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Agenda
Attendees
Bill
Jeff
Christine
Terry
Paul
Andy
Jan
Hamish
Mark
Suranga
Michael
Excused
Burke ( on wards)
Agenda
Informational
- Fast Forward Accelerator Program
- at least one of the founders need to attend in person on July 6-7, July 19-20, August 2-3, August 16-17, August 30-31, September 13-14, and September 26 -27
- comment from Andy- the ideal person would actually be a new executive director who is leading the "new" OpenMRS; we arent there yet though
- Please contribute to the application questions!
- discussion about what it means to be a 'founder' within the community
- might be easy for people on the west coast - Jan has volunteered / one person from the group can also attend
- GSOC - OpenMRS accepted as a mentoring group- Suranga
- looking for mentors and onboarding of students ( different cost index of reimbursement based on where people live)
- sign up and encourage mentors
- registration and advertisement
- Annual Report Final Draft created- Jeff
- Call/ working group scheduled on Friday to collaborate on final edits
- GCI Case Study Google Doc- Nji Collins- Jeff
- Tech update- Burke/Darius
- software side is moving along
- infrastructure is a little concerning ( inability to get OpenMRS IDs for people)
- Paul going to Skoll Global Forum ( social entrepreneurship)
- Budget Update- one week delay
Discussion
- Upcoming events and Conferences @Christine
- did we agree to criteria for the hosting site for the next OpenMRS conference? did we publish that?
- move with the criteria @bill
- linking the folder rather than the doc, as I've also started adding some structure to that folder.
- @Jeff - do you have other scattered, or non-filed documents to add from this year's meeting? Or, a link to another folder to add into the README document?
- @Terry - updated the document during this meeting
- I doubt it, but I'll check. I'll make sure they're all in the OMRS16 folder and share the link to that folder
- next implementers meeting--
- what is the next site of the conference- we need to put out a call for this and identify who is the right place
- identify people who have worked on the last /previous meetings to help identify the steps that need to be done
- use one of the current calls
- what are the community expectations
- Christine to post to Talk requesting a call with previous conference organizers
- ? attendance at ? OSCON 2017 Brainstorming (Dec 2016 Brainstorm for May 8-11, 2017)
- who may be interested in going to this
- diversity scholarships to attend
- Universal enthusiasm for the mission and the work that OpenMRS is doing
- OpenMRS continual expansion into new countries
- The community itself is also growing
- Developers feel strongly that the community stay as pure to an open source community as possible
- Many people recognize the need for a structured team within OpenMRS
- Update from Advisory Committee (defer discussiont to next week)
- Leadership discussion from Talk
- community engagement on the topic of 'community governance'
- how could we organize ourselves in a way that fits better who we are
- is there some innovative ways for us to do this
- maybe ask if someone from the community would be willing to faciliate the conversation
- think about the role of the book club and when we use that lis
- discussion about user/tech/install manuals and potential need to update
Recurrent Topics
- Bring up all talk threads about the Leadership Call
Weekly
- Report on Fundraising Efforts
- Andy, Paul, and Jeff will be meeting next Thursday at 11am ET for a 'deep dive' into salesforce training and capabilities
Monthly Items
* Budget/Expenses/ first Thursday
* Partnerships- third Thursday
Quarterly Update
- Infrastructure Update (Quarterly - Jun, Sep, Dec)
- Ongoing Quarterly metric review of specific areas
Parking Lot Items
- Recurring governance structure
- OSCON 2017 Brainstorming (Dec 2015 Brainstorm for May 8-11, 2017)- moved above due to timing
- Strategic Goal Updates (every six weeks)- one each week/ ongoing
- Review suggested organizational/ community changes (need to find list MD made)
- Roles of the Community Manager
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