed positions are +As with the objective leads, the next appointed positions are auxiliary seats. They are intended to have significant positive impact on the project as a whole, but in order to minimize the overall influence of appointed positions vs. those selected by the community, their votes in the consensus process are expected to be related to the scope of the respective role. -*Diversity & Inclusion Team Representative* - -The Fedora https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Diversity[Diversity & Inclusion Team] -works on initiatives to assess and promote equality and inclusion -within the Fedora contributor and user communities, and helps develop -project strategy on diversity issues. The Diversity & Inclusion Team Representative -connects the team's efforts to the Council. - -This position is appointed by members of the Fedora Diversity & Inclusion Team, -with the approval of the Council. - *Fedora Program Manager* The https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management#Fedora_Program_Manager[FPgM] coordinates the planning and @@ -321,6 +311,8 @@ meaning) can be found in the https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/council-docs/commits/main[git repository] for Council documents. +2023-02-02: Update Diversity & Inclusion Team Representative to DEI Advisor, remove auxiliary status and designate as a full voting member. + 2017-11-15: Update Diversity Advisor to Diversity & Inclusion Team Representative 2017-10-20: Move current membership list and contact info to separate docs.