2024-10-09 Summary of Fedora Council Meeting

Meeting Summary - October 9th, 2024

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Team announcements & news

  • Planning ticket is now open for the Council 2025 Hackfest.
  • Announcement of @bookwar’s new role as manager for the Cockpit and Anaconda teams in Red Hat.
  • There is a change proposal for the Anaconda Web UI Partitioning interface which was discussed but not decided upon due to needing more conversation with the installer team.

Ticket-driven discussion

  • #502: DEI policy for Event location
    • The Council discussed a draft policy for selecting locations for Fedora events, with a focus on Flock (the annual contributor conference).
    • There was a wide range of opinions expressed about the policy, particularly regarding visas and passport privilege.
    • The Council ultimately decided to:
      • Focus the policy on Flock only, for now.
      • Ask the DEI team to develop a revised policy draft that addresses the feedback from the Council meeting, particularly regarding visas and passport privilege.
  • #473: Git Forge Evaluation 2024
    • The Council discussed extending the deadline for the ARC team report on GitLab vs. Forgejo by 6 weeks to allow QA time to investigate both options.
    • The Council voted to approve the extension and a meeting with the ARC team during the week of October 14th to discuss the project’s progress.

Action Items

  • @mattdm to submit a Policy Change proposal as per The Process, requesting the DEI team to develop a specific policy for the location of Flock.
  • @misc and @jonatoni to connect the feedback from the Council meeting into the DEI policy draft and reach out if there are clarifications needed on Council input.
  • @amoloney to book a slot with CPE ARC next week for the Council meeting.

Additional Notes

  • The importance of timeboxing discussions to keep meetings efficient was highlighted.
  • The value of open communication and addressing stakeholder concerns was emphasized.