Meeting:Board meeting 2008-03-25

= Fedora Project Board Meeting :: Tuesday 2008-03-25 =

Roll Call
Attendees: Paul Frields, Jef Spaleta, Steve Dickson, Seth Vidal, Karsten Wade, Bill Nottingham, Matt Domsch, Dennis Gilmore, John Poelstra, Chris Aillon

Regrets: Bob McWirther

fedoraproject.org mail (2008-01-29)
1. making everything run Fedora 1. break ties to RHT IS which does not make Fedora a priority
 * Take steps to approach changes that were requested in the past
 * Could we create a better start and search page for Fedora mailing list?
 * ACTION: check back on status in one month
 * OWNER: Dennis Gilmore
 * FOLLOWUP 2008-02-26
 * Dennis has spoken with some people inside RHT IS
 * should have no issues making a fedora branded interface to Red Hats mailman instance and having a @fedoraproject.org alias for fedora lists
 * existing lists will stay where they are
 * could migrate all mailing lists to fedoraproject.org in time time if so desired
 * driving forces here is:
 * fedoraproject.org email addresses lost four days of email a week ago and RHT did nothing to try and remedy the problem
 * FOLLOWUP on 2008-03-25
 * No update at this time
 * OWNER: Dennis needs to sit down and work things out with Red Hat IS
 * Next followup on 2008-04-29

Post-release updates of custom spins (2008-01-29)
1. Solidify rest of the policy this week 1. Board to vote on proposal at next meeting 1. Specifying what space (infrastructure storage) limits are 1. Need a policy decision around locally built spins from official kickstart files from Fedora CVS (which have trademark approval) 1. Need to resolve issue with how/where source RPMS will be provided
 * Should the board have to approve them?
 * We will hosts as many spins as we have space for
 * Need to determine the hosting requirements and limits
 * How long will spins stay around?
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RahulSundaram/SpinsProcess
 * ACTION: Jef to review Rahul's proposal and report back to board
 * OWNER: Jef Spaleta
 * FOLLOWUP on 2008-02-12
 * Jef is waiting for feedback from Jeremy Katz on release engineering's perspective
 * Reference: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Meetings/2008-feb-11
 * People are still not clear on exactly what is required to create an official "Fedora Spin"
 * Need a clear list of guidelines of what a spin owner is responsible for and what they are required to test
 * Hoping a test will come from Jeremy Katz as part of feedback from release engineering
 * We are only talking about spins that use GA packages, thus testing for GA should have given us enough comfort that risk is minimized
 * We only need to be concerned with new combination of packages that a spin would present
 * ACTIONS & OWNERS:
 * Paul Frields--followup with Fedora Release Engineering and QA contingent to discuss testing requirements
 * Jef Spaleta to formulate specific guidelines for review prior to or at next board meeting (dependent on feedback from release engineering)
 * FOLLOWUP on 2008-02-19
 * Crux of issue right now is figuring out exactly what input release engineering is supposed to be giving
 * Jef will have a writeup to the board by next meeting
 * Paul will be at the Red Hat office in Westford, MA next week and can sit down and work out any of the remaining details with Jeremy, Jesse, Will, etc.
 * FOLLOWUP on 2008-02-26
 * releng has created http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JeremyKatz/SpinChecklist
 * Jef has input from Rahul and plans to start writing a draft
 * FOLLOWUP on 2008-03-04
 * Jef posting proposal to fedora-advisory-board-list: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00004.html
 * FOLLOWUP on 2008-03-11
 * Jef posting updated proposal to fedora-advisory-board-list today and ongoing discussion will continue on fedora-advisory-board-list:
 * https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00074.html
 * GOALS:
 * FOLLOWUP on 2008-03-18
 * Jef was unable to attend today--deferred to next meeting.
 * FOLLOWUP on 2008-03-25
 * Remaining issues to resolve before final written proposal:

Trademark Licensing
1. Continuing to meet with Legal to review final draft 1. Work to smooth out issue of licensing trademark with custom spins
 * Legal preparing an agreement for schwag producers
 * People that want to produce schwag can sign trademark licensing agreement
 * Control remains with Red Hat to review and enforce usage
 * OWNER: Paul Frields
 * ACTIONS:

Fedora Accounts

 * What are the procedures for disabling questionable Fedora accounts?
 * Continue discussion at next meeting

IRC Meeting Next Time

 * Channels are already setup and ready go
 * Need moderator
 * Administrative process outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/IRC
 * OWNER: Paul Frields
 * ACTIONS: Check with Max Spevack to see if he will be the moderator again

Next Meeting

 * Date: 2008-04-01
 * Time: 14:00 EDT
 * Location: IRC
 * Public channel to ask questions: #fedora-board-public
 * Moderated channel for board answers: #fedora-board-meetings
 * Board to only join moderated channel so as to focus discussion there