Antecedentes de Fedora.next
Fedora.next ha precipitado un número de otros cambios y mejoras a lo largo del proyecto, y hacia arriba y abajo de la pila organizacional--desde la ingeniería de lanzamiento con Bodhi2 y otras herramientas, (reduciendo a la mitad el tiempo necesario para entregar actualizaciones) para la gobernanta y estrategia con los Objetivos del Fedora Council.
Otro cambio que se está trabajando es la mejora del proceso de presupuesto por el cual destinamos recursos financieros. FAMSCo ha regionalizado efectivamente este proceso donde los miembros de la comunidad local solicitan, ganan y reportan fondos. Este alcance que pensamos es efectivo--acordamos que cada región conoce mejor sus propias comunidades y sus necesidades, y deben controlar sus propios presupuestos.
Históricamente, las regiones que necesitan hacer gastos extraordinarios necesitan la aprobación de FAMSCo. Desde la transición desde FAMSCo, esta responsabilidad ha sido delegada ahora al concejo.
Arrancado en FY17, se dará algunos cambios en el proceso de presupuesto. El nuevo rol del Fedora Community Action and Impact Lead (FCL) tiene el mandato de mejorar la transparencia del proceso de presupuestar. Luego de varios meses de planeación y discusión, se vino con un proceso de avanzar a un post-FAMSCo Fedora.
Este proceso se construye fuera del trabajo que FAMSCo y otros embajadores (particularmente cwickert) hicieron cuando propusieron la idea de FOSCo, y además incluye entradas del Fedora Council, del Fedora Lead, y otros liderazgos en Fedora.
The Fedora Budget Process
At some point in the near future will be a webpage to inform project members on all things budget at: http://budget.fedoraproject.org
The budget will be split into discreet chunks as follows (FY17 and Beyond):
- Fedora Premier Events (FLOCK/FUDCons)
- Regional Budgets (LATAM/APAC/EMEA/NA)
- Discretionary Council Budget (non-regional general funds)
The budget will be proposed and approved according to a Timeline roughly as follows:
+----------+------------------+-------------------------------+ | Calendar | Fiscal Year | Topic | +----------+------------------+-------------------------------+ | Feb '16 | FY16 | Final Quarter Budget Report | | Mar '16 | FY17 | Budget Adjustment/Allocation | | May '16 | FY17 | First Quarter Budget Report | | Jul '16 | FY18 | Budget Proposal for Next Year | | Aug '16 | FY17 | Second Quarter Budget Report | | Aug '16 | FY18 | Budget Session at Flock | | Sep '16 | FY18 | Ratification by Council | | Oct '16 | FY18 | Budget Submission | | Nov '16 | FY17 | Third Quarter Budget Report | | Feb '17 | FY17 | Final Quarter Budget Report | | Mar '17 | FY18 | Budget Adjustment/Allocation | | May '17 | FY18 | First Quarter Budget Report | | Jul '17 | FY19 | Budget Proposal for Next Year | | ... | ... | ... | +----------+------------------+-------------------------------+
Regional Ambassadors will manage their own budgets, and report back quarterly on action and impact.
If a region does not submit a budget proposal within the timeline above, their budget will be allocated as general discretionary funds.
Regional Delegates
Each region will have 3 delegated roles:
- Treasurer
- Logistician
- Storyteller
One person may hold no more than (2) of these roles at the same time.
The Regional Treasurer will be responsible for recording costs and disbursing funds (Cardholders don't necessarily have to serve this role, but it would reduce the amount of hops between expense and report.)
The Logistician Delegate will be accountable for shipping swag, banners, and other physical items that need to be shared regionally, as well as any other coordinating for event staffing and organization. This includes convening weekly ambassador IRC meetings.
The Storytelling Delegate will be accountable for Regional Reports. They don't necessarily have to write all the original content, they just need to be accountable for ensuring content makes it out onto our channels.
Reimbursement
Holding with our current policies, reimbursement will depend on submission of an Event Report to the appropriate channels (mail lists, communityblog, and the planet/magazine when applicable)
Event reports going forward should also include a very short list of bullet points. These bullet points are the necessary ammunition we need to reinforce our proposals to increase funding for regional programs going forward.
Action is any typical or special activity that ambassadors lead regionally such as:
- Tabling at Conferences, Conventions, or other large events
- Presenting/Representing Fedora at Local Meetups
- Organizing FADS, Workshops, or other Fedora-specific Events
Impact includes the outcomes from the activities as above. This includes things like:
- Attendees contacted or reached
- Fedora Badges issued at or as a result of the event
- Pull requests and patches submitted as a result of event
- Bugs reported
- Candidates sourced (i.e. Outreachy, GSoC, and/or other FOSS programs)
- Articles/Videos/Photos/Content published by or about regional team
- Social media mentions and interactions generated by event
- Other supporting evidence data that shows the results of your effort
- Links to and reach of Posts on Fedora Channels
Delegation Benefits
Benefits for assuming the roles assigned above are as follows:
- Budget Allocation for their region
- Delegates will get a special Fedora Badge on http://badges.fedoraproject.org
- ONE delegate from each region will get travel/accomodations covered for their region's Fedora Premier Event (FLOCk or FUDCon)
This new budget and regional delegation model will become part of a larger Community wide body. This body will have broad participation across subprojects, websites, and teams, with Regional Ambassador Delegates having the largest number of members. This body will be the subject of future discussion once we've gotten our regional ambassador strategy back on track.