# ALESCo Meeting Minutes (2025-01-22)
Minutes recorded by Jonathan Wright.
Edited by Jonathan Wright for publishing.
# Members
# ALESCo Member Attendees
- Andrew Lukoshko
- Elkhan Mammadli
- Jonathan Wright
- Neal Gompa
- Ben Thomas
# Unable to attend
- Cody Robertson
# Board Attendees
# Community Attendees
- Luna Jernberg
# Decisions Adopted
- N/A
# Minutes
# Rebuilding EPEL for x86_64 v2
- Discussed pending draft RFC (https://hackmd.io/5__7wEQXS42L-ZdX9AFuPQ#) written by Jonathan and Neal.
- Andrew: we should pull from directly from
src.fedoraproject.organd not include any patches, ever. If a build fails, send patch upstream to EPEL.- Neal/Jonathan strongly agreed.
- This ensures we do not accidentally fork EPEL.
- Andrew to update implementation plan so the RFC can be officially submitted.
- RFC submission expected this week.
- Andrew: we should pull from directly from