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From: "Joe Brockmeier" <jzb(a)redhat.com>
To: council-discuss(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 4:59:33 PM
Subject: Re: A Modest FOSCo Proposal
On 04/27/2015 03:48 PM, Remy DeCausemaker wrote:
> After much thought and input from Fedorans since I've arrived
> officially, I finally present for your review a proposal on the future
> of FOSCo.
>
> tl;dr - Narrowly define FOSCo as a decision making body to handle
> budgetary requests from subprojects, and revive/revamp the Fedora
> Commarch Team.
Some thoughts:
* I wish this were on the wiki instead of a ODT. I'm aware of the
problems with the wiki, but this is something that might benefit from
easy edits.
I can certainly add this to the wiki. The Community ______ Team would eventually end up as
a new subproject, but for now, is there a place where proposals live on the wiki, or this
proposal specifically should live?
* The Diversity Advisor is not a hire, AIUI, but a community position.
We might want to correct that in the document. The code of conduct &
diversity should probably be jointly owned/maintained by the Council and
FOSCo.
Duly noted, I will change "hire" to "advisor" in the proposal.
I added this section as a "perhaps," and should have added a question mark for
empasis. I def didn't want to add it as an official role until after the Diversity
Advisor is able to provide input.
* FOSCo has been in discussion a while, but if my memory serves - one
of
the points of FOSCo was to enable/enhance collaboration & communication
between the groups most engaged with outreach.
I am proposing that this point *not* be a part of FOSCo, and instead be a major priority
of the Community _______ Team.
That part could use more detail. I think it's partially addressed
by the
Comarch idea, but not quite as much as I'd hope.
Marketing is probably one of the most important subprojects for figuring out how to do
this properly. I am certainly all for getting much more fine-grained on the strategy, once
we've gotten this organization vehicle existing and on the right track.
Should we spell out explicitly the goals for FOSCo/Comarch, and how
we'll know if they succeed (or failed)? I note you addressed metrics
here, which is good, but more as an output for other efforts.
Aside from the question of whether or not FAMSCo is ok with the council handling major
budgetary decisions (see earlier reply on this thread) none of the things listed in the
proposal would be part of FOSCo (outside of their regular delegation, should they choose
to field one or more.)
The "things the Community ______ Team will help with" in the proposal are more
of a statement of priorities and direction than goals. Once we've decided on those,
then specific goals should absolutely be identified on a yearly or quarterly basis,
ideally with milestones, tickets, and action items targeting specific goals.
Thank you for your feedback jzb, and I will add "putting this proposal onto the
wiki" onto my task list.
--RemyD.
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Remy DeCausemaker
<decause(a)redhat.com>
Fedora Community Lead & Council Member
http://whatcanidoforfedora.org