From f7af5b3436e3b608033b58ca7009ee958ac8bd96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin W. Flory (he/him) Date: Mar 12 2023 15:45:39 +0000 Subject: council: Amend history of the FCA role title This commit fixes the story and original title of the Fedora Community Architect and its many different historical iterations. This came up in private message with @mattdm, when he pointed out to me that I missed some details in how I explained the history of the role title and how we got to where we are today. Furthermore, based on the suggestion of @mattdm and other low-vision users on Fedora Discussion, I dropped the use of punctuated acronyms as this did not have the desired impact I thought I was making for screen reader users. So, to respect the feedback of those who participated in the discussion, I am ending this precedent and will move back to acronyms not broken with punctuation. Signed-off-by: Justin W. Flory (he/him) --- diff --git a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fca.adoc b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fca.adoc index d975a76..8af7569 100644 --- a/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fca.adoc +++ b/council/modules/ROOT/pages/fca.adoc @@ -1,17 +1,18 @@ -= Fedora Community Architect (F.C.A.) += Fedora Community Architect (FCA) :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). +The _Fedora Community Architect_ (FCA) is employed full-time by Red Hat to lead initiatives that grow the Fedora user and developer communities. +They also help make Red Hat and Fedora interactions more transparent and open. +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 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 FCA is appointed to the Community Architect 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. +== Meet the FCA [.profile-picture] image::https://jwf.io/img/logo.jpg[Justin W. Flory (he/him)] @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ Together with a team of mentors, Justin mentored twenty-three start-up companies [[roles-budget]] === Budget === -The Fedora Community Architect will work with Fedora Council and OSAS to determine annual Fedora Budget +The Fedora Community Architect works with the Fedora Council and Red Hat Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to determine the 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. @@ -110,23 +111,23 @@ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Decause[Remy DeCausemaker]:: === 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. +The creation of the role was largely envisioned and advocated for by xref:fpc.adoc#previous[Robyn Bergeron], then the Fedora Project Leader. +When the role was first created, the role title was https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-community-action-and-impact-job-opening-red-hat-osas/[*Fedora Community Outreach and Impact Lead*], which was often shortened to Fedora Community Lead (FCL). +At the time, the FCL role provided needed separation of responsibilities with the xref:fpl.adoc[Fedora Project Leader], including the role of organizing the annual Fedora contributor conference, Flock. +However, the FCL title did not feel totally right 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). +Later, in October 2016, the role title was changed to *Fedora Community Action & Impact Coordinator* (FCAIC). 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. +Over time, more projects, organizations, and companies working on Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) 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! +The title was changed in January 2023 to *Fedora Community Architect* (FCA). +Ultimately, the goal of changing the name was to better describe the role and what the FCA does in Fedora. +The lengthy "FCAIC" title usually came with an explanation to others unfamiliar with Fedora and our community culture. +FCA is also a handy shortening of the longer FCAIC acronym too!