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<p>Created page with &quot;Present: RL, TM, MM * Administration ** {{news|rec.arts.comics.reviews}} and {{news|rec.arts.comics.info}} *** No response from Tim Skirvin. It was agreed that TM would revise the RFD to reflect what is known about {{news|rec.arts.comics.info}} and pass it on to RL for comment. Following RL&#039;s approval, TM will post it. ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** RL e-mailed Greg Pfeil today offering to (temporarily) host a STUMP installation for the group, pending setup of his...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Present: RL, TM, MM<br /> <br /> * Administration<br /> ** {{news|rec.arts.comics.reviews}} and {{news|rec.arts.comics.info}}<br /> *** No response from Tim Skirvin. It was agreed that TM would revise the RFD to reflect what is known about {{news|rec.arts.comics.info}} and pass it on to RL for comment. Following RL&#039;s approval, TM will post it.<br /> ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}<br /> *** RL e-mailed Greg Pfeil today offering to (temporarily) host a STUMP installation for the group, pending setup of his own moderation system.<br /> ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}<br /> *** Last contact from Dan Mahoney on 2024-10-26. Agreed to defer consideration a while longer.<br /> ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}<br /> *** Last contact from Jay Henning on 2024-10-31. Agreed to wait one further week.<br /> ** {{news|comp.os.plan9}}<br /> *** No further activity on the MVI since 2024-11-03. Agreed that TM would respond to Anthony to ask about his plans.<br /> ** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}}<br /> *** No further activity on the MVI since 2024-11-01, and last contact with Terje Mathisen on 2024-10-18. Agreed that RL would write to Terje Mathisen and encourage him to get in touch with the other volunteers.<br /> ** [[news.groups.proposals]]<br /> *** E-mail from Jonathan Kamens indicating that he will be shutting down the moderation infrastructure for {{news|news.groups.proposals}} and proposing that we take it over.<br /> *** RL responded affirmatively to the proposal and has set up a STUMP instance on our server, which he is in the process of testing.<br /> *** There are various associated e-mail addresses on the ngp.big-8.org subdomain, one of which autoresponds with the group&#039;s signing key.<br /> *** Agreed that RL would retire the autoresponder address, since the key is available on our wiki at [[Signing key for news.groups.proposals]].<br /> *** Agreed that RL would replace the other addresses with addresses on big-8.org and to update the group documentation at [[news.groups.proposals]] accordingly.<br /> *** Agreed that RL would change the DNS records for the ngp.big-8.org subdomain so that they no longer point to Jonathan&#039;s mail server.<br /> *** Agreed that RL would inform the ISC of the new submission address.<br /> *** The group&#039;s signing key uses the e-mail address ngp-approval-key@ngp.big-8.org. Agreed to leave this as-is for now, as this is just an identifier. We can later consider adding a new identity with a new address, and/or upgrading to a GPGv2 key.<br /> * Infrastructure<br /> ** Jitsi Meet: Apparently [https://community.jitsi.org/t/authentication-on-meet-jit-si/125922 the free instance now requires authentication to create rooms], which may explain the &quot;waiting for moderator&quot; message when MM or RL try to join our meeting room without TM. TM suggested that MM and RL try authenticating to Jitsi (via a third-party service such as Google, Facebook, or GitHub) before joining the meeting room to see if this lets them in. This can be tested at any time.<br /> ** E-mail from Todd McComb that Jonathan Kamens will also be shutting down his moderation relay, and asking whether we know of anyone who could host a replacement. MM responded in a personal capacity that he could run such a relay on his own infrastructure.<br /> ** Status of cron jobs for offsite backups: No further progress by RL.<br /> ** Status of remote monitoring: No further progress by MM.<br /> ** Status of fail2ban: MM has now set this up on our web/mail server.<br /> * Software/funding<br /> ** TM: No update yet on GPG signing best practices on Savannah<br /> ** Thunderbird 128 contact deferred given Julien&#039;s comments on INN.<br /> ** TM still to respond to Julien.<br /> ** OTF IFF/NGI0/[https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/ Sovereign Tech Fund]: no further updates<br /> * Misc<br /> ** Paul Schleck proposals: no further progress.<br /> ** TM is offering a [https://clam.cs.umanitoba.ca/open-positions funded doctoral position involving research on Usenet archives]<br /> ** Our &#039;&#039;TUGboat&#039;&#039; article has been published, and seems to be open access already: &lt;blockquote&gt;Rayner Lucas, Tristan Miller, and Marco Moock. [https://dx.doi.org/10.47397/tb/45-3/tb141lucas-usenet Usenet and the future of comp.text.tex.] &#039;&#039;[https://tug.org/TUGboat/ TUGboat: The Communications of the TeX Users Group]&#039;&#039;, 45(3):298–301, November 2024. ISSN 0896-3207. DOI: [https://dx.doi.org/10.47397/tb/45-3/tb141lucas-usenet 10.47397/tb/45-3/tb141lucas-usenet].&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> ** RL might not make the 22 or 29 November meetings due to a conflicting appointment.<br /> ** TM gave apologies for the 29 November meeting.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Meeting minutes for 2024]]</div>

Tristan Miller