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= PSC Meeting 2023-05-12 =

== Participants ==

* Anna Petrasova
* Vaclav Petras
* Helmut Kudrnovsky
* Markus Neteler
* Huidae Cho
* Michael Barton
* Martin Landa
* Veronica Andreo 

== Agenda ==

The topics proposed are:

* Open Collective: add PSC members as "Core Contributors"? see https://opencollective.com/osgeo/projects/grass ?
  * Suggested roles:
     * Admin --> PSC chair, treasurer
     * Core Contributor --> PSC members (also selected others?, heading says "Our team")
     * Accountant --> PSC chair, treasurer
* Sponsoring
  * Review new OC tiers and PR with perks
  * OC order
  * Researcher/thesis thank you with recognition on the page
* Releases
  * [https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/milestone/13 8.3.0 milestone]
* GSoC
* FOSS4G "State of GRASS" talk
* [https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Meeting_Prague_2023#In_person Community meeting, Prague]: organization, budget, reimbursements, etc.

== Minutes ==

* GSoC: 
  * The candidate student had applied to 2 different projects and he selected the other option (Chromium). 
  * Next year we should promote the call more, esp. among computer sciences students. 

* FOSS4G 2023 talk:
  * Some discussion can be done in Prague, push 8.3 release in Prague and present that at FOSS4G.
  * Format: recycle the grass-talk repo and update slides, use issues for tasks and create PRs.
  * Markus has the latest version of the repo and will share it with Martin.
     * [https://github.com/neteler/grass-gis-talks-markus/blob/main/foss4g2022.html Code] - [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/neteler/grass-gis-talks-markus/blob/main/foss4g2022.html Preview]

* [https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Meeting_Prague_2023 GRASS GIS 40 years' Meeting in Prague]
  * Martin is planning places to eat and drink.
  * Saturday, June 3rd: main social event - visit a brewery close to Prague.
  * Vaclav already ordered t-shirts.
  * Martin booked a room for the meeting, he'll ask IT for a wifi network for GRASS community.
  * Lunches: stay in the room and order, or go to the library. Apparently it is possible to book it, Martin will ask.
  * Online: jitsi within the sprint or community channel in [https://gitter.im/grassgis/community gitter] works, otherwise NCSU zoom.
  * Budget: we are Ok.
  * Reimbursements: Ask OSGeo to transfer the assigned amount to Open Collective right before the meeting. For FOSSGIS, Markus has asked them how to proceed, esp. 50% seed money for Martin as a local organizer: awaiting their answer.

* [https://opencollective.com/osgeo/projects/grass Open Collective]:
  * Invite PSC members to join the team of Open Collective (Markus).
    * MN has invited all PSC members who are already registered at OC.
    * The remaining PSC members are kindly invited to register and notify MN.
  * Related: Add a footer to the emails in mailing lists with a link to Open Collective (Markus).

* Release: 
  * Automatic release procedure - call between Markus and Vaclav to discuss this (done).
  * No blockers, some stuff bumped to 8.4.
  * cronjobs to be updated (the easy or the complex way, to be decided)
  * Release during Prague meeting?

* RFCs:
  * Python Language: ready, Vero sends out the motion (done).
  * Version Numbering: almost ready, Vaclav works on it and sends out the motion (done).