Meeting Summary - October 9th, 2024
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Team announcements & news
- Planning ticket is now open for the Council 2025 Hackfest.
- Announcement of @bookwar’s new role as manager for the Cockpit and Anaconda teams in Red Hat.
- There is a change proposal for the Anaconda Web UI Partitioning interface which was discussed but not decided upon due to needing more conversation with the installer team.
Ticket-driven discussion
- #502: DEI policy for Event location
- The Council discussed a draft policy for selecting locations for Fedora events, with a focus on Flock (the annual contributor conference).
- There was a wide range of opinions expressed about the policy, particularly regarding visas and passport privilege.
- The Council ultimately decided to:
- Focus the policy on Flock only, for now.
- Ask the DEI team to develop a revised policy draft that addresses the feedback from the Council meeting, particularly regarding visas and passport privilege.
- #473: Git Forge Evaluation 2024
- The Council discussed extending the deadline for the ARC team report on GitLab vs. Forgejo by 6 weeks to allow QA time to investigate both options.
- The Council voted to approve the extension and a meeting with the ARC team during the week of October 14th to discuss the project’s progress.
Action Items
- @mattdm to submit a Policy Change proposal as per The Process, requesting the DEI team to develop a specific policy for the location of Flock.
- @misc and @jonatoni to connect the feedback from the Council meeting into the DEI policy draft and reach out if there are clarifications needed on Council input.
- @amoloney to book a slot with CPE ARC next week for the Council meeting.
Additional Notes
- The importance of timeboxing discussions to keep meetings efficient was highlighted.
- The value of open communication and addressing stakeholder concerns was emphasized.