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= Fedora Engineering Steering Committee =


Affectionately known as FESCo. Currently meets every Thursday on the Freenode IRC Network in #fedora-meeting at 17:00 UTC.
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FESCo is the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. It is a fully community elected body and represents the technical leadership in Fedora.  


== Overall Mission ==
== Overall Mission ==
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== Members ==
== Members ==


* [[User:Kevin| Kevin Fenzi]] (nirik)
* [[User:Kevin| Kevin Fenzi]] (nirik) - F24/F25
* [[User:Bpepple| Brian Pepple]] (bpepple)
* [[User:Jwboyer| Josh Boyer]] (jwb) - F23/F24
* [[User:Jwboyer| Josh Boyer]] (jwb)
* [[User:Maxamillion|Adam Miller]] (maxamillion) - F24/F25
* [[User:Ausil| Dennis Gilmore]] (dgilmore)
* [[User:Ausil| Dennis Gilmore]] (dgilmore) - F23/F24
* [[User:Notting| Bill Nottingham]] (notting)
* [[User:Jsmith|Jared Smith]] (jsmith) - F24/F25
* [[User:Dwmw2| David Woodhouse]] (dwmw2)
* [[User:Pnemade|Parag Nemade]] (paragan) - F24/F25
* [[User:Karsten| Karsten Hopp]]
* [[User:Kalev|Kalev Lember]] (kalev) - F24/F25
* [[User:Jstanley| Jon Stanley]] (jds2001)
* [[User:Hguemar| Haïkel Guémar]] (hguemar) - F23/F24
* [[User:Jwilson| Jarod Wilson]] (j-rod)
* [[User:Sgallagh| Stephen Gallagher]] (sgallagh) - F23/F24


You can find their mission statements (issued during the last FESCo-election) [[Extras/SteeringCommittee/Nominations-062007|  here]] . Members of previous FESCos can be found [[Extras/SteeringCommitteeHistory|  here]] .
Chair is rotating.
 
You can find their mission statements (issued during the last FESCo-election) [https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations&oldid=290360|  here] . Members of previous FESCos can be found [[Extras/SteeringCommitteeHistory|  here]] .


== Agenda ==
== Agenda ==


{{Admon/tip | You can find FESCO's weekly agenda or tasklist at [[Development/Schedule| Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Schedule]].}}
{{Admon/tip | You can find FESCO's weekly agenda in the [https://fedorahosted.org/fesco FESCo Ticketing System] with [https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9 this report.]}}
 
Generally, issues are voted on in FESCo. A majority of the committee (that is, 5 of 9) is required to pass a proposal. Votes can be accepted in the agenda tickets as well as the meeting, however, if less than 5 members are able to attend a meeting, the meeting is cancelled.
 
== Meetings ==
 
FESCo meets usually each Friday at 16:00 UTC or 15:00 UTC (when daylight saving time applies) on the Freenode IRC Network (<code>irc.freenode.net</code>) in #fedora-meeting.  You should verify the meeting date and time from the [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel devel] mail "''Plan for tomorrow's FESCo meeting''" being sent in advance.
 
FESCo meeting discussions will last for 15 minutes. At the end of the 15 minute discussion one of the following actions may be taken:
 
* If there is a vote to continue, then discussion continues for an additional 15 minutes.
 
* If there is no vote to continue the discussion after the initial 15 minutes, ask those members who are discussing the issue to clearly write up their thoughts and position on a wiki page for consideration at the next meeting. Each view point can list their thoughts as a separate proposal, or work off-line with others, to come up with a single proposal acceptable to them all. The wiki page is used in the next meeting to guide discussions and voting.
 
All requests for consideration by the steering committee (including group sponsorship requests and maintainer-ship issues) should be submitted as a ticket:
* [https://fedorahosted.org/fesco FESCo Ticketing System]
* [https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/newticket Enter New FESCo Ticket] (Add 'meeting' to the keywords if you want it to be a topic of the next meeting)


== Meeting Minutes ==
== Meeting Minutes ==


You can find FESCO's meeting minutes on their [[Development/SteeringCommittee/Meetings|  own page]] .
You can find FESCO's meeting minutes at [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/sresults/?group_id=fesco&type=team the fedora meetbot site] as well as posted to the devel@lists.fedoraproject.org list after each meeting. Note that meetings prior to the 2010-10-20 meeting were on Tuesdays.
 
== Mailing List ==
 
FESCo has a private mailing list for sensitive matters. This list will have as subscribers only the current FESCo members and the Fedora Project Leader.
This list should only be used in very rare situations with private information. The FESCo chair will make sure any discussion on this list that doesn't need to be private will be resent to a public forum (FESCo trac, devel list, etc).  


[[Category:Fedora Engineering Steering Committee]]
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FESCo is the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. It is a fully community elected body and represents the technical leadership in Fedora.

Overall Mission

FESCo handles the process of accepting new features, the acceptance of new packaging sponsors, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and SIG Oversight, the packaging process, handling and enforcement of maintainer issues and other technical matters related to the distribution and its construction.

Members

Chair is rotating.

You can find their mission statements (issued during the last FESCo-election) here . Members of previous FESCos can be found here .

Agenda

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You can find FESCO's weekly agenda in the FESCo Ticketing System with this report.

Generally, issues are voted on in FESCo. A majority of the committee (that is, 5 of 9) is required to pass a proposal. Votes can be accepted in the agenda tickets as well as the meeting, however, if less than 5 members are able to attend a meeting, the meeting is cancelled.

Meetings

FESCo meets usually each Friday at 16:00 UTC or 15:00 UTC (when daylight saving time applies) on the Freenode IRC Network (irc.freenode.net) in #fedora-meeting. You should verify the meeting date and time from the devel mail "Plan for tomorrow's FESCo meeting" being sent in advance.

FESCo meeting discussions will last for 15 minutes. At the end of the 15 minute discussion one of the following actions may be taken:

  • If there is a vote to continue, then discussion continues for an additional 15 minutes.
  • If there is no vote to continue the discussion after the initial 15 minutes, ask those members who are discussing the issue to clearly write up their thoughts and position on a wiki page for consideration at the next meeting. Each view point can list their thoughts as a separate proposal, or work off-line with others, to come up with a single proposal acceptable to them all. The wiki page is used in the next meeting to guide discussions and voting.

All requests for consideration by the steering committee (including group sponsorship requests and maintainer-ship issues) should be submitted as a ticket:

Meeting Minutes

You can find FESCO's meeting minutes at the fedora meetbot site as well as posted to the devel@lists.fedoraproject.org list after each meeting. Note that meetings prior to the 2010-10-20 meeting were on Tuesdays.

Mailing List

FESCo has a private mailing list for sensitive matters. This list will have as subscribers only the current FESCo members and the Fedora Project Leader. This list should only be used in very rare situations with private information. The FESCo chair will make sure any discussion on this list that doesn't need to be private will be resent to a public forum (FESCo trac, devel list, etc).