The Fedora Project is led by contributors from across the community. Different functional areas of Fedora at times evolve, build, or dismantle their own formal leadership over time. Because Fedora is an open source project, it encourages new contributors to identify problems, find solutions, and collaborate with other members to achieve results. This process results in community members recognizing able leaders from among their peers.
The Fedora Project aims to have a thin layer of governance that enables decision making without excessive drag. The individual accountable to Red Hat and the community for the Project overall is the Fedora Project Leader (or "FPL"). The following are current examples of leadership groups in Fedora.
Fedora Project Board
The Fedora Project Board is the topmost governance body in Fedora, and is made up of appointed and elected members from across the Fedora community. Details about the Board such as size, constitution, and succession planning are detailed on this wiki page.
Fedora Engineering Steering Committee
The Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) is a community-elected body empowered by the Board to manage the technical features of the Fedora distribution and specific implementations of policy in the Fedora Project. Details about FESCo such as size, constitution, and succession planning are detailed on this wiki page.
Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee
The Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee (FAmSCo) is a community-elected body that supports and enables the work of Fedora's Ambassadors worldwide. Details about FAmSCo such as size, constitution, and succession planning are detailed on this wiki page.
Other groups
The list above is not a complete list of every group of empowered community members. Other groups steer specific parts of Fedora as well, empowered and supported by the relevant teams. The list above shows the three leadership groups that most often work on issues of policy or practice affecting large portions of the Fedora Project.
Community members are always encouraged to get involved in leading Fedora in ways that are important to them, while minimizing overhead and governance project-wide.