Mindshare Committee Meeting (2026-04-02): Forgejo Migration Success & Event Support Requests

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Happy Friday, Fedora folks! :waving_hand: Here is a summary of yesterday’s meeting of the Fedora Mindshare Committee held on April 02, 2026. The Fedora Mindshare Committee is responsible for supporting various community, media, and outreach branches of the project. Operating directly under the Fedora Council, it aligns teams such as CommOps, Marketing, Design, Websites & Apps, Docs, and various mentorship and localization efforts.

Topics discussed in this meeting:

  • Announcements regarding the start of Q2 funding and the deprecation of the GitLab workflow in favor of Forgejo.
  • Approval of Ticket #95 for event funding for the XV PoznaĹ„ska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania.
  • Confirmation of a successful migration to Forgejo (Ticket #104).
  • Conditional approval of media sponsorship for the Linux App Summit 2026 (Ticket #105).
  • Discussion on pending action items from the Fedora Council Strategy Summit 2026.

Note: AI (Google Gemini) was used to summarize the Meetbot-generated HTML log of the public meeting. I edited the AI-generated output before making this Fedora Discussion topic. If you notice mistakes, please provide a correction as a reply to this topic.

Executive Summary

The transition into Q2 marks the availability of new quarterly funding for the Mindshare Committee. A historic administrative milestone was officially completed as the Fedora Mindshare Committee permanently migrated its workflow from GitLab to Forgejo. :tada: This aligns with the Community Linux Engineering (CLE) team’s rollout of the new Fedora Forge, officially retiring pagure.io. The Mindshare Committee also noted the publication of the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee’s 2023 annual report, with subsequent years releasing soon.

Financially and strategically, the committee approved a $150 USD funding request for the P.I.W.O. Poznań Free Software Fest occurring in May 2026. Additionally, Mindshare Committee conditionally approved a media partnership intent for the Linux App Summit 2026 in Berlin, pending promotional base content from the LAS organizers for us to amplify across the Fedora Magazine and social media channels. Finally, the Mindshare Committee outlined the division of action items generated from the Fedora Council Strategy Summit 2026, which must be completed prior to Flock 2026.

Action Items

  • @jflory7: Get in touch with @sramkrishna to inform him of the ticket migration from GitLab to Forgejo.

Detailed Meeting Log

Team news & announcements

  • Q1 has officially concluded, meaning the Mindshare Committee now has access to new quarterly funding.
  • The migration from GitLab to Forgejo is complete; the GitLab workflow is now deprecated, and the Mindshare Committee will exclusively use Forgejo going forward. :rocket:
  • The Community Linux Engineering (CLE) team announced that Fedora Forge, powered by Forgejo, is ready for use, replacing pagure.io. :glowing_star:
  • The Fedora Code of Conduct Committee has published its 2023 annual report detailing its case-load and actions, with 2024 and 2025 reports arriving soon.

Ticket #95: Funding Request: XV Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania (2026)

  • This ticket, initially reviewed in January, was tabled until the Q2 budget became available.
  • The Mindshare Committee unanimously approved the budget of $150 USD for the P.I.W.O. PoznaĹ„ Free Software Fest in Poland, scheduled for May 30, 2026.

Ticket #104: Migrate to Forgejo

  • The Mindshare Committee performed a rapid review of the required migration tasks.
  • It was verified and agreed that the GitLab repositories were successfully archived and redirected to Forgejo, marking the completion of the transition.

Topic #105: [Marketing] - Media Partnership for Linux App Summit 2026 May 16-17 Berlin, Germany

  • The Mindshare Committee conditionally approved the media sponsorship concept for the Linux App Summit 2026.
  • Because the event is rapidly approaching in May, the Mindshare Committee requested that the event organizers provide base content to adapt for Fedora Magazine, Mastodon, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
  • An action item was logged for @jflory7 to contact @sramkrishna about the Forgejo ticket migration.

Open floor

  • It was noted that Fedora Mindshare Committee representation at the Fedora Council Strategy Summit generated several action items.
  • These items are actively divided among the Mindshare Committee areas of the charter and must be completed before the start of Flock 2026.
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@glb @rlengland Tagged this into magazine-team to keep y’all in the loop on this upcoming promotional content that we would like to run on the Fedora Magazine.

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