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# Fedora Design Team Meeting Notes

## About our meetings

This section includes general notes or info about our team meetings.

### Social Agreement

- Focus on listening to what others say.
- Stay present as much as possible. Close out or silence email, chats, etc. during the meeting.
- Let everyone have a chance to speak. Be aware of how much time you are talking.
- Be mindful of the meeting schedule. Be a contributor to moving dialog forward!
- Use the "raise hand" function when you want to add a comment or ask a question, especially in larger group meetings.
- Stay on mute when you are not speaking.

### Meeting agendas

* Intros, welcomes, hellos (~5m)
* Team announcements & news (~5m)
* Follow-ups from last meeting (if any) (~5m)
* Ticket discussions (~10m)
* Open floor (remaining 5m)

## 2026-01-12

### Attendees
- Madeline
- Emma
- Nathan
- Nik
- Julia
- Justin
- Xemboy

### Team announcements & news
- 

### Follow-ups from last meeting
* 

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

- Swag survey for FOSDEM https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/126#note_2988208484
- Fedora Council Summit graphic https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/127 


## 2026-01-05

### Attendees
- Madeline
- Emma
- Nathan
- Nik
- Amos

### Team announcements & news
- Happy New Year! :tada: 

### Follow-ups from last meeting
* 

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

- Hummingbird logo
- Poster for the Fedora Coucil Strategy Summit https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/127


## 2025-12-15

### Attendees
- Madeline
- Emma
- Julia
- Nate
- Amos
- Yukih
- Justin

### Team announcements & news
- 

### Follow-ups from last meeting
* 

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

- Conmon logo https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/100
- Hummingbird logo
- Poster for the Fedora Coucil Strategy Summit https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/127 

### Open floor
- 

### Action Items
- [ ] 

## 2025-12-08

### Attendees
- 

### Team announcements & news
- 

### Follow-ups from last meeting
* 

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

* Forgejo migration plan brainstorm
    * https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/124
* Fedora <3 (blank) sticker:
    * https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/118#note_2905495477 
* A6 Sticker sheet with mascots and logo
    * https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/122
*

### Open floor
- 

### Action Items
- [ ] 

## 2025-11-24

### Attendees
- Madeline
- Julia
- Emma

### Team announcements & news
- Winner for Flock 2026 concept is Alchemy :tada: 
- Release party was on Friday - watch the VOD here: https://youtu.be/Xc11xW9XCU8 


### Follow-ups from last meeting
* 

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

* Fedora <3 (blank) sticker draft:
    * https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/118#note_2905495477 
* 

### Open floor
- 

### Action Items
- [ ] make ticket for small sticker sheet (A6) with mascots etc

## 2025-11-17

### Attendees
- Madeline
- Emma
- Nate
- Julia
- Justin


### Team announcements & news
- Vote on Emma's Flock 2026 Branding Inspo [poll](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/your-vote-counts-flock-2026-branding-inspiration-poll/172427)


### Follow-ups from last meeting
* 

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

* 

### Open floor
- F44 Sketch and Rough Drafts [ticket](https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/release-artwork/default-wallpaper/-/issues/26)
- [Sticker directory changes](https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/event-kit/-/tree/main/Stickers)
    - Follow-up idea: "Fedora Loves" sticker series with a blank option.
    - https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/118

### Action Items
- [ ] Reach out to Jeff and Sean for F43 Release party
- [ ] Emma look for the cpu photos 

**Matrix meeting notes:**
- Text Log: Forgot to take notes for meetbot D:


## 2025-11-10

### Attendees
- Madeline
- Emma
- Justin Wheeler – @jflory7
- Julia @jbley


### Team announcements & news
- PNGs for F43 Release party are all [here](https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/media/events/-/tree/main/Release%20Parties/F43/social-media) in the repo


### Follow-ups from last meeting
* 

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

* 
* 

### Open floor
- 

### Action Items
- [] 

**Matrix meeting notes:**
- Text Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-11-10/design.2025-11-10-14.36.log.txt
- HTML Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-11-10/design.2025-11-10-14.36.log.html
- Text Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-11-10/design.2025-11-10-14.36.txt
- HTML Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-11-10/design.2025-11-10-14.36.html


## 2025-11-03

### Attendees
- Madeline
- Emma
- Nate


### Team announcements & news
- 


### Follow-ups from last meeting
* Nate planning on doing user interviews in January. (Looking for, Developer, Marketer, End user, Designer, Package maintainer)

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

* Conmon [ticket](https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/100)
* 

### Open floor
- 

### Action Items
- [ ] Open ticket for user interviews / testing for Forgejo - Emma 

**Matrix meeting notes:**
* Text Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-11-03/design.2025-11-03-14.32.log.txt
* HTML Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-11-03/design.2025-11-03-14.32.log.html
* Text Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-11-03/design.2025-11-03-14.32.txt
* HTML Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-11-03/design.2025-11-03-14.32.html


## 2025-10-20
**Attendees**:
* Justin, @jflory7, US Eastern
* Madeline Peck
* Emma 
* Nate
* Julia

### Team announcements & news
- Fedora Linux 43 Release: A reminder that the release of Fedora Linux 43 is scheduled for next month. This is a crucial time for outreach and Release Party efforts.
- AI-Assisted Contributions Policy: A final draft of the policy for using AI-assisted tools in contributions is now under review by the Fedora Council. A vote is expected soon. You can follow the discussion on the [Council ticket](https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/542) and [Fedora Discussion](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/council-policy-proposal-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/165092/233).
- Fedora Docs 2025 Initiative: A new proposal to revitalize the Fedora Docs team is open for community feedback. You can read the full proposal on the [Fedora Wiki](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Initiatives/Fedora_Docs_2025) and share your thoughts on [Fedora Discussion](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-council-tickets-ticket-543-new-initiative-fedora-docs-2025/167686).


### Follow-ups from last meeting
* [ ] 

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
sprint board: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243
ticket queue: https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/issues/?sort=updated_desc&state=opened

* Fedora 43 Release Party Visuals [ticket](https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/95)
* Nathan sharing progress on Forgejo Landing Page 

### Open floor
- 

### Action Items
- [ ] Justin to add Emma, Madeline and Julia to pretix
- [ ] Emma to send Ryan Forgejo wireframe

**Matrix meeting notes:**
- [Text Log](https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-20/design.2025-10-20-13.33.log.txt)
- [HTML Log](https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-20/design.2025-10-20-13.33.log.html)
- [Text Minutes](https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-20/design.2025-10-20-13.33.txt)
- [HTML Minutes](https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-20/design.2025-10-20-13.33.html)

## 2025-10-13
**Attendees**:
* Emma 
* Madeline
* Justin

### Team announcements & news
- Fedora Badges front-end work: Akashdeep (@t0xic0der) started working on some front-end redesign/theming work on the Fedora Badges site. Forgejo is still the main focus, but he is slowly making some improvements.
    - Emma shared some accessibility tips on colors and there is some ongoing input.
    - Good opportunity for Design Team members to influence the early thinking on UI/UX improvements for the Badges site!

### Follow-ups from last meeting
* [x] Emma to finish making tickets on FOSDEM epic -> https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/team/-/epics/9
- [x] Emma to reach out to Forgejo about work on landing page -> https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/3#issuecomment-7633138
- [x] Madeline to reach out to Kevin about meeting room icons

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243

- [Emma] Forgejo
    - [Updates from meeting with Ryan](https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/71#note_2806716894)
        - Set a deadline
        - Only want a wireframe - not a hi-fi design
- [Madeline] F43 Release Party Visuals [link](https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/requests/-/issues/95)

- FOSDEM
    - Emma opened new sub-tickets for the epic. See those for specific items to be worked on.
    - For now, the work is being tracked and no immediate follow-ups for now.

### Open floor
- 

### Action Items
- [ ] 

**Matrix meeting notes:** https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-13/design.2025-10-13-13.34.html

## 2025-10-06
**Chair**: 
**Attendees**:
* Madeline Peck
* Emma Kidney
* Julia 
* Nate

### Team announcements & news
* [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2026/about/) announced 31 January & 1 February 2026. There's usually a [Open Source Design](https://opensourcedesign.net) dev room. 
* Landing page update (work in progress)

### Follow-ups from last meeting
* none

### Ticket-driven discussion & notes
https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/-/boards/4643243

* [FOSDEM 2026 epic](https://gitlab.com/groups/fedora/design/team/-/epics/9) - in the process of breaking down the asset list Justin provided into actionable tickets
* [Logo for Fedora meeting rooms on Matrix](https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team/logos/fedora-team-community-logos/-/issues/14)
* Update on the landing page


### Open floor
* Nik Trip reached out and wondered if the Design Team would want to give a talk at Fosdem

### Action Items
- [ ] Emma to finish making tickets on FOSDEM epic
- [ ] Emma to reach out to Forgejo about work on landing page
- [ ] Madeline to reach out to Kevin about meeting room icons

**Matrix meeting notes:** https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-2_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-06/design.2025-10-06-13.32.html 