02.21.2024 SLIM TSC Meeting

Announcements

• Notification: Weekly "SLIM Open Source Developers Tag-Up" meetings every Thursday 9:30am-10:30am. We discuss dev topics with active contributors. Please join or direct folks to that meeting if you think it applies.

Table Topics

• Infusion Discussion
  • We currently utilize automation, such as the SLIM-Leaderboard, to facilitate the integration of SLIM deliverables into projects. An example can be found here.
  • Questions:
    • What should be the next candidate for infusion into the SLIM Leaderboards? Potential candidates include GitHub Security Best Practices, Documentation Hosting Best Practices, and upcoming topics such as Metrics Best Practices or Continuous Testing Best Practices.
    • Paul Ramirez proposed a "self-service" model for projects to seamlessly join the SLIM community leaderboards with a one-click solution. Thoughts on the feasibility and mechanics of this approach?
• Community Needs
  • Insights from Lan Dang regarding the HySDS community's requirements:
    • How can SLIM contribute to fostering open source communities?
    • Strategies for enhancing inclusivity of non-institutional members in sustaining projects.
    • Rishi emphasized the significance of building trust and camaraderie among individuals. How can we foster an environment conducive to this?

Meeting Notes

Infusion Discussion

• Our current leaderboards incorporate a subset of repositories, some of which are essentially public clones of internal repositories, potentially leading to misdirected infusion efforts.
• Action Items:
  • Evaluate and potentially blacklist inactive repositories to refine our focus.
  • Create poll for choosing the next infusion priority?

Community Needs

• Lan highlighted successes in HySDS' community-driven communication via Slack channels and the comprehensive project documentation available on the wiki.
• Paul and Stirling underscored the pivotal role of websites in augmenting project visibility and communication.
• Rishi explored SLIM governance models and proposed contributing guides aimed at enhancing collaboration within the HySDS community.
• Action Items:
  • Share SLIM's governance models and contributing guides with the HySDS community.
  • Initiate a public ticket discussing best practices for open source communities, leveraging insights from successful projects like f'prime and open source rover. Consider facilitating discussion at an upcoming steering committee meeting.