Archive:Board/Possible Future of Fedora Governance

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Project Leader

* Appoint delegates with specific responsibilities
* Make decisions that require "urgent action"
* Make decisions for which no one else has responsibility, attempting

to stay in line with contributor consensus

* Propose draft General Resolutions, amendments
* Choose lengths of vote discussion periods (within constitutional limits)
* Lead contributor discussions
* Add/remove organizations from the list of those trusted with the

project's assets

* Offer formal advice
* Serve as chair of the Board
* Appointed by Red Hat
* Tallies votes
* Publishes vote totals after voting is complete
* Adjucate constitutional disputes
* Has the power to override any other group

Fedora Legal Committee (FeLCo)

* Legal spots and decides upon legal matters
* Ultimately authoritative in legal matters
* Has the power to override anyone else wrt legal issues
* Appointed by Red Hat

Board

* Decide matters of policy
* Duties and responsibilites may be delegated from the Board to other groups by mutual agreement
 - Any group may subdelegate responsibility
 - Cannot override decisions made by delegates within their respective jurisdictions
* Decide on matters where contributors' jurisdictions overlap
* Make decisions within the Board's jurisdiction when asked
* Offer formal advice
* Remove members of itself (according to the Board Succession Plan)
* Makes decisions as a last resort
* Amend the Constitution
* The Project Leader's vote breaks ties
* Chooses its own method of adding and removing members

FESCo

* A committee whose power is delegated by the Board
* Decide matters of technical policy
* Decide on technical matters where contributors' jurisdictions overlap
* Make decisions when asked
* Overrule individual contributor decisions
* Offer formal technical advice
* Appoint or remove members of itself (rules vary depending on

current number of members)

* Appoint a Committee Chair
* Chooses its own method of adding and removing members

FAmSCo

* Mission: Promotes and markets Fedora worldwide
* A committee whose power is delegated by the Board
* Decide matters of community-related policy
* Decide on matters where multiple community groups conflict
* Make decisions when asked
* Overrule individual community groups' decisions
* Offer formal community advice
* Appoint a Committee Chair
* Chooses its own method of adding and removing members

Individual contributors

* Definition of individual contributor: cla_done
* Make autonomous decisions with regards to their own work
* Run for elected office
* Complies with applicable codes of conduct
* Complies with applicable rules and procedures
* Vote in applicable elections