Contribute to the DSpace Development Fund

The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.

Date

August 2, 2017

Attendees

Present: Jyrki, Kristi, Maureen, Tim, Lieven, Salwa

Note-taker: Salwa

Notes open to public

For SC member only notes click here. 

Discussion items


  1.  
 Technical Update Tim

 Updates on DSpace 6.1 (New release) were provided. Work on DSpace 7 is moving along, but focus was expended on DSpace 6.1. DSpace 6.2 will be released within the next 1-2 weeks.

2.Posting of Meeting Notes from SCSalwaMeeting minutes will be posted on the wiki and open to public.
3Membership UpdateValorieThrough July 31, 80% of membership goal has been met. We need to continue to recruit new members and maybe get a few members to upgrade.
4

Membership Brainstorming Ideas

EveryoneWe need to market in more flashy terms, and need to coordinate better the different user meetings.  DSpace needs to market and follow its roadmap better and position. And finally, we need to come up with a strategy to attract new users who might want to have a simpler hydra-in-a box type of solution.
5DCAT UpdatesMaureenCo-chair Bram will be leaving. Last meeting will be September meeting. Plans need to be made on who should co-chair next and how the chair structure should be set up.