March 2023 - 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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Ask your openSUSE Board candidates questions
by ddemaio 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

Hi all, Per a conversation some of us had at the community meeting last Thursday, we wanted to get discussions for the project started regarding this year's openSUSE Board elections. We listed a few questions in the minutes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting20221103 You can find some of those questions in the 1103 meeting minutes between lines 48 and line 54. Please ask your questions (Ask us Anything) in this thread so we can keep the conversations focused and centralized for all the candidates and members who want to ask questions of the candidates. All the candidates are in cc and you can find their profiles at the board election wiki. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election v/r Doug

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The more I hear about ALP, the less I like the idea, openSUSE should keep leap
by Johan Dot 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Well.. Noticed that chairman didn't wanted to be involved.. From the tread at Users mailing list. Start a new tread here. Regards

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Minutes of openSUSE Board Meeting 2023-03-13
by Gerald Pfeifer 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

= Board Meeting Monday 2023-03-13 13:00 CET = * Present: Doug, Gerald, Mau, Neal * Excused: Gertjan, Patrick == Sponsorships via Geeko Foundation == * Received a sponsorship offer that actually requires a non-profit. * Looks like a good first case for Geeko Foundation? * Patrick not available today, so taken to e-mail. * Feedback: Geeko Foundation (website) doesn't talk to relationship with openSUSE? == CoC amendement == * Discussed refining the openSUSE Code of Conduct (CoC). * Harassment may be a little too vague of a term, especially for non-English speakers * Working on an amendment to better clarify harassment * https://en.opensuse.org/Code_of_Conduct * Current thinking is to add: ** "Compelling and coercing people" ** "Using humiliating behavior toward others" * Potential concern on the use of the word "compelling" being used above. * Could the use of compelling be too broad and/or contrary to the meaning of the above? * Feedback very welcome!

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Community Meetings: Week 13
by ddemaio 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

Hi all, We have two community meetings this week. The time for the meetings have shifted due to daylight savings changes. Meeting 1 is tomorrow (on Tuesdays) at 14:30 UTC (60 minutes). Meeting 2 is on Thursdays at 19:00 UTC. Regular community meetings are an option to create change for the project and we encourage members to attend. https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting Please submit your talk for the openSUSE Conference before April 9 at https://events.opensuse.org v/r Doug

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 25 Mar '23

25 Mar '23

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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CfP - Akademy, GUADEC & oSC23
by ddemaio 23 Mar '23

23 Mar '23

Hi all, KDE Akademy's Call for Papers is open until March 31. Please submit a talk before the deadline if you want. Also, the Call for Papers for GUADEC is open until March 27. You can submit a talk at https://events.gnome.org/event/ Please do not forget to submit a talk for the openSUSE Conference. The deadline is April 9. You can submit an oSC23 talk at https://events.opensuse.org/ v/r Doug

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SUSE
by Knurpht-openSUSE 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

https://www.suse.com/news/SUSE-appoints-Dirk-Peter-van-Leeuwen-as-new-CEO/[… -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board openSUSE Forums Team -------- [1] https://www.suse.com/news/SUSE-appoints-Dirk-Peter-van-Leeuwen-as-new-CEO/

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Community Meetings: Week 12
by ddemaio 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

Hi all, The community meeting take place tomorrow at 15:30 UTC. Thursday community meeting take place at 20:00 UTC. We will be discussing aspects of the openSUSE Conference at both meetings. GSoC mentee sessions start at 15:15 UTC on Tuesdays and the Thursday session begins at 19:45 UTC - https://news.opensuse.org/2023/02/22/awareness-sessions-about-projects-avai… Meetings take place in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can see the overview of meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting Beginning March 27, the times will shift due to daylight savings in Europe. If you have had a daylight savings change already, please remember to stick with the UTC time. v/r Doug

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 11 Mar '23

11 Mar '23

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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