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# 2022-05-25 Conda Community Meeting

* [Meeting link](https://zoom.us/j/9138593505?pwd=SWh3dE1IK05LV01Qa0FJZ1ZpMzJLZz09)
* [What time is the meeting in my time zone](https://arewemeetingyet.com/UTC/2022-05-25/17:00/b/Conda%20community%20meeting)
* Last week's minutes: https://hackmd.io/24eIfuGpQtOfYmapF-94hw

## Attendees

| Name | Initials | Affiliation | GH Username |
| ------------------- | -------- | ------------- | ------------------ |
| Daniel Holth | DH | Anaconda | dholth |
| Ken Odegard | KO | Anaconda | kenodegard |
| Jannis Leidel | JL | Anaconda | jezdez |
| Cheng H. Lee | CHL | Anaconda | chenghlee |
| Bianca Henderson | BH | Anaconda | beeankha |
| Katherine Kinnaman | KK | Anaconda | kathatherine |
| Filipe Fernandes | FF | conda-forge | ocefpaf |
| Jaime Rodríguez-G. | JRG | quansight/cf | jaimergp |
| Mike McCarty | MM | NVIDIA | mmccarty |
| John Kirkham | JK | cf/NVIDIA | jakirkham |
| Mahe Iram Khan | MIK | Anaconda | forgottenprogramme |
| Wolf Vollprecht | WV | QuantStack | wolfv |

## Introductions

## Announcements

- [x] (DH) [Standalone conda-incubator/conda-index with improved performance](https://github.com/conda-incubator/conda-index)
- (JRG) Any new dependencies? `zstd`, `itertools`, etc.; removes `cph`. DH: adds `zstandard` binding, drops compatibility with Python < 3.9
- (JRG) Should we have community policy for adding dependencies to core conda projects?
- (DH) Does anyone use channeldata.json, personally index a lot of conda packages, or need progress bars / user interface on conda-index?
- (DH) Could complicate indexing during conda-build https://github.com/conda/conda-build/blob/master/conda_build/index.py#L115

- [x] (JL) Calling for vote on CEP 6 - Add Channel Notices to conda
* Rendered: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/blob/cep-6-channel-notification-feature/cep-6.md
* Pull request: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/19
* Implementation (MVP): https://github.com/conda/conda/pull/11462

- [x] (JL) conda 4.13.0 tagged!
- Release notes: https://github.com/conda/conda/releases/tag/4.13.0
- Drops support for Python 3.6 and removes a lot of deprecated code (including Python 2.7 support)
- 7 new contributors!

- [x] (JL) CEPs votes over
- [x] Vote passed: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/issues/23
- [x] Vote passed: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/2#issuecomment-1128611445
- [x] Updates to the CEPs to follow to finalize resolution

## Standing Items

## New Agenda Items

- [x] (KO) Draft [CEP for conda Release Schedule](https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/26). Will define future version scheme and release cadence. Need community input.

- [x] (JL) Talks submissions or attendence for EuroSciPy 2022 this year? Basel, Switzerland from Aug 29 to Sept 2.

- [x] (JL) conda summit: Current waiting on feedback from SciPy 2022 regarding development sprint application
- (CHL) Should have accept/decline notice from SciPy organizers in next week or two (early June)
- Join planning discussion in #conda-summit channel in conda Slack channel

- [ ] (DPC) [Governance proposal](https://github.com/conda-incubator/governance/issues/47).
- Goals
- Preserve most of the current proposed governance model in conda-incubator. This is based on conda-forge’s governance model.
- Encourage community and commercial / organizational involvement and innovation.
- Prevent capture of the conda organization by any one funding organization.
- Assure the conda community that Anaconda and other commercial entities are truly limited in what they can do going forward.
- Make the Conda Organization a fiscally-sponsored project, most likely with NumFOCUS.
- Highlights
- Pay attention to steering council member funding.
- Limit # of voting members based on shared funding.
- Encourage early Provisional membership for organizations that fund conda ecosystem work.

## What is this meeting for?

Various parts of the conda community gather on a regular basis. This meeting brings together all of these sub-communities for a community wide call.