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Fedora Workstation WG Governance

This document describes the governing structure for the Fedora Workstation Working Group, an independent subcommittee of FESCo.

Membership

Members of the Working Group are chosen by the Working Group as needed to maintain a reasonably sized working group. The Working Group may fill a seat by selecting a candidate and approving by majority of the Working Group membership. Eligible candidates must be in the FPCA+1 group. The Working Group is encouraged to seek out candidates that have been showing persistent and high-quality contribution to Workstation technology or direction.

Current Members

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Meetings

The Working Group meets on a regular basis. A quorum, comprised of a majority of the Working Group, is required to conduct business and make binding decisions at meetings.

The Working Group will keep records of discussions, meetings, and votes, and will make these records public to the Fedora community. The Working Group shall generally be open to public observation. However, the Working Group may meet in private when necessary to discuss for sensitive issues, such as legal issues, provided that such private meetings are rare and that the public record indicates that a private meeting occurred and the general topic of the private discussion.

Making Decisions

The Working Group may make binding decisions on any matters affecting the Fedora Workstation product, including any software contained in the product.

The Working Group generally operates by consensus. Formal votes are not required to resolve issues except when disagreement exists. When Working Group members wish to hold a vote, voting may occur either using an online platform accessible to the Fedora community, or during meetings of the Working Group. Working group members can vote +1 to approve, -1 to disagree, or 0 to abstain; a majority vote is necessary for a measure to pass, with abstain votes not being included in the count.

Working Group decisions may be overruled by FESCo.

Changing these Rules

This document was originally approved by consensus of the initial Working Group members and by FESCo. Future substantive changes may be approved by majority vote and sent to FESCo for acceptance.

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 == Fedora Workstation WG Governance ==
-This document describes the governing structure for the Fedora Workstation Working Group.
+This document describes the governing structure for the Fedora Workstation Working Group, an independent subcommittee of FESCo.
 === Membership ===
-The Fedora Workstation Working Group has nine voting members, with one member acting as the liaison to the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
+Members of the Working Group are chosen by the Working Group as needed to maintain a reasonably sized working group. The Working Group may fill a seat by selecting a candidate and approving by majority of the Working Group membership. Eligible candidates must be in the FPCA+1 group. The Working Group is encouraged to seek out candidates that have been showing persistent and high-quality contribution to Workstation technology or direction.
-The FESCo liaison is always a member of the decision making group for the Working Group.  The liaison is responsible for presenting the WG decisions and summary of WG discussions to FESCo on a regular basis.  They will also take feedback or requirements from FESCo back to the WG.  The liaison is not required to be a  FESCo member, but should be
+=== Current Members ===
-able to regularly attend the FESCo meetings.
+[[Workstation|View current membership]]
-Members of the Work Group are chosen by the Working Group as seats become available.  In the event that a current member relinquishes their seat, the Working Group will fill the seat by selecting a candidate and approving by majority consensus.  Eligible candidates must be in the FPCA+1 group.  The Working Group is highly encouraged to seek out candidates that have been showing persistent and high quality contribution to Workstation technology.
+=== Meetings ===
-=== Current Members ===
+The Working Group meets on a regular basis. A quorum, comprised of a majority of the Working Group, is required to conduct business and make binding decisions at meetings.
-[[Workstation|View current membership]]
+The Working Group will keep records of discussions, meetings, and votes, and will make these records public to the Fedora community. The Working Group shall generally be open to public observation. However, the Working Group may meet in private when necessary to discuss for sensitive issues, such as legal issues, provided that such private meetings are rare and that the public record indicates that a private meeting occurred and the general topic of the private discussion.
 === Making Decisions ===
-Because Fedora is a global project, members of the working group may be distributed across multiple timezones. It may be possible to have a real-time IRC meetings, but  in general we will conduct business on the mailing list.
+The Working Group may make binding decisions on any matters affecting the Fedora Workstation product, including any software contained in the product.
-Many of our decisions can be made through "lazy consensus". Under this model, an intended action is announced on the mailing list, discussed, and in the absence of a group of dissenting contributors within a few days, simply done.
-For bigger issues, where there may be disagreement, or where there is long-term  impact, or where an action may not easily be undone, we will put forth a formal  proposal on the mailing list with a "[Proposal for Vote] header in the email Subject:  field.  Working group members can vote +1 to approve, -1 to disagree, or 0 to abstain; a majority vote is necessary for a measure to pass with abstain votes not being included in the count. Members have one week to record their votes on an official proposal.  Members who do not vote within the voting period implicitly abstain.  Non-members may comment on the item and (of course) discuss on the mailing list, but are asked to refrain from  putting votes on official proposal threads.
+The Working Group generally operates by consensus. Formal votes are not required to resolve issues except when disagreement exists. When Working Group members wish to hold a vote, voting may occur either using an online platform accessible to the Fedora community, or during meetings of the Working Group. Working group members can vote +1 to approve, -1 to disagree, or 0 to abstain; a majority vote is necessary for a measure to pass, with abstain votes not being included in the count.
-In the event that a live meeting is held in IRC to discuss an issue, proposals will be done in much the same way.  A member will put forth an official proposal by prefixing a summary of such with "Proposal:" and WG members will vote as above.  Results will be recorded and posted in any meeting minutes.
+Working Group decisions may be overruled by FESCo.
 === Changing these Rules ===
-This document will be approved by consensus of the initial Working Group members and approved by FESCo. After initial ratification, any substantive changes can be approved by majority vote and sent to FESCo for acceptance.
+This document was originally approved by consensus of the initial Working Group members and by FESCo. Future substantive changes may be approved by majority vote and sent to FESCo for acceptance.

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