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= Jan 07 2026 Meeting =

== Attending ==
* Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)
* Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)
* Samson Goddy (SL In. board)
* Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)
* Safwan Sayeed (community member)
* Om Santosh Suneri (community member)
* Mebin Thattil (community member)

== Absent ==
* Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)
* Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)

== Agenda ==
* Elections
* Infrastructure/AWS
* GSoC mentoring and planning

=== Elections ===
* https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2026-2027-candidates
* Voting and candidacy eligibility is detailed here: https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/all/elections-extension-december-2025 (with additional links to our bylaws).
* Makho and Elvis are not community members, and hence, not eligible to run for board positions.
* Om Santosh made a motion that we remove Makho and Elvis from the ballot. Seconded by Sumit. Motion passed: 4-0-2.

=== Infrastructure/AWS ===
* Ibiam will be moving lists.sl.o to point to the new service
* Ibiam sorted out an issue with sudo on Sunjammer
* MB v3.7.0 was released (and includes widgets that use AI services)
* Devin will apply for some more credits, but he has a request: Please, please, please: - think about what we need them for - think about how many credits our planned use will cost - think about the benefit of using those - discuss amongst each other and review - send to me an agreed upon number with some details for how you plan to use them by Jan 15.

=== GSoC mentoring and planning ===
* Last year's interns are encouraged to mentor.
* https://forms.gle/JfqnRqBVww5Bh22J9 <-- mentor application form
* Om Santosh will set up the Ideas page for 2026 -- we need to start populating it.
* Walter will begin the application process once it is live. He'll invite Sumit and Om Santosh to be co-admins.

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