Fedora Verified: a proposal to recognize Fedora contributor status

The Fedora Project has been wrestling with the question of who should be able to vote inFedora elections recently, with project membership being a major topic atthe Fedora Council face-to-face held in early February. Now theproject is considering a new contributor status, "Fedora Verified",and is lookingto get input on the idea from the community.

What are the proposed benefits? The primary motivation behind"Fedora Verified" is to build trust-based recognition that grantselevated, privileged rights within the project. Most notably, thisstatus would determine eligibility for strategic governanceactivities, such as:

• Voting in Fedora community elections.
• Running for leadership or decision-making roles within the project(i.e., Fedora Council, FESCo, Mindshare Committee, EPEL SteeringCommittee).
• (Potential, unplanned) Accessing specific shared project resourcesor educational opportunities (e.g., Red Hat training credits).

The blog post includes a list of proposed baseline metrics for"Verified" status as well as open questions to be decided. A surveyon the topic will be open until May5.