Minutes/2024-07-12

• Administration
  • comp.sys.wearables
    • Still waiting for Greg Pfeil to confirm that he's now set up to send approved posts to this group.
  • comp.protocols.dns.bind
    • No response yet from moderator re status of gateway.
  • rec.radio.broadcasting
    • No response from the volunteer. RL to ping one last time; it was agreed that the Board would proceed with the RFD if no response is received within a short time.
  • comp.os.plan9
    • RL to ping the volunteer one further time. It was agreed that the Board would drop the matter if no response is received within a short time.
  • news.newusers.questions and news.announce.newusers
    • RL made some further progress in migrating the old FAQs to the wiki. TM suggested that pandoc could help convert the markup; RL indicated that the bulk of the work is actually in checking and migrating the links and making sure the information is up to date.
  • talk.origins
    • Responses from Todd, David, and Bettina indicating that the problem was likely solved on or about 30 June. TM to reply to everyone.
• Infrastructure
  • RL still to work on getting the webmail and admin front-ends working again.
• Software/funding
  • TM: No update yet on GPG signing best practices on Savannah
  • No response yet from Wayne Mery re Thunderbird roadmap. TM will ping him once he has access to his personal e-mail again.
  • Positive response from Julien re INN development. TM will continue corresponding with him on the matter.
• Misc
  • Agreed that TM reach out to some potential additional Board members with invitations and/or requests for nominations.