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Fedora Governance is based on a representative, community-based membership model incrementally rewarding members who have made the greatest commitments to the project.  Fedora Fedora is governed by a Leadership Group and a Steering Group. This single Governance Group who is responsible for maintaining the overall Vision & Strategy of the program while acting as liaison between the program team and the community-at-large. This page outlines the roles and responsibilities of each the group and its members.

Note: As per a decision a decision made by sitting Fedora Steering Group members in March 2022, the former Leadership and Steering groups have been combined in to into one group until the end of the FY2023-24 governance term. . Each election cycle, the current sitting members of the group will re-evaluate this decision based on current Governance activities. 

The current program structure is as follows:

Leadership Group

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The Leadership Group is made up of members that contribute over $20,000 annually to the project, along with representatives from institutions contributing at least 0.5 FTE in-kind developers, or a combination of financial and in-kind resources. See In-Kind Guidelines for more information. 

Members that contribute at lower levels can also be elected to serve on the leadership group. See Elections for more information.

The Leadership Group approves the overall priorities and strategic direction of the project by:

  • Approving the annual budget allocation and any modifications
  • Approving the product roadmap
  • Approving the strategic direction
  • Nominating and electing Steering Group members
  • Voting on key decisions presented by Steering Group
  • Helping to raise funds and secure other resources on behalf of the project

Leadership Group Members serve 2-year terms once elected. See a list of current members and their status.

Past Leadership Group members can be found here.

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