On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 09:28:27AM -0500, inode0 wrote: > "Like any board of directors, the Fedora Project Board advises Fedora > leadership and helps the project pursue broad goals. The Board does > not generally implement practices, but instead relies on the > recognized community leadership including but not limited to the > Fedora Engineering Steering Committee to do so." > > While I admit the role of a governance board is somewhat flexible I > think it generally does not include the intended role of the proposed > replacement body. That role would fall into the "... but instead > relies on the recognized community leadership including but not > limited to the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee to do so" part of > the above description. I think I follow what you're saying here, and if so, I think that this is part of the intention in calling for a new "Fedora Council" body rather than a board restructuring. Are you suggesting that we should retain a (perhaps even more pared-down) board in addition to this new body? Effectively, a supervisory board and an executive council? > Some of the other things the Board does now that I haven't seen any > description of how they will be handled by this replacement body or by > any other person or group include: > * Granting of trademark use as outlined in the Trademark Guidelines. It's my impression that this generally is a matter of making sure basic standards are followed and checking a box; this could be delegated to Fedora Legal, with any exceptional cases dealt with individually by the council, and with any future changes to the guidelines made by the council in consultation with Fedora Legal. > * Being the ultimate body to resolve disputes of either a personal > nature or of an intergroup nature within the Fedora Project that fail > to be resolved through other means. I think this would be an area for the council. I'd like to see a more active -- proactive -- Community Working Group handling the bulk of the former. > * Deciding questions that fall at the edges of the the Fedora > Project's philosophy (these largely fall into the area of deciding > whether something proposed somewhere in the project is consistent with > the values of the project as described in the four foundations). This is what I spoke of as "the Surpreme Court of Fedora Values". I agree that it is hugely important *and* that whatever method we have for addressing this needs to be representative of the community voice as a whole. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ board-discuss mailing list board-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/board-discuss
