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Different functional areas of Fedora at times evolve, build, or dismantle their own formal (or informal!) leadership over time. Because Fedora is an open source project, we encourage new contributors to identify problems, find solutions, and collaborate with other members to achieve results. Our community recognizes and empowers able leaders from among our peers.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The Fedora Project aims to have a thin layer of governance that enables decision making without excessive drag.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The following are current examples of <em>leadership groups</em> in Fedora.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect1"> <h2 id="_fedora_council"><a class="anchor" href="#_fedora_council"></a>Fedora Council</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="imageblock right"> <div class="content"> <img src="../_images/council-badge.png" alt="council badge" width="50%"> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The <a href="../../council/" class="xref page">Fedora Council</a> is the topmost governance and leadership body in Fedora, and is made up of appointed and elected members from across the Fedora community. Details about the Council such as size, constitution, and succession planning are found in the <a href="../../council/" class="xref page">Fedora Council Charter</a>.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The <a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/fpl/">Fedora Project Leader</a> (or "FPL") serves as the chair of the Council.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect1"> <h2 id="_fedora_engineering_steering_committee"><a class="anchor" href="#_fedora_engineering_steering_committee"></a>Fedora Engineering Steering Committee</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The <a href="../../fesco/" class="xref page">Fedora Engineering Steering Committee</a> (commonly known as "FESCo") is a community-elected body empowered by the Council to manage the technical features of the Fedora distribution and specific implementations of policy in the Fedora Project. You can find further information about FESCo, its members, and its policies on the <a href="../../fesco/" class="xref page">FESCo section</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect1"> <h2 id="_fedora_mindshare_committee"><a class="anchor" href="#_fedora_mindshare_committee"></a>Fedora Mindshare Committee</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The <a href="../../mindshare-committee/" class="xref page">Mindshare Committee</a> represents leadership for user and contributor community growth and support.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sect1"> <h2 id="_other_groups"><a class="anchor" href="#_other_groups"></a>Other groups</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="paragraph"> <p>The list above is not a complete list of every group of empowered community members. Other groups steer specific parts of Fedora as well, empowered and supported by the relevant teams. The list above shows the three leadership groups that most often work on issues of policy or practice affecting large portions of the Fedora Project.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>Community members are always encouraged to get involved in leading Fedora in ways that are important to them, while minimizing overhead and governance project-wide.</p> </div> <div class="sect2"> <h3 id="_working_groups"><a class="anchor" href="#_working_groups"></a>Working Groups</h3> <div class="paragraph"> <p>Fedora <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Editions">Editions</a> — currently, <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Atomic_WG">Atomic</a>, <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Server">Server</a>, and <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation">Workstation</a>, — and sometimes Fedora Project Objectives are lead by <em>Working Groups</em>. These groups are either independent subcommittees of FESCo, Mindshare, or the Council. They have formal membership and decision-making processes, but generally the membership is intended to include active contributors and the decision-making power reflects that. A seat on the Working Group itself is <em>not at all</em> required to participate meaningfully in the work on Editions or Objectives.</p> </div> </div> <div class="sect2"> <h3 id="_subprojects"><a class="anchor" href="#_subprojects"></a>Subprojects</h3> <div class="paragraph"> <p><a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/subprojects/subprojects.html">Subprojects</a> are long-standing major areas of effort under the overall Fedora umbrella. Each subproject has its own governance.</p> </div> </div> <div class="sect2"> <h3 id="_special_interest_groups"><a class="anchor" href="#_special_interest_groups"></a>Special Interest Groups</h3> <div class="paragraph"> <p><a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-project/subprojects/sigs.html">Special Interest Groups</a>, or "SIGs", are much less formal. The process for <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Creating_a_Fedora_SIG">creating a SIG</a> has <strong>no red tape</strong>. Different SIGs have different structures; some use formalized voting and others don’t. 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