IT Development/Progress meetings/Minutes 28 Feb 2013
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Attending
- KB - Katherine Bavage (User:Katherine Bavage (WMUK)
- MP - Mike Peel (User:Mike Peel)
- DT - Doug Taylor (User:RexxS)
- EE - Emmanuel Engelhart (User:Kelson)
- TM - Tom Morton (USer:ErrantX)
Apologies
None
Update on Actions from previous meeting
| Item No | Action | Assigned to | Update |
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| 1. Item 2 - Progress Update | KB to remind Staff and Trustees need to report slow page loading for EE/TD to address bugs. | KB |  Not done - KB agreed to progress by end of March 2013
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| 2. Item 2 | EE/TM to update page on UK Wiki to note change in capacity of server | EE/TM |  Done
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| 3. Item 2 | KB to ensure in future a cost/benefit review of server arrangements undertaken and presented to Tech Committee for consideration following discussion of options. | KB | Not done - KB agreed to progress by end of March 2013
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| 4. Item 2 | MP to pass appropriate details for moving the DNS onto UKreg to TM | MP | Done TM has access to details on the server; control of ukreg account has been passed to KB. All DNS are now migrated to
UKreg and therefore WMUK server.
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| 5. Item 3.1 - Issue Tracking | KB to work with TM to set up a parallel bugzilla install with a project management extension, and test by end of Feb. | KB/TM |  Doing... - KB needs to trial extension before recommending change. : ACTION: KB to progress and make recommendation bt end of March 2013
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| 7. Item 3.3 - Backups | USB drive or hard-disk needed for physical backup storage. MP have a look at data and then advise KB on size of storage device needed. | MP | Done MP recommended at least 100GB storage space needed. If the office server was connecting to the main WMUK server this would allow staff to download the files to a server at the office - or pull backups onto server using a cron job. TM noted that other than rackspace backups, there isn't yet an established backup manager process.
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| 8. Item 3.3 - Backups | KB to research costs of fireproof safe to inform a decision about on and off site back ups | KB | - |
| 9. Item 3.3 - Backups | Tech committee to consider having more than back up locations as part of consideration of security strategy. | KB/Tech Comm | - |
| 10. Item 3.3 - Backups | KB to get details of of current set-up and ask about how this might block server access - can they ftp onto our network? Follow up on advisement with TM. | KB/TM | - |
| 11. Item 3.4.1 - Security Audit | KB to work on some straightforward guidance for trustees as a simple overview/checklist MP to review - perhaps in collaboration with the community or Tech Committee (can certainly draft on-wiki) | KB | - |
| 12. Item 3.4.1 - Security Audit | DT noted that WMUK may need to review registration of data protection details in light of changed staffing and systems. KB to factor this in to ongoing security review work with TM. | KB/TM | Doing...
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| 13. Item 3.4.2 - Civi CRM | KB log feature requests and bug requests in RT to mirror a global development page on wiki (rework the exisiting 'shopping list' page) | KB | - |
| 14. Item 3.4.3 - SAGE server | KB liaise with RS to get specification of who wants to access and how. Then log as a job in RT/Bugzilla with a matching planning page on-wiki | KB/RS | - |
| 15. Item 3.4.4 - MediaWiki/Wordpress improvements | MP to log jobs via RT in connection with this as appropriate. | MP | Doing...
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| 16. Item 3.5 - Hosting UK Wiki on our server | TM to contact Oliver Keyes and copy in tech list. | TM | Done
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| 17. Item 3.5 - Hosting UK Wiki on our server | Move the larger question onto agenda of tech committee and look into getting more information about the implications. | KB/Tech Comm | Not done |
| 18. Item 4 - Role of the Technology Committee | KB to set up a Doodle poll to schedule a meeting of the Technical Committee in the week after the board meeting. | KB | Done
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| 19. Item 5 - Any Other Business | Katherine to schedule next meeting via doodle poll | KB | Done
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