Editing Fedora Project (section)

==Governance==
The Fedora Project is not a separate legal entity or organization; Red Hat retains liability for its actions.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/17/177220 | title = Fedora Project Leader Max Spevack Responds to Slashdot Questions | access-date=February 12, 2007 | date = August 18, 2006}}</ref> The Fedora Council is the top-level community leadership and governance body. The Council is composed of a mix of representatives from different areas of the project, named roles appointed by Red Hat, and a variable number of seats connected to medium-term project goals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council|title=Council - FedoraProject|website=fedoraproject.org|access-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref> The previous governance structure (Fedora Board) comprised five Red Hat appointed members and five community-elected members. Additionally, Fedora Project leader had a [[veto]] power over any board decision; in the current model, all voting members can block on issues, with a valid reason.<ref name=":0" /> Red Hat at one point announced intentions to create a separate ''Fedora Foundation'' to govern the project,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Red-Hat-Creates-Fedora-Foundation/ | title = Red Hat Creates Fedora Foundation | author = Peter Galli | date = June 3, 2005 | access-date = March 29, 2014 }}</ref> but after consideration of a variety of issues, canceled it in favor of the board model currently in place.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundation | title = The Fedora Foundation | access-date = February 6, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00016.html | title = Fedora Foundation | author = Max Spevack | date = April 4, 2006 | access-date = February 6, 2007 }}</ref>

The community is also involved in organizing lower levels of leadership, both the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) and the Mindshare Committee (responsible for technical and community oversight, respectively) are community-elected bodies which manage significant portions of the project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fedora Engineering Steering Committee |url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/#_common_tasks_and_responsibilities |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Fedora Docs |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fedora Mindshare Committee |url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/mindshare-committee/#responsibilities |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Fedora Docs |language=en}}</ref>

The project facilitates online communication among its developers and community members through public mailing lists and wiki pages. It also coordinates two main events, known as the [[fedora:FUDCon|Fedora Users and Developers Conference]] (FUDCon) and [[fedora:Flock|Flock]] (or Flock to Fedora). FUDCon is a free software event held at different locations in the two designated regions of Latin America and Asia/Pacific. Typically, it revolves around some combination of conferencing, social events, and a [[hackathon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/ | title = FUDCon | access-date=February 12, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071008123509/http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/ |archive-date = October 8, 2007}}</ref> Flock is a similar event which replaced FUDCon in North America and Europe/the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://flocktofedora.org/ |title=Flock to Fedora |access-date=May 25, 2017 |publisher=Fedora Project}}</ref> Task-specific, flexibly scheduled events known as Fedora Activity Days also gather many project contributors together in various regions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Activity_Day_-_FAD
 |title=Fedora Activity Day |access-date=May 25, 2017 |publisher=Fedora Project}}</ref>