# \#community-meeting

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## [Ansible Meetup 2026 – Pune, India](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-meetup-2026-pune-india/45993)

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**Author:** [@hrithik-gavankar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hrithik-gavankar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-meetup-2026-pune-india/45993 "2026-06-29T10:54:24Z")

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We are excited to announce another Ansible Meetup, in Pune! If you are interested in automation, AI, networking, platform engineering, or simply connecting with fellow Ansible enthusiasts, we would love to see you there. …

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## [Call for Volunteers: Join the Ansible Booth at CfgMgmtCamp 2026! 🚀](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-for-volunteers-join-the-ansible-booth-at-cfgmgmtcamp-2026/45201)

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**Author:** [@anwesha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anwesha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-for-volunteers-join-the-ansible-booth-at-cfgmgmtcamp-2026/45201 "2026-01-27T16:17:03Z")

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Hi everyone! As we gear up for CfgMgmtCamp and the Ansible Contributor Summit in Ghent this February, we are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us staff the Ansible booth! The booth is the heart of our presenc…

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## [Future of the weekly Ansible Community Meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/future-of-the-weekly-ansible-community-meeting/6067)

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**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Replies:** 39\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/future-of-the-weekly-ansible-community-meeting/6067 "2026-01-19T16:35:19Z")

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Right now, we have an Ansible Community Meeting happening every Wednesday at 18:00 UTC (switching to 19:00 UTC roughly in sync with the European winter time). Attendance to that meeting hasn’t been so great for some tim…

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## [The Bullhorn - Issue #215](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-issue-215/45118)

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**Author:** [@anwesha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anwesha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-issue-215/45118 "2026-01-16T17:27:49Z")

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This week in Ansible Community Issue #215, 2026-01-16 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch…

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## [Ansible for IBM Z community meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-for-ibm-z-community-meeting/44444)

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**Author:** [@ddimatos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ddimatos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-for-ibm-z-community-meeting/44444 "2025-09-09T05:56:14Z")

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Join us for our next Ansible IBM Z community call. February 18th, 2026 8:00 AM PDT Open to all, drop in using with our meeting link: Join conversation What’s new in the Ansible for IBM Z space “From Architecture to …

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## [AWX Community Meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-community-meeting/120)

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**Author:** [@TheRealHaoLiu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TheRealHaoLiu)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-community-meeting/120 "2025-07-09T19:02:11Z")

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Event no longer takes place

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## [Community WG weekly meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-wg-weekly-meeting/10377)

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**Author:** [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-wg-weekly-meeting/10377 "2024-10-17T20:57:38Z")

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The Ansible Community Working Group hosts a weekly community meeting on Wednesdays in the community matrix room . See the agenda items for details. Create a topic tagged community-wg-nextmt to add agenda items.

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## [Introduce a new module option ‘encoding’ to the lineinfile module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introduce-a-new-module-option-encoding-to-the-lineinfile-module/41745)

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**Author:** [@ketankelkar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ketankelkar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introduce-a-new-module-option-encoding-to-the-lineinfile-module/41745 "2025-04-15T21:07:09Z")

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There is a draft PR for the lineinfile module which introduces a new module option encoding to add compatibility for target files not encoded in UTF-8. Currently, the lineinfile module code does a binary-read on a targ…

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## [What about IRC (in relation to Matrix)?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-about-irc-in-relation-to-matrix/6140)

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**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-about-irc-in-relation-to-matrix/6140 "2024-06-28T09:55:48Z")

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Since this topic came up in Future of the weekly Ansible Community Meeting, and we don’t yet have an active discussion about it on the forum, let’s have that discussion here (instead of side-tracking other discussions). …

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## [Community Execution Environment Image: content and location](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-execution-environment-image-content-and-location/262)

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**Author:** [@anwesha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anwesha)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-execution-environment-image-content-and-location/262 "2024-01-11T09:50:54Z")

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Ansible Community team has been working on the community Execution Environment (EE) image. To more and in details about the EE, please have a look at the the Getting started guide. The power of Execution Environments un…

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## [Network Automation Working Group Agenda](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-automation-working-group-agenda/2539)

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**Author:** [@nilashishc](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nilashishc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-automation-working-group-agenda/2539 "2023-11-23T13:48:03Z")

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Next Networking Working Group Meeting - 2023-12-07T13:00:00Z (UTC) Welcome! This meeting is open to everyone. We meet in the #network:ansible.com matrix room at 1pm GMT on Thursdays, every two weeks, to discuss topic…

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## [AWS Working Group Agenda](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-working-group-agenda/1846)

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**Author:** [@hbailey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hbailey)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-working-group-agenda/1846 "2023-10-27T09:00:48Z")

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Next AWS Community Meeting: 2025-05-22T17:30:00Z (UTC) Welcome! This meeting is open to everyone. We meet in the #aws:ansible.com matrix room at 1:30pm US Eastern time on the fourth Thursday of each month to discuss…

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## [AWS Community Meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-community-meeting/1848)

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**Author:** [@hbailey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hbailey)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-community-meeting/1848 "2023-10-20T17:23:08Z")

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The AWS Working Group hosts a monthly community meeting on the fourth Thursday of each month at 17:30 UTC. Please see the agenda page for details or to add agenda items.

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## [Draft for SC voting process on the forum](https://forum.ansible.com/t/draft-for-sc-voting-process-on-the-forum/1410)

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**Author:** [@gotmax23](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gotmax23)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/draft-for-sc-voting-process-on-the-forum/1410 "2023-10-17T09:19:05Z")

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The @SteeringCommittee is discussing changing its voting process to use the forum instead of the current Github Discussions approach in \[associated vote ended on 2023-11-08\] Proposal: allow votes to be conducted in the f…
