On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:34 PM, Justin W. Flory <jflory7(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 03/15/2016 08:03 AM, Matthew Miller wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 09:46:17PM -0600, Viorel Tabara wrote:
>>
>> I've (finally) managed to add my name to the Interests Areas on our
>> CommOps
>> page and couldn't find a description for 'culture' just as we have
for
>> all the
>> other areas under 'Things we help with'. Searching the wiki for
'culture'
>> does
>> return the 'Software Patents' as the 2nd result and that hints to the
>> culture
>> of freedom. Is that it? Personally I'd find useful to having something
>> short,
>> descriptive, right there on the CommOps page similar to the other areas.
>
>
> That sounds like a good idea. We do have "The use of the term free culture
> here refers to producing Free Content
> in an open, collaborative environment. From discussion, many Board
> members felt that just software was too limiting." at the bottom of
>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Vision_statement.
>
In terms of how CommOps can help with this, I think it goes off what Matt
said and also goes into the "culture" that goes into a free and open source
project like Fedora. There are many different ethics and values that compose
the community, and it's important to be mindful of these. Not only to be
mindful, but also to help enrich and support the communities of culture that
exist within Fedora.
The Ambassadors are the most obvious example of this as they are separated
by region, but it's not the case for other sub-projects. For how CommOps
fits into this, I see it as our duty and responsible to help build a
community infrastructure of support and acceptance for all of the different
cultures that fit into Fedora. The "Friends" part of the Four Foundations is
there for a reason. :) People enjoy contributing in a community where they
feel valued for *being a part of the family*, not just that they are useful
(stealing that line from Stephen Gallagher on the council-discuss list).
Helping support that idea is one thing that I think CommOps is all about. We
help with a lot of the "technical" things in the community, like measuring
impact at events with powerful metrics, documenting what's happening in the
community on the Community Blog, and directing resources and assistance when
and where it is needed. All of which are *very important things*. But I also
think it's our role to help support the "non-technical" things in the
community too, things like bringing the community together, helping
"federate" the different sub-projects, and building a supportive and
welcoming community.
So, that's what I feel like the "culture" side of CommOps is really all
about. If anyone thinks I'm off on anything, feel free to chime in on this
too. I hope this answers your question, Viorel!
--
Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
Well put jflory!
I would only add to that that you can read about these values of
Fedora (and Free/Open Source Software and Free Culture in general)
that commops members help to uphold and reinforce across the project
in places such as:
Perhaps we should also add these links to our wiki page as well (or
file a ticket on the commops trac perhaps?), as you are likely not the
first person to wonder about what "Culture" means to Fedora.
Looking Forward,
--RemyD.
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Remy DeCausemaker
Fedora Community Lead & Council
<decause(a)redhat.com>