September 2022 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] How we will use the GSoC money
by Vincent Untz 18 Jul '24

18 Jul '24

Hi, (let's see how a public discussion about money goes :-)) The Google Summer of Code brings us great students, but also means that the openSUSE project will get $8000 (if I'm not mistaken) at the end of the summer. That's $500 per student. A while ago, I requested comments on my blog about what to do with the money, but didn't get any feedback. So I take this as "do what you feel is best", and this mail is about the plan. As a reminder, the main issue is that we will likely not have the openSUSE Foundation created in time for this. For instance, Google would like us to get some form filled before the end of June; this is not a mandatory timeline, but I think it shows that we won't be ready with the Foundation for that. The current plan is to give that money to another organization we feel close to, and I have two candidates in mind: - the Software Freedom Conservancy (http://sfconservancy.org/) it's a really nice org that provides a home for various cool projects (see http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/) and those projects help make openSUSE a great project. - the Desktop Summit (https://www.desktopsummit.org/) it's one of the biggest event this year, and this would help us have some more visibility (since we'd be sponsors, I guess). I'm sure they would welcome this to secure their budget. Note that an alternative solution would be to leave the money to Google for a future GSoC or similar program, but I feel it's better to use the money where it can make a difference today. Now, it's not too late to change the plan. If you have a better suggestion, please tell us. There's no need to argue forever about it, just explain why you think it's good. Keep in mind that if we cannot receive the money ourselves, this also means that we cannot use it to buy stuff for openSUSE. Pavol and I will take the final decision since we are the GSoC admins for openSUSE. Thanks, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[Notice] - openSUSE Regular Board election 2021
by Ariez Vachha - openSUSE 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Dear openSUSE members, openSUSE Board Election 2021 [1] It's time to elect new Board members to fill empty seats on the openSUSE Board. There are two seats for election in accordance per our normal election cycle. This is a regular election as defined in our Election Rules [2] ## Phase 0 01 November 2021 - Announcement of the Board Election 2021 - Call for Nominations and Applications for Board candidacy - Membership drive 22 November 2020 - Nominations and Applications for Board candidacy close ## Phase 1 22 November 2021 - Announcement of the final list of candidates - Campaign begins - Membership drive continues, opportunity to apply for openSUSE Membership, but members will only be eligible to vote and not run as a candidate ## Phase 2 13 December 2021 - Ballots open: Please cast your vote during this time - Campaign continues 30 December 2021 - Ballots close 31 December 2021 - Announcement of results To stand for a position in the openSUSE Board please send an email to: * project(a)lists.opensuse.org and * election-officials(a)lists.opensuse.org If a member would like to nominate another member, please inform the Election Committee and the officials will contact the nominee to ask whether they would like to run as a Board candidate. Only openSUSE members are eligible to run for openSUSE Board openings in accordance with the Eligibility and Validity section of our Election Rules [2]. The Election Committee [3] are hereby calling for Nominations & Applications for the openSUSE Board. [1] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election [2] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_rules [3] Members: Ish Sookun, Edwin Zakaria and Ariez Vachha. -- Regards, The Election Committee election-officials(a)lists.opensuse.org

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Minutes Board Meeting 2022-09-26
by Syds Bearda 27 Sep '22

27 Sep '22

= Board Meeting Monday 2022-09-26 13:00 CEST = * Present: Axel, Gertjan, Syds, Mau * Guests: * Excused: Gerald and Neal (travelling), Attila == openSUSE Remix === * What needs to be done if openSUSE should be used as basis for a new Distro / Remix? * Current wiki entry outdated https://en.opensuse.org/Archive:Making_an_openSUSE_based_distribution - need to rewrite * Gecko Linux has some scripts on github, that might help: https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project * If the respin uses only OBS packages, no additional rebrading required * Axel: If we see a respin, people should notice that the basis is openSUSE (see Distrowatchs anouncements of Distros...based on....) * Ask SUSE legal for advise / maybe Lubos knows as well - Axel to ask Gerald for advise whom to contact at SUSE == openSUSE Asia Sumit == * Key note will be held by Mau and Attila on Friday September 30th. * Topic - about the project and how to contribute Meeting closed at 13:26 CEST -- Syds Bearda Treasurer openSUSE Project opensuse(a)syds.eu

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 24 Sep '22

24 Sep '22

Hello all, The biweekly board conf call will be held in two days at 13:00 Europe/Berlin time (CET = UTC+1) Meeting will be in the regular Board Meeting Room https://meet.opensuse.org/OSBoard Current Topics: https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting Board Members: If you cannot participate, please advise by replying to this mail.

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Meeting minutes 2022-08-29
by Maurizio Galli 20 Sep '22

20 Sep '22

= Board Meeting Monday 2022-08-29 13:00 CEST = * Present: Gerald, Gertjan, Mau, Neal * Guests: Luna, Lubos, Marcel R, ddemaio, Emily * Excused: Axel, Attila, Syds == URL of the public board meeting room not on Wiki. Intentional? == * Lubos noted https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_meetings does not refer to the Jitsi meeting room? * Is this intentional? No, it's not. * Gertjan added the URL to en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board during the meeting == openSUSE sponsored mirrors == * Someone running an openSUSE mirror reached out to ddemaio about openSUSE offering some sort of sponsorship to help with expenses for the mirror. * The discussion regarding this topic is considered contrary to the purpose of sponsoring the project. The view is that paying for infrastructure for the project sets a bad precedent and is counter to the volunteerism of the project. * ddemaio: Requester has been notified. == openSUSE Foundation Update == * As promised, Gerald followed up to Patrick's summary with detailed comments/questions. * That was the last action in that thread in those last two weeks. Is there even interest? Meeting closed at 13:13 CEST

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Community Meeting/ALP WG: Week 38, 39 & 40
by ddemaio 19 Sep '22

19 Sep '22

Hi all, The ALP Work Group (WG) will take place tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. I will not be able to attend the next few meetings. Community Meetings are schedule on Thursday at 19:00 UTC. I will not be around for any of the meetings until Oct. 6. Meetings will be in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can see the overview of the meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting. v/r Doug

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Community Meeting/ALP WG: Week 37
by ddemaio 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

Hi all, The ALP Work Group (WG) will take place tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. The Community Meeting will be on Thursday at 19:00 UTC. Both meetings will be in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can view the meeting notes from the ALP WG last week at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting20220906 and community meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting20220908. You can see the overview at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting. After Thursday's meeting, I will not be around for any of the meetings as I will be traveling. v/r Doug

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Meeting minutes 2022-09-12
by Knurpht-openSUSE 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

= Board Meeting Monday 2022-09-12 13:00 CEST = * Present: Axel, Gerald, Gertjan, Mau, Syds, Attila, Neal * Guests: Luna(bittin), Doug, Emily * Excused: == Board Elections 2022 == Three seats expire end of the year (Neal, Gertjan, Axel) - contact Election officials to prepare elections - Axel can't run again but Neal and Gertjan can - Gerald will contact the Election Officials == openSUSE Asia Summit Keynote == https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/ issue/50 * pre-recorded video only option due to time constraints during the Summit dates. Attila, Gertjan and Maurizio to do it == Issues receiving Board email == * Some board members do not receive (all) mails sent to board(a)l.o.o * Gerald (who uses gp(a)suse.com) and Axel and Gertjan appear fine? * Neal revealed that numerous mail bounces lead to auto-unsubscription to lists, there was an issue in the summer that triggered this. Gerald determined that Syds and Mau were not subscribed and that has been rectified. Meeting closed at 13:42. CEST-- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board openSUSE Forums Team

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 10 Sep '22

10 Sep '22

Hello all, The biweekly board conf call will be held in two days at 13:00 Europe/Berlin time (CET = UTC+1) Meeting will be in the regular Board Meeting Room https://meet.opensuse.org/OSBoard Current Topics: https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting Board Members: If you cannot participate, please advise by replying to this mail.

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Community Meeting/ALP WG: Week 36
by ddemaio 05 Sep '22

05 Sep '22

Hi all, The ALP Work Group (WG) will take place tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. No specific topics are planned. The Community Meeting will be on Thursday at 19:00 UTC. Both meetings will be in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can view the meeting notes from the ALP WG and other notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting. v/r Doug

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