Aug 02, 2024#

  • Attendees:

    • Seth Mridul, Nabil Freij

  • Observers:

    • Nicole Foster, Arliss Collins

  • Apologies:

    • Andy Terrel, Katrina Riehl, Irfan Alibay, Matt Moore, Claudia Alvarado

Notes#

Summit:

  • Program committee is working an introduction of all committees into the plenary sessions with a set unconference session

  • Start thinking about any specific items to address with projects

Pretalx account follow up:

  • Can the committee start the conversation?

    • Andy: I think we can certainly start conversations and get proposals but don’t have signatory power

    • Mridul: can we just help nudge it along

    • Need to review spend for PyData sites on AWS and Rackspace

    • Need to review current setup and conversion to static site costs

Nicole - Cost of hosting for Pretalx:

  • Unclear how much we are paying for our own version we host. The Static sites are pretty expensive - It’s possible the new devdeps person can take on that load and it might be a cheaper solution. - Worry that the custom code from Mate would not be allowed but they are very happy to accept the code upstream.

  • List price from pretalx.com (Estimate from older notes)

    • Pay by expected number of attendees and talks:

      • Large events: 1400 EUR / event

      • Small events: 900 EUR / event

    • Hosting 16 events: 16,900 EUR

      • 5 large events: 7000 EUR

      • 11 small events: 9900 EUR

  • Current: ~$18,400

    • Server cost is around ~$50 a month per event

      • 12 month + 4 concurrent events: $2,400

    • Dev Time - $16,000

Meetings with project leads regarding CI/CD:

  • Met with Ralf from NumPy and Oliver from MDAnalysis

Interview process for new devops role:

  • Andy, Mridul and Nabil are given access to the recruiter platform.

  • Committee sees opportunity to improve the process for the new hire

  • Clarify the committee role

    • Would like to have input on the hire

    • Can help sort resumes

    • Do we have a veto on candidates?

      • If we have problems with them, then yes.

Action items#

  • Create a Google Forms survey which details: Nabil Freij

    • What CI services are using currently and what architectures do you use on them?

    • Do they need paid services? If so, what ones and how much (rough estimate)?

    • What architectures do you want to run on?

  • Move the proposal for CI/CD guide to discussions Andy Terrel

    • Generate sphinx skeleton Nabil Freij

    • Start writing base guide Andy Terrel

  • Filter more resumes on linkedin Andy Terrel, Seth Mridul, Nabil Freij

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