Minutes/2024-10-04

Present: MM, TM

• 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 to MM's correspondence.
  • rec.radio.broadcasting
    • No response yet from the volunteer moderator.
  • comp.os.plan9
    • No further progress on MVI draft. TM/RL to revise and post when possible.
  • news.newusers.questions and news.announce.newusers
    • RL has posted announcements in news.groups.proposals and on Announcements about our taking over these groups. TM to make the corresponding posts on Twitter/X and Facebook.
    • Status of periodic posting script: no report yet from RL
  • comp.lang.asm.x86
    • The MVI has attracted some replies.
    • RL is continuing to correspond with the volunteers.
• Infrastructure
  • Status of cron jobs for offsite backups: no update from RL yet
  • Status of automatic security updates: MM has enabled this
  • Status of remote monitoring: no progress yet but MM will investigate soon
  • GoDaddy account: TM logged in and found everything is still under JE's name. Details seem to be correct, and JE is still paying for the account.
  • Status of fail2ban: no progress yet, but MM will investigate soon
• Software/funding
  • TM: No update yet on GPG signing best practices on Savannah
  • Thunderbird 128 contact deferred given Julien's comments on INN.
  • TM still to respond to Julien.
  • OTF IFF/NGI0/Sovereign Tech Fund: no further updates
• Misc
  • TUGboat article: TM revised and expanded RL's draft with help from RL and MM, and then submitted it.
  • Paul Schleck proposals: no further progress
  • DigiCAM25 (a.k.a. BDCAM25): TM asked the organizers for a hybrid online/in-person setup, and for the panel to take place in the afternoon in London (morning in Washington and Manitoba). Organizers confirmed both requests shouldn't be a problem and would be discussed at their next meeting.