Hi everybody, These are the highlights from this week's meeting: - Election: - CEC Election is live: https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/b2fa20e6-1a5d-4f49-a747-0f8f4... - https://pad.ceph.com/p/css-vote-2024q4 - Feedback from the Ceph Ambassadors meeting - October 2024: - https://pad.ceph.com/p/ceph-ambassadors-meeting - 17.2.8 - ongoing discussion with CERN to help make el8 ceph packages available for 17.2.8 - QE validation runs in dev leads review phase - Ceph Tentacle Award - criteria/logistics needs to be discussed - Ceph Windows client builds - cloudbase is reviewing if they will continue this next year - Ceph Foundation had funded it in 2021/22, no longer funding it - Shaman also builds, but we don't distribute. (Signing costs $$) - Usage metrics unknown, the Ceph Foundation has it on agenda for their 2025 budget discussion Thanks, Neha