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### Key Discussion Points

*   **EPEL Minor Version Retirement Timing (Issue #366)**
    *   The committee discussed changing the policy for retiring EPEL minor versions. Currently, they are retired on the same day a new RHEL minor version is released, giving maintainers no advance notice.
    *   A proposal was made to add a delay window after the RHEL release to allow in-flight updates to reach stable.
    *   Various delay periods were discussed, with a two-week window emerging as the most agreeable option, though an eight-day window was also mentioned.
    *   Several members expressed they could go either way on the issue, but were open to a change if it solved a problem for maintainers.
    *   The topic was tabled for a week to gather more feedback in the issue tracker.

*   **EPEL Steering Committee Elections**
    *   The Spring 2026 elections are concluded. With four candidates for four open seats, all candidates won without a formal vote.
    *   The new/returning members are Diego Herrera (New), Carl George (Returning), Troy Dawson (Returning), and Jonathan Wright (Returning).
    *   The committee extended its thanks to retiring member Kevin Fenzi (nirik) for 19 years of service since the committee's inception.

*   **EPEL CLE Team**
    *   It was announced that `@phsmoura` is joining the EPEL Community Platform Engineering (CLE) team, which will provide more help and focus on EPEL.

### Action Items

*   **EPEL Steering Committee Members**: Those with strong opinions on the EPEL minor version retirement timing are encouraged to comment on [issue #366](https://forge.fedoraproject.org/epel/steering/issues/366).
*   **EPEL Steering Committee**: Revisit the discussion on issue #366 in the next meeting.