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<p>Created page with &quot;Present: TM, MM Apologies: RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** Still awaiting confirmation from Greg Pfeil that approvals are working again. RL wrote Greg Pfeil asking if we can post an announcement now; awaiting response. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** Last contact from Dan Mahoney on 2024-10-26. Agreed to defer consideration a while longer. ** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}} *** No response yet to RL&#039;s message to three volunteers asking for a...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Present: TM, MM<br /> <br /> Apologies: RL<br /> <br /> * Administration<br /> ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}<br /> *** Still awaiting confirmation from Greg Pfeil that approvals are working again. RL wrote Greg Pfeil asking if we can post an announcement now; awaiting response.<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|comp.lang.asm.x86}}<br /> *** No response yet to RL&#039;s message to three volunteers asking for an update. RL still to ping the volunteers.<br /> ** [[news.groups.proposals]]<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 /> ** {{news|comp.compression.research}}<br /> *** TM still to prepare a group removal RFD.<br /> ** Moderated groups without moderators<br /> *** TM posted 2nd RFD on 2025-02-02.<br /> *** RL has been corresponding with with the user who volunteered to to moderate {{news|soc.genealogy.surnames.britain}}.<br /> ** [[news.admin.announce]]<br /> *** RL to configure STUMP so that TM, MM, and RL are moderators.<br /> * Infrastructure<br /> ** Status of cron jobs for offsite backups: No further update from RL.<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 /> ** BDCAM25: RL and TM still to start discussing their talk via e-mail.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Meeting minutes for 2025]]</div>

Tristan Miller