# Bi-weekly Nebari community meeting | 15 Aug 2023🪴💎

###### tags: community-meeting

**Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/rio-ngrj-kyh**
**Moderator: ...**
**Notetaker: ...**

Welcome to the Nebari community meeting!

## Guidelines

* This meeting is covered by [Nebari's Code of Conduct](https://github.com/nebari-dev/governance/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
* Please feel free to participate in open discussions, share your projects, or sit back and listen!
* When you'd like to speak in a discussion, use Google Meet's **"raise hand"** feature, and wait for the moderator to call your name.
* We use [takingnotes.rocks](https://takingnotes.rocks/) to **randomly select a meeting moderator and note taker** at the begining of each meeting. We'll make sure to select returning members, as to not put new community memebers on the spot. :)
* The moderator is responsible for running the meeting, and giving everyone a speaking opportunity
* The note taker is responsible for recording all important points in this HackMD document, **and** post it on the [GitHub Discussions forum](https://github.com/orgs/nebari-dev/discussions/categories/community-meetings) after the meeting for better searchability.

## Attendees

_All meeting attendees can add your details here!_

* Prefered name / pronouns (optional) / @github-handle / affiliation (optional)
* Eskild Eriksen / he/him @iameskild / Quansight
* Chris Ostrouchov / he/him / @costrouc / Quansight
* Pavithra
* Johnny
* Scott

## Introductions

_If you are new to this meeting, this is the time to introduce yourself!_
_We have an introduction template below, but please share what you're comfortbale sharing. :)_

[Quick intro: Hi, I'm ..! I live in ..., and study ... / work as a ... at .... I'm a Nebari user/contributor/maintianer, and I'm primarily i interested in .... In my spare time, I enjoy ...]

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## Updates and announcements

_Share ongoing work, new releases, something cool you built on Nebari, upcoming conferences, and more!_

* Nebari Extension Mechanism
* Documentation WIP https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari-docs/pull/352
* Can override arbitrary stages and add new ones before and after
* Can add arbitrary subcommands
* Neabri Extension Feedback and necissary improvements https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/issues/1894
* Fully embrasing `pydantic` for Nebari schema
* `project_name: myproject` is now a valid `nebari-config.yaml` since we leverage default values in pydantic
* `domain` is now an optional (we use load-balancer default)
* Testing improvements
* pytest module for nebari testing
* possible to do paramaetrized deployments of nebari deployments e.g. `AWS + gpu node group + monitoring disabled`
* prior to this PR we had a fixed set of tests one for each cloud with default config
* https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/1910

## Discussion topics

_Is there something we should discuss as a group? Something you want feedback on?_

_Note: If you have a usage question, our [Discussion Forum](https://github.com/orgs/nebari-dev/discussions) would be a place to ask. :)_

* few branches are protected, release branch that we merge back into main
* merge conflicts
* https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/1876
* Hashicorp BSL implications and actions [link to faq around license](https://www.hashicorp.com/license-faq)
* No major action right now
* Backup/Restore command https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/issues/743
* Will soon be prioritized
* Argo ENH prioritization: https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/issues/1900
* Check with team re, best practices: https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/issues/1884
* CDS Dashboard replacement - almost 2 months out

## Actions

_Clear action items with an assignee._

- [ ] @costrouc - review PR https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari/pull/1910
- [ ] @pavithraes - open issue for resolving main and develop history (should always be a fast-forward)
- [ ] Scott - Add uninstalling extensions to ENH-tracking issue

Did we complete last meeting's actions?

(Note taker, please copy past action items here)