Dear Community, the followings are the minutes from the board meeting from the board meeting: 2020-03-31 ------------------------ Attendees: Gerald Pfeifer, Axel Braun, Simon Lees, Vinzenz Vietzke, Marina Latini Guests: Douglas, Matthias G. Eckermann. Minutes keeper: Marina Latini Agenda: 1) Matthias and Douglas from SUSE: increase collaboration between openSUSE and SUSE 2) Request for election officials 3) Face to face board meeting 4) Communication channels 5) Foundation 1) Matthias and Douglas from SUSE joined the board meeting for discussing how to increase the collaboration between openSUSE and SUSE. * Lunch & Learn internal SUSE meeting ++ the topic is still under discussion at SUSE with still some ongoing clarification. ++ general support on the proposal but with some points to be clarified. NOTE: confidential topic * current challenges ++ technical +++ stage approach vs flat +++ different build and maintenance approaches +++ SLE and Leap codebase more diverse than expected ++ timing ++ community +++ buy-in from community is needed +++ the board is not the decision authority or a technical decision authority +++ several POV in the community * anyone pushing this too much likely to have an adversary effect * we want to present the idea to the community and let them decide about their goals and steps forward. A stage approach appears the approach recommended. + When the binary compatibility will be achieved the switch from openSUSE to SUSE Linux Enterprise or vice versa will be just a re-branding plus few minor packages (the 30 complex). + The developer program will take advantage from this. * MicroOS could be one of the projects developed under this new developer approach with a synergy between SUSE and openSUSE * Leap and Uyuni could be leveraged Next steps * this week ++ finish technical assessment ++ work on message for openSUSE community ++ pre-information for some presenters at virtual SUSECON (sessions about SLE and openSUSE) * next week (or shortly after Easter) +openSUSE board sends proposal to the community ++list? ++timeline? ++who decides what the result is? +Once (kind of) agreement is visible ++ publish prototype in OBS Simon: how this process could work for a non employee contributing to the packages and maintaining it Matthias: not yet interlocked internally at SUSE + reproducible builds in IBS and OBS could be an advantage for SUSE and community + few partners with NDA. + feature process should be open: still a challenge how to implement it (SUSE is on Jira) OLD approach for Leap: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2015-07/msg00796.html 1. message from SUSE offering 2. message from Board discussing about the proposal 2) Request for election officials + Gerald approached the election officials for the non-confidence topic and the board seat replacement. Even if COVID-19 is burning time and energies the election officials are on the topic. 3) Face to face board meeting: decision: deferred until the board will be fully staffed again and global travel restrictions are resolved. 4) Communication channels The document Foundation tested also BigBlueButton. AI Marina: keep updating about jitsi vs. BigBlueButton and suggest best option to select 5) Foundation: AI for all the board: revisit the ongoing discussion for drafting a proposal. ------------------------ Have a nice day, Marina -- Marina Latini openSUSE Board: deneb_alpha www.documentfoundation.org www.libreitalia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org