# 2026-01 CentOS board meeting

https://hackmd.io/@centosboard/Byeos3kSel

Passcode will be sent to participants and guests the day the meeting takes place.

# 2026-01 CentOS board meeting - Agenda

# Attendees

## Board members

* Amy
* David
* Davide
* Jack
* Jefro
* Mike
* Pat
* Shaun
* Steve
* Troy

## Directors Absent

* Johnny

## Guests

* Amnon Ilan
* Brendan Conoboy
* Brian Stinson
* Jef Spaleta
* Neal Gompa

# Agenda

* Previous minutes
* https://hackmd.io/wPPuRhU-Ro-eupdiJWNvzg
* NVIDIA Enablement SIG
* https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/[e-mail]/thread/LXJ333NPY5JHBRVMJ3K44VLPQIJFUHBD/
* Everyone seems very much in favor of the work being done with several folks interested in participating, Davide, Jack, and Neal.
* Main question is should NVIDIA be in the name or should we do something more generic like Hardware Enablement.
* Using the name NVIDIA going to be a trademark issue.
* Doesn't overlap with kmod or proposed updates
* Proposed name is AI Enablement SIG with nvidia repos and tags pending approval from NVIDIA

### On going discussion

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### Issues

https://gitlab.com/CentOS/Board/tracker/-/issues

**Issues to be closed (ACTION close all of them if no objection)**

* None

**New issues**

**Issues on hold**

* [#67 Trusting SIGs by default - https://gitlab.com/CentOS/Board/tracker/-/issues/67](https://gitlab.com/CentOS/Board/tracker/-/issues/67)
* SIGS do not have a way to sign their kernels currently if they have a custom kernel, Hyperscale is an example and new AI Enablement would potentially be affected as well.
* Need to keep the shim, kernel and grub updated
* CentOS Stream now has a shim
* SIG Council would oversee this.
* Are there any BU concerns?
* BU is concerned something bad might happen that could affect the BU's ability to certify.
* WHo does the build and who is approving it.
* Request is to document the policy and proceedure and then bring back to the BU (Troy and Steve to work on this)
* there is a ticket for this(Neal)
* https://gitlab.com/CentOS/infra/tracker/-/issues/1829

### Community Architect updates

* SIG Council kickoff on Friday.
* CentOS Connect January 29-30 in Brussels.
* Did you register?
* We also have optional registration for virtual participants.
* Distros Devroom is Sunday of FOSDEM.
* Doc Day meetup on Monday at the Meta office
* We're holding a Fedora Hatch at SCALE.
* Flock CFP is open until February 2.

### SIG Reports

### AOB

* AI Policy - we are good with the Fedora doc with the project changes made, and will have a separate doc for more specifics. Need to put in front of Josh and then legal.- action to share with Josh - Amy

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