This commit is a complete rewrite of the Fedora Community Architect (FCA) charter page to better reflect core responsibilities. The Community Architect role was often misinterpreted as a broad "Community Manager" role, while the actual focus is on the stewardship of key project resources: the Fedora budget, the Flock contributor conference, and Fedora Council documentation. This change clarifies the role's priorities and aligns it with performance expectations.
The core motivation was to move beyond abstract statements and define the specific actions, accountabilities, and guiding principles of the FCA. This was achieved by systematically expanding each section to reflect the practical, day-to-day realities of the work.
Key changes include:
Decision-Making & Guiding Principles:
Clarified the FCA's role as a bridge between Red Hat's interests and the community's health, explicitly acknowledging the sponsorship bias while establishing the Four Foundations as the primary ethical framework for decisions.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Budget Management: Expanded to detail the full lifecycle of the role's financial duties, from strategic forecasting and proposal development to negotiation with OSPO and ongoing accounting. Explicitly added the FCA's permanent position as Chair of the Mindshare Committee.
Flock Conference: Rewritten to be action-oriented, defining the FCA's duties in data analysis, venue selection, committee leadership, and overall project management.
CommOps Collaboration: Redefined the relationship to reflect the FCA's designed role as the primary leader and strategic advocate for the CommOps team, specifying responsibilities in both community enablement and analytics.
Code of Conduct Chair: Detailed the specific duties of the chair, including facilitating meetings, acting as a liaison for new cases, coordinating transparency reports, and maintaining the Committee's official documentation.
Communication:
Overhauled the section to reflect the FCA's role as a project-wide communication hub, moving beyond a narrow focus on the Council.
Outlined the primary stakeholder teams (Mindshare, DEI, CommOps, etc.) and the purpose of the FCA's communication with each.
Specified the FCA's responsibility for proactive public communication through blogs, forums, and other channels.
This commit is a complete rewrite of the Fedora Community Architect (FCA) charter page to better reflect core responsibilities. The Community Architect role was often misinterpreted as a broad "Community Manager" role, while the actual focus is on the stewardship of key project resources: the Fedora budget, the Flock contributor conference, and Fedora Council documentation. This change clarifies the role's priorities and aligns it with performance expectations.
The core motivation was to move beyond abstract statements and define the specific actions, accountabilities, and guiding principles of the FCA. This was achieved by systematically expanding each section to reflect the practical, day-to-day realities of the work.
Key changes include: