## 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