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 	- [[thread]] https://social.coop/web/statuses/108090642475540439
 - [[2022-04-08]]
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+		- Hi all :)
+		- Let's try to keep communal notes here
+		- [nick] got involved in social.coop during a crisis long ago
+			- saved it from going offline, stabilized for a bit
+			- then david and noah came onboard
+			- not very active in the instance as of late
+			- periodic emergencies
+				- certificate renewal
+			- trying to empower others to join in, but don't have capacity for being really active again for now
+			- in the UK (Bath)
+		- side note: gender imbalance here pretty obvious
+			- (what do we do about this?)
+		- [akshay] been on social.coop for ~1y
+			- mostly lurking :)
+			- saw the certificate thing happen, thought maybe I can help
+			- ops + software development experience
+			- based in Berlin, originally from India
+		- [idmyn] == David
+			- being in the instance for ~4y
+			- joined around the same time the nicks rescued the instance
+			- based in UK
+			- doing some tech bits with Noah for a while, then dropped off -- mostly here to offer any knowledge that is singly homed in brain :)
+			- focus areas:
+				- wiki
+				- meet.coop registration form in the wiki
+		- [flancian] == Eduardo
+			- living in switzerland
+			- joined a couple of years ago, but not that involved until recently
+			- when recent cert issue happened felt rusty but perhaps they could help out
+			- SRE recently, linux experience
+			- not sure if recent experience is relevant but willing to learn!
+		- [edsu] == ed summers
+			- been around for ~4y
+			- use the instance quite a bit, notice when it goes down -- thank you nick for bringing it back every time!
+			- is invested so would love to know more, learn
+			- software developer background, mostly web. working mainly with libraries (in the organization sense) which have digital repositories and a web presence.
+			- love the idea of pitching in to help and this group being a coop.
+		- [datatitian] == Will
+			- joined in 2017
+			- got involved with the tech group back then but didn't have a lot of specific experience; now would be interested in trying again
+			- working on immers.space which is activitypub based
+		- [nick sellen] love how the recent disruption has served to get people together, shows how as long as we have fundamental organization we can channel energy in the right direction :)
+		- [nick sellen] server access
+			- there's a thread on loomio to decide who gets server access, we can use that
+				- https://www.loomio.org/d/jrbG5tue/server-access
+			- we'd vote people in for access and then people can request assistance/more information as needed
+		- [nick sellen]
+			- love the coworking/colearning model
+			- really enjoyed learning about the background of others just now
+		- [flancian] is there a 'root node' for tech docs/etc.?
+			- [nick sellen] https://git.coop/social.coop/tech/operations
+			- assumes social.coop email addresses, but this can be worked around with aliases (check)
+			- we use pass
+		- [flancian] I see we have one server -- do we have a backup server? do we have backup+restore processes?
+			- [david] we have database backups but unclear when they have been tested
+			- [flancian] what about using this as an exercise in which the "new wave" of admins is tasked with setting up a new server off backups and such?
+		- [akshay] what's this sauce repo mentioned?
+			- [nick sellen] the other nick named it after 'special sauce'
+			- in principle it could be all consolidated into ansible
+			- docker compose setup
+			- the update process involves touching the sauce repo which then somehow results in updates configs making it to prod
+			- [akshay] love automation, been doing this for the past few years for employers
+		- [datatitian] thinking of oncall schedules for the group -- need not be too granular
+			- [flancian] +1, plus having a secondary/backup would make for a simplified learning experience
+			- [edsu] would love to join a rotation
+			- [edsu] the instance feels pretty stable though, it's a challenge when problems only come about too sporadically
+		- [edsu] perhaps other working groups within the coop might be interested in other tools we could provide for them?
+			- [datatitian] there's been a long term interest in bridging loomio and mastodon
+			- [edsu] issue tracker for FRs?
+			- [flancian] git.coop?
+			- [akshay] if access to git.coop is limited, that would be a bit exclusive
+			- [edsu] loomio might also be a good platform for this
+			- [nick sellen] love the idea about building bridges -- and the oncall sharing
+		- [edsu] how did you notice the recent instance problem?
+			- [nick sellen] I do use it often enough :) also keep up to date with matrix.
+		- (wrap up round)
+		- [nick sellen] happy with this meet, would like to support everyone any way I can
+			- next steps: next call next week
+			- happy to receive more questions over matrix/mastodon/loomio
+		- [akshay] already have a git.coop account, would like access to ansible/sauce if possible to see how this works :)
+		- [david] happy to see new and familiar faces!
+			- won't be able to make the other call but will stay reachable and happy to answer questions and assist
+		- [flancian] thank you for social.coop! happy to meet you all
+			- will read docs, think about where to focus
+			- please feel free to pull me in if you need work on any particular direction
+		- [edsu] happy to meet all, would love to learn more about side projects that people have here
+			- would like to learn more about mastodon
+			- do have a git.coop account already, will take a look -- have used ansible before
+			- will tune in next week
+		- [datatitian] will start coordinating on loomio focusing on the oncall schedule
+			- [flancian] framadate: https://framadate.org/social-coop-tech-group
+				- (this is also on https://anagora.org/social-coop-tech-group, where I keep my notes)
+		- [akshay] how to join in loomio?
+			- (people apply)
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