Date

18 April 2013

How To Join

Contact Jamie Thomas for more information on how to join the call.

Agenda

• Executive Director Role
• Rwanda Update
• Call Time Discussion
• Reference Application Update

Meeting Minutes

View at notes.openmrs.org

Attendees

• Paul Biondich
• Hamish Fraser
• Jamie Thomas
• Darius Jazayeri
• Chris Seebregts
• Andy Kanter
• Burke Mamlin

Agenda

• Executive Director Role
• Rwanda Update
• Call Time Discussion
• Reference Application Update

Minutes

• Executive Director Role
  • Paul will be putting up a wiki page about his role and its focus
  • Main Areas
    • Oversite and Managment of Non-for-profit
      • Will be getting a letter from the IRS any day now with questions to respond to
      • Setting up bank account
      • Setting up accounting firm
      • Setting up basic contract template
      • Working on insurance
        • Paul does not see being the Executive Director after 2-3 years so that someone with different skills and focus can help to make OpenMRS grow. (spend 4-5 hours a week on this role itself, not community work, calls, etc.)
    • Help Develop Community Leadership Structure and Activities
      • Believe having a collection of community roles and responsibilities that will grow over time
      • Think we need to work towards a structure of having lieutenants under the core leaders for support and growth
      • Would like to see more mechanisms for people who are not developers to grow into roles of responsibility - strategically placed internships?
      • Have a process to help support and oversee the leadership
    • Strategic Planning for Community
      • There are overarching strategic activities that need assistance to be driven
      • Help to assist in driving the Community Road Map forward
      • Fund Raising
        • Hamish and I have been looking at ways to attack fund raising from different angles; partnership side, key foundational support, philanthropies that are looing to support our area of focus
        • Look at making new contacts/relationships through networking and leveraging our exsisiting relationships
    • Networking
      • Serving in the capacity of representing OMRS at events
      • Particlular role at the implementers meeting as being the face of OMRS
• Rwanda Update
• Reference Application Update
  • Yesterday was first Reference Applicaiton meeting with Wyclif, Rafal, TW
  • The idea is to bring them on the Mirebalis calls so the can learn, disucss/developp and approach, and break off on their own.
• Current Leadership Call Time
  • Thursday 2pm - Does this time work with peoples schedule?
  • Chris - Would prefer it during working hours, AM hours US.
  • Hamish - Not a bad time for me. Can do 8 or 9 sometime during the week.
  • Andy - This time works for me and Friday's are a bit free.
  • Day of the week less travel? Hard to predict
  • TODO: Jamie will send out doodle poll
  • Make sure doodle poll take care of the time change