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tags: Tuesday
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# 2021-02-09

Attending: Petr, Josh, Dom, Jason, J-m, June, Wilma, Melissa, David, Kevin, Erin, Frances, Will, Chris

Start: 2:00 pm UK

## Accepting minutes from [<u>last meeting</u>](https://github.com/ome/meeting-minutes)

## Project Status

(2-3 minutes each)

- IDR
- Next release, 3 new studies, to be released Thursday (worst case: Monday)
- Just needs caching and last minute study file changes
- Jason: various discussions with EBI planning workshops in-progress (ETA: July)
- FYI: REMBI paper changes resubmitted.

- NGFF
- Benchmark: various pushes on getting accurate results, but still waiting on AWS creds.
- Aim to run on files ~ 1 TB and 'not worry' about the cost
- Nested fun: discussion points in https://github.com/bcdev/jzarr/pull/17 which may be impact on other Zarr implementations
- feedback welcome
- Do we need to fork the version 2 spec?
- Upcoming Zarr call to be semi-focused on rust though support issues may come up (see https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/rustc/platform-support.html and https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/5771) - warning of issues with using rust
- Jason: status of Zarr V3 spec? Limited progress

- Releases
- Few PRs (figure, web) but finishing up. ETA end of month? J-m: Yes.
- OME [Code of Conduct](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bYa82C7ZN3z9bHGzFzCeeru2CS__yeTGeBBsenOoBv4/edit#) Last call!!!!
- Posting later this week if all goes well.

- SA
- Seb has been patching systems
- Consider new password management (bitwarden on AWS?)
- Death of check_mk?

- Glencoe
- Supporting zarr/jzarr progress
- BioFormats2raw to include default rendering settings from metadata logic from OMERO?
- Josh: Fiji users requested this? Move down to Bio-Formats itself?

- Community
- Workshop tomorrow
- Dundee Virtual Microscope [announced](https://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/news/2021/feb/8/%E2%80%98dundee-virtual-microscope%E2%80%99-highlights-excellence-teaching-and-research) by SLS
- Upcoming blog post about these types of tools?
- EuBI Virtual pub Friday (J-m/Josh)
- Jason at Bangalore Microscopy Course

## AOB

(5 min. max; tech. Discussion should be highlighted to relevant people and rescheduled)

## Main Topic

(20-25 minutes plus 15 minutes questions max)