From 459e9a49353b7692761dca8e2300380e5ee2e389 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fricklerhandwerk Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 16:49:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 2024-10-02 meeting notes --- meeting-notes/2024-10-20_ec-meeting.md | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 meeting-notes/2024-10-20_ec-meeting.md diff --git a/meeting-notes/2024-10-20_ec-meeting.md b/meeting-notes/2024-10-20_ec-meeting.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6c2f98f --- /dev/null +++ b/meeting-notes/2024-10-20_ec-meeting.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +## Progress report + +Attendees: Koen, Ronny, Valentin, Jean-Luc Dorel (European Commission) + +* Working website at fediversity.eu +* Set up a Git repository + * Will be restructured for more clarity +* Set up Mastodon and Pixelfed, Pixelfed planned +* Working on deployment automation that will be shared +* 45 grant proposals for Fediversity projects + * 547 total proposals for the NLnet October deadline + * It will take until end of December for selection, 4 reviewers + * Cannot disclose preliminary survey due to impartiality requirements +* Koen met Walter (CEO of NORDUnet) and Erik Kikkenborg (our new contact for Fediversity) + * Got declarations of intent from 3 universities + * Discussed to offer all of the projects in the proposal, as well as + * Edumeet + * It's quite new but can completely replace BigBlueButton, more open + * Developed and adopted by NORDUnet + * Allows us to connect Geant, since they're also very interested + * EduVPN (https://www.eduvpn.org/client-apps/) + * Will help us connect with SURF (https://surf.nl), talked with Wladimir + * Nextcloud + * The nordics still use Owncloud, this might help them switch to more open software + * We may be able to connect the new applications to the fediverse + * Recording videos with Edumeet you can publish them on Peertube and publish them in the fediverse + * This makes it easier for institutions to see all the projects + * Jean-Luc: This sounds like a digression. The project is primarily about the fediverse, please keep that in mind. + * Please document whatever you do and make sure it's reproducible + * Koen: These are very important to get the universities on board, and opens up future opportunities to transition them to FOSS and fediverse +* Changes in personnel: + * Matthias left Tweag + * Taeer joined the project, will soon leave + * Valentin and Nicolas joined recently +* (brief explanation of the role of Nix and NixOS) + * (discussion of advantages and drawbacks of the computational approach Nix takes) + * We will nixify the pilot applications +* We have chosen Proxmox is an intermediate layer to programmatically create virtual machines and virtual networks + * There's an NGI-funded project that allows deploying Proxmox with NixOS + * This will help involve people who are already hosting with Proxmox +* Jean-Luc: What about EDPS (https://www.edps.europa.eu)? They could be a downstream "customer" for the project. + * They need a data protection impact assessment of Mastodon + * Koen: Remy will pick this up