add Scala 2 Report and Elections sections

Author: SethTisue

minutes/_posts/2025-02-05-february-5-2025.md

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 This was presented by Seth.
 
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+Scala Newsletter is out today, and covers both Scala 3 and Scala 2.
+Let us know what you think, as this will be the template for future
+issues, which will be published quarterly.
+
+Since the last meeting, we published a blog post about our Scala 2
+maintenance plans.  2.Note that 2.12 is now under minimal maintenance.
+
+Scala 2.13.15 and 2.13.16 came out since the last meeting.  Changes
+were modest and focused on compatibility, on supporting Scala 3
+migration, and on improvements to warnings and linting.  There have
+been no 2.13.16 regression reports, so if anyone was holding back on
+upgrading, I'd say go ahead.
+
+As usual, we've opened threads on the Contributors forum for
+discussing plans for the next releases:
+
+* 2.13.17: https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/scala-2-13-17-release-planning/6994
+* 2.12.21: https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/scala-2-12-21-release-planning/6753
+
+We plan for
+[SIP-51](https://docs.scala-lang.org/sips/drop-stdlib-forwards-bin-compat.html)
+(resuming making additions to the standard library) to be a theme
+for 2.13.17.
+
+Chris asked: if the primary motivation for maintaining 2.12 is sbt 1,
+does that mean that when sbt 2 comes out, 2.12 be EOLed?  Seth
+responded: perhaps eventually, but not right away. We are assuming a
+longer timeframe since sbt 1 will remain in wide use for some time yet
+to come, even once sbt 2 is available.
+
+## Elections
+
+For chairperson, Chris Kipp put his name forward to continue as chair
+and was elected unanimously. (Chairs are not expected to serve for
+longer than one year, but a willing chair is also welcome to serve for
+longer.)
+
+Also re-elected without any other nominations being made were Martin
+Odersky (technical advisor) and Seth Tisue (secretary).
 
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