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# 2022-12-07 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/2022-12-07/17:00/b/Conda%20community%20meeting)
## Attendees
| Name | Initials | Affiliation | GH Username |
| -------------------------| -------- | -------------- | ------------------ |
| Jannis Leidel | JL | Anaconda. | jezdez |
| Dave Clements | DPC | Anaconda | tnabtaf |
| Daniel Holth | DH | Anaconda | dholth |
| Bas Zalmstra | BZ | Prefix.dev | baszalmstra |
| Marcel Bargull | MB | Bioconda/cf | mbargull |
| Marius van Niekerk | MvN | Voltron Data | mariusvniekerk |
| | | | |
9 people total
## Introductions
- Bas!
## Announcements
- [x] JL: conda 22.11.x and conda-build 3.23.x
- [x] JL: conda-libmamba-solver release
- [x] DPC: NumFOCUS!
- Will resolve governance questions after NumFOCUS.
- There is too much being held up by lack of Fiscal sponsorship.
- [X] Updated conda-benchmark suite used to time parallel downloads and other features. https://github.com/conda/conda-benchmarks e.g. [.conda and .tar.bz2 unpack time versus threads](https://dholth.github.io/conda-benchmarks/#extract.TimeExtract.time_extract?p-format='.conda'&p-format='.tar.bz2'&p-lang='py'&x-axis=threads&conda-package-handling=1.9.0&conda-package-handling=2.0.0a2)
## New Agenda Items
- [x] DPC: Cancel 21 December call?
- YES, cancel it. Will announce
- [x] DPC: conda (and conda-forge) Google Groups are closing at the end of the year.
- [x] DPC: is 2 month release schedule sustainable?
- JL: Argues we should continue for at least a few more releases. Hopefully this becomes smooth and relatively low labor.
- [x] JL: Progress on chat platforms?
- DPC: Element means giving up slack
- Others: Give it up!
- DPC: OK, this will be done by Jan 31.
## 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.