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# Board Minutes 2016-07-20
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## Attendees
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* Karanbir Singh (chair)
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* Jim Perrin
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* Johnny Hughes
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* Ralph Agnenendt
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* Karsten Wade (sec’y)
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* Mike McLean
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* Tru Huynh
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## Regrets:
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* Fabian Arrotin
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* Carl Trieloff
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## Agenda & notes
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* SIG proposals
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* OSAS sysadmins to bring idea of curating Ansible content idea to Config Mgmt SIG
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* SIG reports
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* SIGs reporting frequently enough to the devel list, mostly business as usual
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* SIG Guide
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* Finish the guide, then go for more feedback
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* JZB, Berkus, Bowen - have newer-eyes perspective
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## RH Summit report back
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SIG potentials
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Zimbra, Kollab, etc. with Docker help?
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Karsten
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Similar conversations as the past, just different ratios
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KB
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Far fewer explaining, justifying
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People interested in what we are doing, seen as part of the RH equation
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Not much new engagement, certainly in the vendor space
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Great to meet people, but existing relationships
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Board openness
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What does it matter? Cf. other strongly-led communities.
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Publishing of non-private agenda
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Report out to community (public-allowed minutes)
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Public meetings on video (Hangout, Bluejeans published)
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Public meetings on IRC (agenda + open floor)
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Office hours
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KB’s are vendor focused, not community-contributor focused
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Desire for more documentation
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“Why are not doing this? Why is this this way?”
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Attracts people who won’t get on IRC/mail/forums
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Uses direct calls as well
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Current problem is contributor-based
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People not getting there is more than just Linux
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Berkus observation that there is an unactivated CentOS community at DockerCon
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What are we doing that enables people to better understand what we’re doing, where we’re going?
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Do people care?
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People don’t want their bosses to know they are interested
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The small people we’re trying to reach don’t attend MeetUps
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People not at Red Hat are not announcing stuff from the project -- 
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A small % of the potential audience might come along, increase engagement
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Public input meetings v. having to meet people in person …
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## Paris Nov
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Have it as an interlock -- have people come talk to us, not a Dojo
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Show the SIG process
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### Venues
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Zeneca & Enovance office (no strings, middle of town, 40+ people)
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Enovance booked for 9th, 10th Nov
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### Agenda
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Two days of talks in the morning
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Lunch - 12:00 - 13:30
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Then special groups/focus areas within the larger room
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HPC, Web hosting, etc. -- face to face discussions
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Two sessions toward the end (after 3:30)
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15:30 - 16:30
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16:30 - 17:30
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Focus areas
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Where are we going to be in each of these focus areas in X years?
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Contributor discussion
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Have people walk away knowing how to participate
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Get other interesting people doing stuff - Cern, etc.
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Lightning sessions for an hour each day
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Increase casualness over the two-days with small group
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Having Leslie give a talk about ecosystem
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Board members also have 15 min in there
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Record everything
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11th morning for Board meeting
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### Organization
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Want to announce soon
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### Attendees
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Will get some of the RH eng folks using the platform
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Folks from the SIGs (Cloud, Storage, etc.)
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People interested in relationship building
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Walking away with content about what we do with CentOS Linux
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