Fedora Board Recap 2008-JUL-01

[John Poelstra]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2008-07-01

== Roll Call ==

Attendees: Paul Frields, Bill Nottingham, Spot Callaway, Matt Domsch, 
Jef Spaleta, Seth Vidal, John Poelstra, Jesse Keating

Regrets: Karsten Wade, Chris Tyler, Harald Hoyer

== IRC Meeting ==
* Happening on July 8, 2008
* IRC channels and ops are permanently set up
* TODOs:
*# Confirm moderator
*# Paul to add new board members to the access control list

== Board Elections ==
* Background:
** Recent discussion on fedora-advisory-board-list
** Should we consider term limits
** Are there ways to remove the distinction some folks see between those 
that work at Red Hat and those that do not?

* Response:
** Community vote is an open process
** Number of FAS accounts does not necessarily reflect number of 
contributors
** How should low turn out be interpreted?
**# People didn't know?
**# People are happy with how things are and do not see a need to change 
them?
**# Other possibilities include appathy or difficulties with the process
** Could we do an analysis of voter turnout based on FAS group?
**# Groups where total membership is less than 10 people, exclude group 
from analysis
**# Interested in identifying groups where we might be seen as 
irrelevant and can do a better job of engaging.
**# Whatever we do will be published
** Could community members qualifying to vote be reminded via email?
*# reminding them to vote at the beginning
*# send a reminder at the end to people who have not voted
** Term limits are a good idea.  Let the community help craft what they 
think the right policy should be on fedora-advisory-board at redhat.com list.

* '''ACTIONS''':
# file ticket with infrastructure requesting a mail delivery mechanism 
added to FAS
#* keep it generic so that other groups can use it--not just limited to 
voting
#* https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/675
# circulate ideas and foster discussion on 
fedora-advisory-board at redhat.com list about term limits and guidelines 
around them
#* '''OWNER''': Seth Vidal
#* set a time limit for feedback
#* return feedback to the board for discussion on: 2008-08-05

== Guarding Privacy ==

* During the discussion around evaluating voter turnout it was noted 
that a mechanism was created in the past to plot CVS commits by geo and 
represent them on a map.
* Because our privacy policy prohibits use of that data in this regard, 
even if we are not directly using FAS data in generating this map, we 
should avoid activity that has the appearance of violating our privacy 
policy.
* '''OWNER''': Jef Spaleta
* '''ACTION''': Discontinue generating this map or do whatever is 
required to deactivate this map.

== Trademark Guidelines ==
* Board would like to help guide the process of expanding the use of the 
Fedora trademark
* Helpful to brainstorm by thinking of Fedora trademark usage in four ways:
# Things the board wants Fedora to be able to do with the trademark
# Things the board wants the Fedora community to be able to freely do 
with trademark
# Things the board wants other people to reasonably be expected to be 
able to do, but ask the Fedora Board first
# Things that the board never wants people to use the Fedora trademark for
* '''OWNER''': Paul Frields
* '''ACTIONS''':
*# circulate ideas and foster discussion on 
fedora-advisory-board at redhat.com list
*# return feedback to the board for discussion on: 2008-08-05

== Anticipated Absences ==
* July 22, 2008: Jesse, Spot, Matt
* July 29, 2008: Jef