Unfinished Board issues

This page catalogs unfinished board business.

For each issue we need filter each issue through this criteria:

1. Have we resolved the issue?
   • If so, where?
   • If not, why not?
2. Was the answer complete enough?

Issues

Issues should live in one of the two sections below:

Addressed Issues

• What is the target audience for the Fedora Distribution? (Paul)
  • (reference Paul's response) http://lwn.net/Articles/358865/
  • TODO: this decision needs a stand-alone wiki page for ready reference--we shouldn't be referring to mail archives for things like this
• What is the Board's role?
  • Set a defining vision for the Project and enable other groups to work toward it, without excluding those who want to do other things
• Is there a default spin?
  • Yes, it is the "Desktop Spin"

Un-Addressed Issues

• Does letting thousands of contributors do what they want have a negative impact on our OS? (Mike)
• How is the Fedora distribution defined? Is it a universe of packages, a specific spin, or is it something else? (Chris)
• SIGs Spins, and Remixes (mdomsch, walters)
  • Can SIGs / Spins define their own target audience?
  • Can SIGs / Spins change the distribution sufficiently within the scope of what we permit by today's guidelines to effectively reach that target audience?
  • Can SIGs create remixes, or only spins?
  • Should SIGs be creating spins?
• If the "Desktop Spin" is the default offering, does this mean the Desktop team defines the user experience for all of Fedora? (Paul)
  • what if some SIG disagrees?
• Is it possible for there to be a different default offering for Fedora? Why or why not? (Paul)
  • User:Pfrields/Different default offering (WiP)
• What is a target audience? Is it a concrete persona? Is it an abstract paragraph or two on a wiki? (John/Chris)
  • User:Poelstra/What_is_a_target_audience

Initiatives

• Personas as part of the "Target Audience" discussion (John)
  • User:Poelstra/Target_audience_personas
• Website redesign (main page) (Mike)
• Website redesign (spins pages)
• Resolve Desktop/Whiteboards/UpdateExperience into actionable proposals (walters)
• Finalizing Overview and Objectives as it relates to Fedora's Target Audience (Paul)