Meeting Notes for Next Telecon

Agenda for August 26, 2026

quarknet.org

• Current page on i2u2-quarknet-d10
• Xeno Media Basecamp page for issues
• We have created i2u2-quarknet-26, an Ubuntu 26.04 VM, to host a new instance of the main website quarknet.org updated from Drupal 10 to 11. XM is already working on it.
• A migration, almost certainly at short notice, will be necessary at some point.

e-Labs

• e-Labs issues tracking page (Google Doc)

Cosmic

CMS

CMS Open Data workshop:

• There was a CMS Open Data workshop 28-30 July at ND
• Focus was on pedagogy and how to use open data at the high-school and undergraduate level
• Some financial support from ND for participants and facilitators
• https://indico.cern.ch/event/1672496/
• The overlap with QN is obvious (and deliberate); we will need QN support in advertising the workshop and in organization

Neutrino

Servers

i2u2-wiki-24, which hosts this wiki as well as the fileserver web.quarknet.org, is mis-configured and generating performance red alerts. Joel will attempt to fix it before the end of Monday, but plan B is to take this wiki down.

Domains

We maintain 4 domains through GoDaddy, currently paid yearly through the Notre Dame-issued card, about $130/year

Domain	Registration	Privacy Protection
i2u2.org	22.99	24.99
quarknet.org	22.99
quarknet.us	19.99
quarknet.info	37.99

General - Archived to bottom

• This is our last regular meeting, at least for a while.
• DOIs will help people locate and cite objects in our GitHub repo. CERN's Zenodo can create these if we integrate it. Tom has a Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/quarknet/records?q=&l=list&p=1&s=10&sort=newest set up.

• Future planning
  • e-Labs data & server ownership
  • i2u2.org and quarknet.org server access
    • DAP and Masterclass information
    • Google account & Google Sheets for MCs
    • Domain registration (i2u2.org, quarknet.org, quarknet.info, quarknet.us)
  • Arachne

• Structural issues exist in:
  • CIMA & recent OS - Google sheets not an ideal solution due to limitations
  • CR e-Lab & recent OS
  • Java versions in HYPATIA, EQUIP, etc
  • EQUIP on Raspberry Pi 64-bit (rxtx on the way out?)
  • Drupal long-term (will need to replace in a few years)
  • Not enough time to update content in masterclass web pages, e-Labs
  • Vulnerability

It is not just us. How do we rethink our IT approach to deal with these within our resources?

https://xkcd.com/2347/

H/T Spencer