Oversight Board/Meeting Minutes-2021-06-09
SLOB Meeting -- June 9, 2021
Attending: Walter, Lionel, Perrie, Ibiam, Jui, Callaurrea
From the community: Devin
Topics
Finances
No transactions as of yet in 2021
Ombudsman
SFC
GSoC
Coding has begun. We are all meeting regularly with our students.
Ibiam's contract renewal
Alex and Ibiam are working on the details. We are soliciting feedback regarding which actvities are priorities for porting and maintenance.
Servers
Alex is arranging a new hosting situation and Bernie is giving us new hardware.
Next Meeting
23 June 2021
Meeting Log
walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Hola todos llaske_ Hi @walterbender walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Hi llaske_ Any other board members here? Jui Pradhan joined the room. Jui Pradhan Hi everyone! llaske_ Hi Jui Pradhan: perrieee Hi everyone llaske_ Hi perrieee perrieee I’ve been having a lot of issues with my matrix lately But I think it’s all okay now, I guess Chihurumnaya Ibiam joined the room. Chihurumnaya Ibiam Hi Everyone. llaske_ Hi Ibiam, Jui Pradhan Hello Chihurumnaya Ibiam walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) I think we can get started!!! #start_meeting First, my apologies for missing the last meeting... my day job interveneed I have no updates re finances or the ombudsman while we wait for Claudia and Alex, perhaps a GSoC update? #topc GSoC llaske_ We've started officially the coding period walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Yes. The Music Blocks team is meeting every day. at UTC 11:30 in zoom Chihurumnaya Ibiam llaske_ Hi Ibiam, Hi Lionel. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) and we are in Music Blocks Development (Sugar Labs) Chihurumnaya Ibiam Jui Pradhan Hello Chihurumnaya Ibiam Hi Jui. llaske_ On Sugarizer side, mentors meet students on Slack and we send a report on the mailing list at the end of each meeting walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) You can follow the work https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks-v4/discussions sugarlabs/musicblocks-v4 - GitHub A complete overhaul of Music Blocks. Contribute to sugarlabs/musicblocks-v4 development by creating an account on GitHub. so far so good Chihurumnaya Ibiam walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) #topc GSoC Had power issues last week and seems it hasn't fully gone away but my student has submitted what she plans to work on for the next couple of days and I look forward to it. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) and we are in Music Blocks Development (Sugar Labs) We've been communicating via email. Jui Pradhan In reply to walterbender Chihurumnaya Ibiam We've been communicating via email. Ohh I had a video call with her on jitsi walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) perrieee: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77576492858?pwd=MFIxdW1WWXUrS2hjY1FBUEMwMVdCdz09 is the MB meeting link Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting - Zoom Video Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get… perrieee walterbender: thank you :) ... I join tomorrow’s and try to catch up walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Sounds like things are on track so far. Chihurumnaya Ibiam In reply to Chihurumnaya Ibiam Jui Pradhan Ohh I had a video call with her on jitsi Yeah, I couldn't attend that one at the time. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Any other topics? /me is waiting for Mr. BIOS to discuss several things (1) Alex has arranged a new hosting for our servers (which Bernie will be upgrading for us) (2) We have a draft proposal from Chihurumnaya Ibiam to discuss llaske_ Ok let's wait for Alex walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) +1 meanwhile, how is everyone doing? everyone safe? callaurrea joined the room. Chihurumnaya Ibiam walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) everyone safe? Yeah I am, was in quite the traffic this morning as I had to go pick up something and it rained cats and dogs today. callaurrea hi everyone Chihurumnaya Ibiam Hi Claudia. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) hi callaurrea llaske_ Hi Claudia Jui Pradhan Hi Claudia walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) everyone safe? Yes! How are you doing? callaurrea I am doing well... busy and well how is everyone? families? walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) I have seen my grandkids :) Chihurumnaya Ibiam walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) I have seen my grandkids :) That's great! Are they back to classes? walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) yes but only 1 more week of school perrieee How are they? I miss seeing pictures of them! :) * walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) looks for a picture to share Jui Pradhan * walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) looks for a picture to share Yes pleasee Chihurumnaya Ibiam callaurrea I am doing well... busy and well Glad to hear you're doing well. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) PXL_20210508_232305372.jpg Download PXL_20210508_232305372.jpg (1007.72 KB) callaurrea: Teddy got a haircut callaurrea awwwww Jui Pradhan OMG they are super cute!! perrieee 😍😍😍 callaurrea Same feeling... love that picture of Wanda and the kids What a happy moment! walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Yes... that was their first visit in over a year callaurrea tears!!! walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Oh. I forgot to mention, Music Blocks 3.5.1 was released... should be the last release of the 3 series. I am going to make a Flatpak version too. Chihurumnaya Ibiam walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Oh. I forgot to mention, Music Blocks 3.5.1 was released... should be the last release of the 3 series. I am going to make a Flatpak version too. That's great! I think that the refactoring being the last large change of the 3 series is goosm Good. callaurrea I share the information in FB yay we should have you run a session on music block for us walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) sure anytime callaurrea I would love to have that opportunity... we are particularly quiet today everyone ok? walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) We were waiting on Alex for several discussion items * Devin Ulibarri has finally been able to attend today after a long hiatus. Hi everyone! Hope all is well. llaske_ Hi Devin, Nice to hear from you! walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) callaurrea: at the next meeting Devin and/or I will do a Music Blocks lesson. Last weekend was a really fun one: Single-string Guitar Chihurumnaya Ibiam * Devin Ulibarri has finally been able to attend today after a long hiatus. Hi everyone! Hope all is well. Hi Devin, glad you're here. Devin Ulibarri Happy to do MB lessons for anyone. Chihurumnaya Ibiam Hope everything is okay at your end. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) And callaurrea we wrote a music version of the Dinensions game in Music Blocks. Tres cool. * Devin Ulibarri survived 2020, although it almost drove me crazy. Thankful to make it through what I hope was the worst of it. Thoughts and prayers out to all affected by the pandemic. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) The kids all contributed ideas and code to the project. callaurrea Hi Devin Ulibarri It is great to have you here walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) I am guessing Mr. BIOS is not going to be able to join us. regarding Chihurumnaya Ibiam 's contract renewal, what would help is some input regarding priorities: what activities we want to focus on porting and supporting that are not yet packaged maybe everyone can chime in by email? (TamTam was one suggestion) Chihurumnaya Ibiam walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) regarding Chihurumnaya Ibiam 's contract renewal, what would help is some input regarding priorities: what activities we want to focus on porting and supporting that are not yet packaged Agreed, besides tamtam and viewslides as they're two open PRs for that at the moment. Will also be looking at fixing sugar-datastore and sugar-paint as they fail to build in Python 3.10 and F35 would come with it. That's for SOAS. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) Is the CSound support still available? I haven't used that library in a while. Chihurumnaya Ibiam Yeah it still is. It was ported to 6.0 a while ago if I remember correctly. walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) anything else tor today? callaurrea not from me Chihurumnaya Ibiam Nothing from me. callaurrea other than it is good to know people are well... llaske_ Nope walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) be prepared to do some MB coding next time :) stay safe everyone motion to adjourn llaske_ +1 Chihurumnaya Ibiam walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) motion to adjourn Seconded. llaske_ Bye all callaurrea +1 stay safe Chihurumnaya Ibiam walterbender can you create a wiki and log todays minutes? walterbender (@walterbender:matrix.org) I will. Chihurumnaya Ibiam Thanks. Bye everyone.