2025-03-20 Meeting notes

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Date Mar 20, 2025

Nirvan, Aditya, Ardash Sarmani, Jing Chen, Lemeri, Derrick, Brian, Soham, Joshua Kayongo, Hudheifa, Jichenng, Vaishnav

Derrick: Presented errors in his PR and was advised on lines to check.
Soham Pal: Asked to format his PR. PR Link
Moses: Reminded everyone about the upcoming GSoC application next week.
Joseph Batte: Discussed checking PRs before submitting new ones and emphasized the importance of not competing over issues. Suggested taking at least 2 weeks before submitting a PR for the same issue.
Aditya: Advised everyone to check issues before starting to avoid duplicates. Shared GSoC proposal template here.
Derrick: Inquired about the code of conduct regarding the 2-week period for handling issues.
Joseph Batte: Asked Derrick to share the init method on Slack.
Brian: Encouraged the community to be patient with PR issues and to learn from each other.

Developer Introductions

Jing Chen: Introduced herself as someone with backend experience and is currently setting up her environment.
Joshua Kayongo: A junior dev currently setting up his environment.
Vaishnavi: New developer with experience in React, currently learning the repo and has 6 pull requests merged.

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@Derrick: Review and fix the errors in your PR, focusing on the advised lines.
- Assigned to: @Derrick
- Due date: /March 23, 2025

@Soham: Format your PR to meet project standards.
- Assigned to: @Soham
- Due date: /March 22, 2025