Re: Fedora Council Bi-Weekly Meeting Agenda: 2026-08-12

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   -

   *Fedora Forge Usage Policy (#558)*
   - The policy is in its second week of the community feedback period. A
      revised version has been posted.
      - The main point of discussion was the handling of Personally
      Identifiable Information (PII).
      - There was debate on whether the policy should go into detail about
      PII, or if it's already covered by the Fedora Code of Conduct (CoC).
      - It was noted that the CoC covers publishing private information,
      but having a note in the Forge policy could serve as a
first-line reminder
      before an issue needs to be escalated to the CoC committee.
      - The council agreed to create a third version of the policy. This
      version will move the mention of PII from the "Prohibited
Articles" section
      to the "Code of Conduct" section with simplified wording, and incorporate
      other feedback received. The community will have another week to provide
      feedback on this new version.
   -

   *Conflict of Interest Guidelines (#513)*
   - The initial discussion focused on adding a simple sentence to
      governance documents to prevent individuals "directly involved" in a
      conduct issue from making decisions about it.
      - The ambiguity of "directly involved" and the distinction between
      public (e.g., non-responsive maintainer) and private decisions proved
      difficult to resolve.
      - The conversation shifted towards establishing a process for
      oversight rather than defining a strict rule.
      - A new proposal was formulated to have governance groups request
      oversight or mediation from the FPL/FCA/FOA in private decisions where a
      conflict of interest might exist.
      - The council agreed on specific wording for this proposal, changing
      "may" to "should" to make the recommendation stronger. This new text will
      be posted for community feedback as a replacement for creating a larger,
      more complex policy.

Action Items

   - *@amoloney*: Continue managing feedback for the Fedora Forge Usage
   Policy, create a version 3 incorporating the discussed PII changes, and
   post it for another week of community review.
   - *@amoloney*: Post the agreed-upon statement regarding conflict of
   interest and oversight to the relevant discussion thread for community
   feedback.


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On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM Aoife Moloney <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please see below the discussion agenda for the upcoming council meeting.
>
> == Agenda ==
> * Reminders and Announcements
> * Ticket Discussions:
> ** #558 - Fedora Forge Useage Policy (update)
> https://forge.fedoraproject.org/council/tickets/issues/558
> ** #513 - Conflict of Interest Guidelines
> https://forge.fedoraproject.org/council/tickets/issues/513
> ** #558 - Innovation Cycle Proposal (aka sandbox)
> https://forge.fedoraproject.org/council/tickets/issues/564
> ** #577 - Private Issues Temporary Workaround
> https://forge.fedoraproject.org/council/tickets/issues/577
> * Next Meeting Topics
> *Open Floor
>
>
> Minutes, summary and outcomes (if any) will be posted to
> discussions.fedoraprojet.org and
> here as an email reply.
>
> All welcome to join us at 1400 UTC +1 (or whatever time 3pm in Ireland
> is in your location, because I am very bad at timezone conversions) in
> #meeting:fedoraproject.org.
>
>
> This agenda is also posted at
>
> https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-council-bi-weekly-meeting-agenda-2026-08-12/199060
>
> --
> Aoife Moloney
>
> Fedora Operations Architect
>
> Fedora Project
>
> Matrix: @amoloney:fedora.im
>
> IRC: amoloney
>


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Aoife Moloney

Fedora Operations Architect

Fedora Project

Matrix: @amoloney:fedora.im

IRC: amoloney

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