19:00:08 #startmeeting Fedora Board Meeting --- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Board_meeting_2011-01-17 19:00:08 Meeting started Mon Jan 17 19:00:08 2011 UTC. The chair is jreznik. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 19:00:08 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 19:00:08 liknus: It'll be done here. 19:00:40 jreznik: Mind making me a chair (#chair jsmith), and I'll help run zodbot? 19:00:41 #meetingname board 19:00:41 The meeting name has been set to 'board' 19:00:49 #chair jsmith 19:00:49 Current chairs: jreznik jsmith 19:00:50 hola 19:00:56 #meetingname Fedora Board 19:00:56 The meeting name has been set to 'fedora_board' 19:01:03 #meetingname fedora_board 19:01:03 The meeting name has been set to 'fedora_board' 19:01:07 hehe 19:01:19 too many cooks :-) 19:01:28 No worries 19:01:40 abadger1999: feel free to cook to - it's going to be hard today :) 19:02:03 #topic Roll call 19:02:09 Who's present today? 19:02:09 .fas ppapadeas 19:02:09 liknus: ppapadeas 'Papadeas Pierros' 19:02:14 * spot is here 19:02:15 * jds2001 here 19:02:26 here 19:02:27 * DiscordianUK 19:02:28 (for a few minutes only) 19:02:41 I am here 19:02:46 (oops you don;t do the .fas thing :P ) 19:02:50 * abadger1999 here 19:02:50 * cwickert is here and lurks 19:03:00 liknus: no, but it is an interesting idea. :) 19:03:01 * kital is here but very unfocused today :S 19:03:07 * jsmith is here 19:03:26 spot, it is heavily used in Ambassadors meetings 19:03:45 * mizmo here 19:04:30 * ke4qqq is here 19:04:51 #info jreznik jsmith abadger1999 spot jds2001 rdieter DiscordianUK smooge kital mizmo ke4qqq present, cwickert lurking 19:05:05 anyone else we are waiting for? 19:05:25 I don't think so -- let's go ahead and get started 19:05:41 just a reminder - meeting rules 19:05:43 #link http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/IRC 19:05:58 So first of all, I'd like to welcome everyone and say "thank you" for coming :-) 19:06:29 The goal of today's meeting is to discuss some broader (multi-release) goals. 19:06:53 The Fedora Board has spent the last couple of months working on a list of our own goals (the "infamous 15") 19:07:05 That being said, none of us is as smart as all of us 19:07:23 So we wanted to reach out to other groups (FAmSCo, FESCo, SIGs, etc.) and get their input as well 19:07:43 #topic Fedora strategic goals discussion (with FAmSCo) 19:07:57 Let me point out that we're not limiting ourselves just to the 15 goals listed by the Board, but any other goals that FAmSCo might be interested in :-) 19:08:02 ! 19:08:14 => spot 19:08:27 Okay, a few points that are worth making: 19:08:42 #1: This is the list of goals along with some useful examples https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Board_meeting_2010-12-13#Suggested_Goals_in_more_detail: 19:09:17 ! 19:09:19 #2: The input we most want from you is not necessarily what you think would be coolest, but rather, which goals you think you would be able and excited about doing. 19:09:28 eof 19:09:36 => jds2001 19:09:57 also, the examples mentioned don't necessarily mean anything other than "this is what we thought of" 19:10:04 ! 19:10:21 please feel free to come up with things not on the list of examples that would be in furtherance of the goals 19:10:25 eof 19:10:31 => mizmo 19:11:00 i just wanted to note that the board didn't come up with the goals entirely, there was an open discussion on #advisory-board where many of the ideas were gathered from 19:11:00 eof 19:11:11 (er advisory-board-list) 19:11:48 ! 19:11:54 ! 19:11:57 => liknus 19:12:01 Shall we get started with input from FAmSCo? 19:12:05 eof 19:12:09 +1 19:12:12 +1 19:12:22 liknus: +1 19:12:45 Ok then, 19:13:19 Hello all, I am Pierros Chair of FAmSCo and I will begin apologizing on behalf of the rest of famsco who could not attend this meeting 19:13:44 We had a special meeting on discussing the goals set by the Board 19:13:51 http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-01-15/famsco.2011-01-15-13.06.html 19:14:15 and we ended up with Suggestions, Additions and some proposed ownership 19:14:40 All those are written also here (in bold italics) : 19:14:41 http://piratepad.net/fedorafbg2011 19:14:59 (and are part of our meeting's minutes) 19:15:09 ? 19:15:20 mizmo, please go ahead 19:15:30 the pirate pad says "Five highest ranked goals according to Board" ... so FESCo didn't pick those 5? 19:15:32 eof 19:16:03 mizmo, those goals are taken from the wiki page : 19:16:13 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board_goals_2011 19:16:20 #info FAmSCo prepared suggestions, additions and proposed ownership for goals - http://piratepad.net/fedorafbg2011 19:16:24 ? 19:16:34 According to FAmSCo those are indeed the goals we should focus 19:16:41 => mizmo 19:17:05 were the other 10 goals evaluated by FAmSCo as well? 19:17:08 eof 19:18:19 mizmo, we focused only on those 5, as we believe that having widely published many goals will lead to confusion and not-focused work done 19:18:38 ! 19:18:43 mizmo, 19:18:49 i think we have some confusion here 19:18:54 the board came up with a list of 15 example goals 19:18:57 they are not exhaustive 19:19:32 (i am pretty sure) we were looking to see which of the 15 FAmSCo thought would be most important to pursue over the next two releases, and if we missed any to propose additional ones 19:19:38 mizmo: +1 19:19:43 mizmo: +1 19:20:05 absolutely agreed having > 5 set as the goals is going to be too confusing and simply not possible to achieve 19:20:19 mizmo: +1 19:20:34 at this point though we're looking to figure out which of the 15+others are the most important, and we were look for famsco's perspective on what 3-5 goals they thought most important 19:20:35 eof 19:20:40 Famsco saw the 15 ones and ended up reallizing that the already "high ranked" ones suit us OK 19:20:55 ? 19:20:58 abadger1999, 19:21:28 What ranking did FAMSCo assign to those five? (The Board will likely further narrow it down to 2-3 goals before htis is done). 19:21:30 (also out of those 5 we think that some are more important than ithers) 19:21:43 exactly abadger1999 I will come to that 19:22:25 So starting, as a general notice, we feel that each goal needs specific deliverables and action items (and owners also) 19:22:38 that way we can assess the success or any blockers along the way 19:22:54 ! 19:23:00 => spot 19:23:22 #info FAmSCo feels that each goal needs specific deliverables and action items (and owners also) 19:23:44 liknus: that makes sense, but to be clear, we would be looking to groups like FAMSCo to identify those deliverables and action items for themselves, with the understanding that other groups may also have deliverables/action items for the same goal 19:23:54 as opposed to mandating it from the Board down. 19:23:55 eof 19:23:57 ! 19:24:19 => rdieter 19:24:25 spot, glad to hear :) We were thinking of the same approach 19:24:52 in addition, at this point, consider these just strategic goals, without specific implementations. that comes later (by various groups within fedora as spot mentioned). 19:24:53 spot +1 19:25:00 eof 19:25:15 rdieter: +1 19:25:22 rdieter, spot: +1 19:25:29 rdieter: +1 19:25:47 totally understood that's why part of our suggestions are simply refining and second stage approach on the goals 19:26:12 Shall I move in detail discussion over each goal? 19:26:20 +1 19:26:22 liknus +1 19:26:23 +1 19:26:26 +1 19:26:26 liknus: go ahead! 19:26:33 OK so Goal # 19:26:40 Goal #1 19:26:50 #topic Goal #1 (FAmSCo) 19:27:21 We can live with a smaller name (as in all Goals) sth like Improve and Simplify Collaboration 19:27:59 We think that scheduling and events application is a key part in achieving this goal 19:28:27 this is something that was long debated within fedora and we still have not reached a conclusion 19:29:14 So as a suggestion we feel that by the end of 2011 we should have a good calendaring solution, either within Fedora Community Portal or through an modified wiki page 19:29:27 (We are working on the second one as FAmSCo) 19:29:36 ! 19:29:42 igorps, 19:29:53 #topic Goal #1 - Improve and simplify collaboration in the Fedora Community (FAmSCo) 19:30:06 We also think that meeting face to face is important 19:30:14 for all SCos 19:30:24 (and that is our second addition on Goal #1) 19:30:34 and we could do that on FUDCons around the world 19:30:40 ! 19:30:45 eof 19:30:50 => rockworldmi 19:30:53 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Team_meeting_schedule_applet 19:31:22 Calendaring solution should be also focused on our events 19:31:25 not only meetings 19:31:31 +1 19:31:37 but i think there will be better option for gnome 3's availability..default calendar can be itegrated for meeting's schedules 19:31:55 linkus:ou are right 19:31:59 eof 19:32:01 Anyway returning on what igorps brought up 19:32:08 The basic idea behind this is : 19:32:41 At each FUDCon we can have at least one SCo fully present on this FUDCon 19:33:06 #idea At each FUDCon we can have at least one SCo fully present on this FUDCon 19:33:21 that way we #1 improve SCo collaboration and #2 improve the level of FUDCons 19:33:36 liknus: +1, I like it 19:34:03 also by having them around the world will significally lower the budget as SCos are distributed around the globe 19:34:20 linkus:+1 19:34:27 We can make sure this happens within 2011 also (there is still plenty of time) 19:34:35 ! 19:34:43 igorps, 19:35:07 I suggests that one idea is to start with the upcoming FUDCon Panama 19:35:15 in May 19:35:26 we still can manage time for that 19:35:37 ! 19:35:38 but this is just one first idea 19:35:43 eof 19:35:46 => spot 19:36:08 This is useful, just keep in mind that we're not committing to anything yet. :) 19:36:10 eof 19:36:40 none asked for commission :) we understand that this needs serious thought :) 19:36:46 +1 19:36:50 Shall I move to the next goal? 19:36:54 liknus: +1 19:37:10 liknus: +1 19:37:16 Ok Goal #2 19:37:31 I am sorry.. it is # 3 19:37:41 #topic GOAL #3: Improve and encourage high-quality communication in the Fedora Community (FAmSCo) 19:38:14 So we need some more explanations on Summarizers (possibly off the meeting -- on the mailing list? ) 19:38:46 Sure. 19:39:00 ! 19:39:08 => mizmo 19:39:32 just a suggestion, liknus! it might be helpful for us on the board to understand the impact of these goals on ambassadors better if you could give us maybe a summary 19:39:43 of in what ways achieving the goal would positively impact ambassadors 19:39:52 you've done this a little bit so far, especially with the calendaring point 19:40:09 ok mizmo I will make sure I do :) 19:40:11 but just a suggestion to point it out clearly / up front 19:40:12 eof 19:40:14 So moving on : 19:40:37 Ambassadors have vast experience in meetings (regional, local etc ones) 19:41:17 So I think that we can benefit from having nice classrooms on hosting a meeting (and what happens after that -- transparency etc) 19:41:49 We are confident we can be owners of such an action item and also in parallel form the appropriate SOPs 19:42:01 (we have already started to form Ambassadors SOPs) 19:42:40 Also many times, by people with experience in other projects (Gnome, Mozilla) it has been suggested to try out more widely some voice meetings-calls 19:43:22 And that bring us to our last addition, that we want to make more people aware of the VoIP capabilities our project has and make more use of them 19:43:39 Especially on local meetings (country-wide) we could benefit a lot 19:44:07 I think we are done on this Goal 19:44:09 moving on? 19:44:14 liknus: +1 19:44:14 liknus+1 19:44:31 ! 19:44:34 Goal #4 (should be named "Ease of joining" :) 19:44:43 => jreznik 19:45:11 just a quick note -> voip is nice but there's much bigger language barrier (not for local ones) 19:45:13 eof 19:45:54 thats why we think that it will be best suited country wise :) 19:46:01 So on Goal # 4 19:46:10 Ambassadors deal daily with Joining procedures 19:46:35 #topic GOAL #4: It is extraordinarily easy to join the Fedora community and quickly find a project to work on. (FAmSCo) 19:46:36 One of our main purpose is to facilitate people joining the project (in each subproject) 19:47:37 We think that we can lead this Goal and make sure by the end of 2011 we deliver a barrier-free Joining procedure for each project of fedora 19:47:56 ! 19:48:12 We have already tested some approaches on Ambassadors and we think they are good enough to be applied in other projects too 19:48:17 => kital 19:49:16 i do not want to dive into details - but i prefer to focus more on mentoring instead on barrier-free 19:49:39 just as a side note - i am happy to help with this goal! 19:49:40 eof 19:49:55 kital, of course .. I was simply referring on gathering info.. not on letting "anyone join" 19:50:17 yep 19:50:33 ! 19:50:39 Also in this spirit we acknowledge that each subproject has its own unique way of working and we understand our organic structure 19:50:57 Still we are confident on finding common steps that can be outlined on the same way 19:51:20 thus, joining another project can be a familiar procedure for each fedora contributor 19:52:15 "Cross joining" or joining multiple projects within Fedora has been always a weird issue, especially in terms of how info is spread within a subproject 19:52:20 => igorps 19:52:40 One point of view is that Ambassadors should be able to identify contributors's profile and guide them to the subproject that best fits their profiles 19:52:52 This an Ambassador role that we need to emphasize a bit more. 19:53:12 For instance Ambassadors can guide new contributors to get in touch with subproject mentors 19:53:23 eof 19:53:33 thanks igorps :) 19:53:40 +1 igorps 19:54:29 Summarizing on this one : "Make Ambassadors profiling and help work easier" :) 19:54:48 And I think we are done on this Goal also 19:54:53 Moving on? 19:54:59 +1 19:55:19 +1 19:55:23 #topic GOAL #11: Expand global presence of Fedora among users & contributors (FAmSCo) 19:55:24 Goal #11 Expand Global Presence 19:55:52 ok So generally speaking we can see that Fedora Project global-wise (geographically) has two main issues 19:56:19 minimal Africa presence and no APAC wide Events and collaboration of community 19:56:57 (I know that those are generallizations and not totally true and we might also have other issues etc but bare with me) 19:57:20 We envision a process of event planning like this : 19:57:55 Regional FADs (focused on a subject or not) leading up (preparing) FUDCons 19:58:42 For us in order to achive our goal having 4 FUDCons on our respective regions annually is of outmost importance 19:59:05 FADs can lead the way towards it 19:59:13 so in specific: 19:59:34 FAD Ghana is on the way and a couple more FADs in Africa can lead on a FUDCON there 19:59:57 also FUDCON APAC is a must for 2011 and we hope that Board can help on that direction also 20:00:28 (India seems like the place to go by most people I know.. but this can be discussed off-meeting) 20:00:50 Also moving on : regional meetings 20:01:01 ? 20:01:09 => mizmo 20:01:41 is FAmSCo already pursuing this issue and if so what additional aid/support would you expect from the rest of the project to the ambassadors to help make it happen 20:01:44 eof 20:02:25 mizmo, you are referring on FUDCON? 20:03:10 liknus, no, i'm referring to the goal, expand the global presence of fedora 20:03:30 ! 20:03:31 Our main concern is the budget approvals and clearance of Community Architecture team 20:03:34 liknus, is famsco already pursuing that goal, and if so, what additional support would you expect / need / require to make it a reality if goal #11 was made one of the fedora goals for 2011 20:03:35 eof 20:04:17 => kital 20:04:21 We do, and we are expecting more support on speedy budget decisions 20:04:54 i also saw that famsco has the goal for a closer team up with marketing-team will you focus marketing activities together with larger event activities 20:04:54 (many decisions can take up to 3 months to get a response budget-wise) 20:05:50 does famsco also consider how much value we get back from our investments in new areas? 20:06:10 FUDCon is currently our biggest approach on events and we might end up on something bigger or different with Marketing team 20:06:18 s/values/contributors/ 20:06:21 (discussions are yet to come) 20:06:35 just to make sure that they are related to that goal 20:06:41 eof 20:07:04 Our investments on new areas had been minimal and we can already see major imporvements 20:07:25 I can state 3 examples : 20:07:36 Australia, Greece and Tunisia 20:07:44 you forgott china 20:07:46 ;) 20:08:03 I would say Chile as well 20:08:08 China is still to be proven but certainly on the right track 20:08:14 Chile also 20:08:38 So in order to move on with examples like that we need budget and speedy responses on that 20:09:16 Also another point on expansion is the primary usage of fedoracommunity.org 20:09:40 We want it to be finalized and board to pursue the transition of local presences on this domain 20:09:50 (with options of course) 20:10:22 Also have a clear policy on Community Hosting 20:10:48 Finally we will pursue on our side the participation on local LUGs and Groups 20:11:00 Any questions on those points? 20:11:29 (is board taking notes? are you going to discuss on them later?) 20:11:39 ! 20:11:42 liknus: Yes, we're taking notes :-) 20:11:44 liknus: vizualization always helps 20:11:46 http://fedoraproject.org/maps/f14/ 20:11:50 https://fedoraproject.org/membership-map/ 20:12:21 thanks kital :) 20:12:28 => mizmo 20:12:35 this can help to measure success or failure 20:12:37 eof 20:12:46 i think we'll discuss them afterwards too 20:12:52 eof 20:13:30 * kital has to go sorry ;S 20:13:32 ok moving on? 20:13:38 * liknus waves to kital 20:13:39 liknus: +1 20:13:58 Goal #12 then 20:14:07 #topic GOAL #12: Improve education & skill sharing in community (FAmSCo) 20:14:29 we have nothing in particular to add to this goal as FAmSCo, 20:15:31 we do believe though that we can have major beneficial impact by pursuing this goal 20:16:13 especially in terms of recruiting, as it can act as luring point for newcomers 20:16:14 #info FAmSCo has nothing to add to the goal #12 20:17:06 An active "Classrooms" initiative will help a lot when we make a point about "skills sharing" in public 20:17:32 liknus:+1 20:18:31 That being said we as famsco pursue the creation of many Ambassador SOPs, transitioning wiki knowledge to specific SOPs 20:18:35 liknus: +1 20:18:56 ! 20:18:59 and that was eof for this goal and for FAmSCo input in general 20:19:11 thanks all for listening :) 20:19:14 ? 20:19:15 => spot 20:19:41 my question (ignore my !) is: Is it possible for FAMSCo to rank these goals by preference? 20:20:17 A rough approach would be : 20:20:48 #11 #4 #1 #3 (tie) #12 20:20:55 in order of preference 20:21:09 eof 20:21:32 #info FAmSCo preferences are #11 #4 #1 #3 (tie) #12 (in order of preference) 20:21:51 ? 20:22:01 => smooge 20:23:00 Just to be clear, are these ones that FAMSCo are going to implement themselves in their area, looking to help project wise, or looking for furhter input. 20:23:05 eof 20:23:45 ! 20:23:59 ! 20:24:18 => spot 20:24:58 => liknus 20:25:01 smooge: thats a very confusing question. We asked FAMSCo to give us feedback on which goals they are most interested in and think they could be involved with. Its a bit early to do that. 20:25:02 (and then we'll come back to spot) 20:25:03 eof 20:25:16 ! 20:25:19 or ? 20:25:24 => liknus 20:25:57 Agreed with spot .. we are willing to head some action items , but we can discuss that when actions are finallized 20:26:16 just consider us open and available for some major help :) 20:26:17 eof 20:26:24 => smooge 20:26:28 my apologies.. I lost track somewhere in the discussion as we got feedback and then project ideas. 20:26:56 ! 20:26:57 I was trying to get an idea of what we were to discuss afterworsds. 20:26:58 eof 20:27:02 => spot 20:27:32 to liknus and FAMSCo, thanks for your work here. I hope you are as excited about this new approach as we are. 20:27:33 eof 20:28:07 spot: +1, thanks FAmSCo for sharing their ideas! 20:28:09 We are :) thanks for letting us express that :) We will be with you on all the process 20:28:27 ! 20:29:01 => mizmo 20:29:10 im wondering about the board's next steps now 20:29:16 would it be worth a quick discussion? 20:30:02 ! 20:30:06 * liknus will be here the whole meeting so feel free to ask me anything else or just move on 20:30:06 i think we should note FAmSCo's support of the goals, enumerate their specific ideas under each goal, and then document that so when we review the info we've been gathering to whittle down the goals it'll be readily available 20:30:07 eof 20:30:23 mizmo: +1 20:30:27 mizmo: +1 20:30:37 mizmo: +1 for documenting FAmSCo goals 20:30:49 work for me today 20:30:56 => spot 20:31:42 jreznik: mizmo basically said what i was going to, except that the next step is to hear what FESCo thinks, and to remind FESCo that we want their feedback from the list of 15, rather than the "5" 20:31:46 eof 20:31:58 spot: +1 20:32:37 ! 20:33:07 I agree with feedback for all goals + more goals 20:33:27 but we want to know what they prefere (and order of preference) 20:33:30 eof 20:35:02 jreznik: +1 20:35:11 ! 20:35:16 => spot 20:35:45 jreznik: my point was more that I wanted FESCo to pick their own top five, without assuming that the board's "five" are their set. :) 20:36:05 not that i'm implying that FAMSCo did that, just wanted to avoid any issue of bias/taint. 20:36:07 eof 20:36:44 (we did partially, but *really* those are the goals we also think should be top-5) 20:36:58 (possibly top 4 removing the last one) 20:37:21 * liknus is sorry for not keeping the meeting protocol 20:37:38 * liknus goes into lurk mode 20:37:41 liknus: You're OK :-) 20:38:52 ! 20:38:59 => mizmo 20:39:40 hi i just wanted to suggest we end the meeting now, we're at 1 hour 40 min at this point. i think we've covered pretty much everything, so great job 20:39:54 mizmo: +1 20:40:03 +1 20:40:06 mizmo: +1 20:40:18 Thanks again everyone for your comments and your participation! 20:40:20 Thanks, folks! 20:40:41 Thanks to famsco 20:40:50 and liknus for representing htem :-) 20:40:52 ok, thanks all! 20:41:11 #endmeeting