ສະຖາປະນິກຊຸມຊົນ Fedora (FCA)

The FCA’s core responsibilities provide a framework for day-to-day decisions. However, situations will arise where these responsibilities conflict, or where the best path forward is unclear. In these moments, the FCA must navigate the complexity by relying on a deeper set of principles.

This is a role of significant influence and trust within the community. That influence should be used intentionally and with care. The FCA has a fundamental responsibility to the community of contributors and the long-term health of the Fedora Project. When faced with a difficult choice, the FCA should use Fedora’s Four Foundations (Freedom, Friends, Features, and First) as the primary framework for their reasoning. These are the core values of the project and should consistently inform the FCA’s judgment.

ຊື່ຕຳແໜ່ງນີ້ໄດ້ມີການວິວັດທະນາການ ແລະ ປ່ຽນແປງຕະຫຼອດຫຼາຍປີ ນັບຕັ້ງແຕ່ເລີ່ມກໍ່ຕັ້ງໃນເດືອນກຸມພາ 2015. ການສ້າງຕຳແໜ່ງນີ້ສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ແມ່ນມາຈາກວິໄສທັດ ແລະ ການຊຸກຍູ້ຂອງ Robyn Bergeron, ເຊິ່ງເປັນຜູ້ນຳໂຄງການ Fedora ໃນເວລານັ້ນ. ເມື່ອຕຳແໜ່ງນີ້ຖືກສ້າງຂຶ້ນຄັ້ງທຳອິດ, ຊື່ຕຳແໜ່ງແມ່ນ Fedora Community Outreach and Impact Lead, ເຊິ່ງມັກຈະຖືກເອີ້ນສັ້ນໆວ່າ Fedora Community Lead (FCL). ໃນເວລານັ້ນ, ຕຳແໜ່ງ FCL ໄດ້ຊ່ວຍແຍກຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບທີ່ຈຳເປັນອອກຈາກ ຜູ້ນຳໂຄງການ Fedora, ລວມທັງບົດບາດໃນການຈັດງານປະຊຸມຜູ້ປະກອບສ່ວນປະຈຳປີຂອງ Fedora ທີ່ຊື່ວ່າ Flock. ແນວໃດກໍຕາມ, ຊື່ FCL ກໍຍັງຮູ້ສຶກວ່າບໍ່ທັນເໝາະສົມປານໃດ. ເພາະໃຜໆກໍສາມາດເປັນຜູ້ນຳໃນຊຸມຊົນ Fedora ໄດ້, ບໍ່ວ່າພວກເຂົາຈະເປັນພະນັກງານຂອງ Red Hat ຫຼື ບໍ່ກໍຕາມ! ພວກເຮົາບໍ່ຕ້ອງການໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈຜິດໃນແງ່ນັ້ນ.

Later, in October 2016, the role title was changed to Fedora Community Action & Impact Coordinator (FCAIC). This title was lengthier but better captured what community engagement means in a large, globally-distributed community like Fedora. Over time, more projects, organizations, and companies working on Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) introduced new roles in community management and leadership. However, community work does not have an industry-accepted job ladder, as is more common with software engineering. Red Hat eventually settled on the title of community architect for a career path in community management in its pioneering Open Source communities.

The title was changed in January 2023 to Fedora Community Architect (FCA) to reflect the changing landscape. Ultimately, the goal of changing the name then was to better describe the role and what the FCA did in Fedora. The lengthy "FCAIC" title often came with an explanation to others unfamiliar with Fedora and our unique community culture. FCA was also a handy shortening of the longer FCAIC acronym too!

In 2026, this charter was substantially rewritten to describe the FCA’s actual scope of work, rather than the broader "community manager" framing it had carried since the role’s earliest days. Roles and Responsibilities was reorganized around four concrete areas — Council governance, budget and fiduciary stewardship, the Flock conference, and CentOS ecosystem — with CentOS added as a newly explicit responsibility, reflecting the deepening relationship between Fedora and its sibling project. The Community Initiative Support and Collaboration with Community Ops sections were removed — the former because the Fedora Council paused the Community Initiatives program, and the latter because supporting Community Ops was never a distinct, formal responsibility of the role. Decision-Making was expanded to state plainly that the FCA, while a Red Hat employee, is a fiduciary for the Fedora Project: the community budget belongs to Red Hat, but its stewardship serves Fedora. The FCA’s ongoing working relationship with the Fedora Project Leader and Fedora Operations Architect was documented for the first time, and the stakeholder list in Communication was tightened to reflect only the relationships tied to a formal responsibility.