# 2021-09 CentOS board meeting

https://hackmd.io/YC7uyaMWSFiGL_CHIrETJg

Zoom link : https://cern.zoom.us/j/97944502954

Passcode will be sent to participants and guests the day the meeting takes place.

# 2021-09 CentOS board meeting - Agenda

# Attendees

## Board members

* Pat Riehecky

* Brian Exelbierd

* Davide Cavalca

* Jim Perrin

* Mike McLean

* Tru Huyhn

* Rich Bowen (Chair)

* Thomas Oulevey (Secretary)

## Directors Absent

* Josh Boyer

* Johnny Hughes

* Karanbir Singh

## Guests

* Lance Albertson

* Alain Reguera Delgado

* Neal Gompa

* Amy Marrich

* Brian Stinson

* Karsten Wade

**Quorum at 22h05**

# Agenda

* Previous minutes

    * https://blog.centos.org/2021/08/minutes-for-centos-board-of-directors-for-2021-08-11/

    * Any Comments ?

* Artwork SIG - Status and discussion

    * https://git.centos.org/centos/Artwork/issue/1

    * Related to [#04 Definitive answer requested regarding logo design] issue

    * Rich: Consult with legal: Must we get it registered, or can we just start using it?

        *  To be investigated

    * Pat: Comments for logo consistency with arrows, can be discussed on the issue to not miss the comment

        * https://git.centos.org/centos/Artwork/issue/1#comment-459

    * Extra branding is appreciated by the audience

    * Move forward with the proposal, no objection.

    * Thanks to Alain for all the work around the logo.

* Operate First introduction

    * https://git.centos.org/centos/board/issue/63

    * [Slides for discussion](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u9tcCrn-otu9x3pZA9x6hw07Z0xYiznebcKY9nIZ39Y/)

        1. Summary and requests

        1. Introduction of Operate First, concept and community

        1. Look at the Operate First community cloud

        1. Q&A, requests

    * Jim: What involvement from the board is expected and why ? 

    * Karsten: Help SIG and Stream development

    * Jim: It could be run by the Infra SIG but need to clarify if Stream will be put forward by this RH initiative.

    * Jim: Request should come from elsewhere with clear commitement. 

    * Neal: SIG vs Product

    * Pat: How / Who? 

    * Karsten: 

### On going discussion

* Nothing to report.

### Issues

https://git.centos.org/centos/board/issues

**Issues to be closed (ACTION close all of them if no objection)**

~~*  #62 Take down CentOS81 image on WSL~~ 

~~*  #61 Take down CentOS8 image on WSL~~ 

~~* #06 Red Hat majority seat contradiction in governance~~

**New issues**

*  #63 CentOS Stream and Operate First

    *  See presentation above. 

* #45 CentOS variant artifacts (ISOs, disk images, etc.) branding

    * posted request for feedback: https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2021-September/077326.html

* #44 Remove former Directors from various accounts and permissions

    * https://git.centos.org/centos/board/blob/master/f/directors/onboarding

* #27 Providing Official AMIs in Amazon CN regions.

* #22 Draft all recent governance changes or ideas for Board discussion 

    * Board governance doc approved and published - https://www.centos.org/about/governance/board/

    * Working on SIG doc - https://hackmd.io/nvUbZqkVTXuNmSn-SSnBag

* #03 Getting official CentOS images into Azure

* #01 Shift Board to be more transparent in support of becoming a contributor-focused open source project

* #04 Definitive answer requested regarding logo design (Note: Agenda item about this above)

**Issues on hold**

* None

### Community Architect updates

* Dojo schedule will have been announced by meeting time - https://wiki.centos.org/Events/Dojo/October2021

* We'll be at Open Source Summit in Seattle - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/ - and All Things Open in Raleigh - https://www.allthingsopen.org/

### AOB

 * TBC

**Adjourned at 22h55** 

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