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
    1. Summary and requests
    2. Introduction of Operate First, concept and community
    3. Look at the Operate First community cloud
    4. 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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