2020-02-07 Governance and Business Model Subgroup Meeting

Attending: Vinopal, Metz, Prater

Zoom Link: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/j/8128353771

Agenda

Review of the membership analysis. Below are the areas for improvement
1. Community Engagement
2. Long Tail of Membership
3. Representation of Diversity
Brainstorm actionable ideas based on the recommendations

Where should we focus membership engagement? Report outlines three groups to focus on

Group A: high number of sites and members (US, Canada, UK, Australia, Switzerland)

Looking at gap between installation sites and memberships

Group B: high number of implementations, no members

Group C: low number of sites and members ← doesn't make sense to us to focus here.

Note: We did not get to discussing items 2 and 3.

Recommendations from the Group:

General Recommendations for moving work forward
1. Develop a story for library directors re: why you should join Lyrasis AND Fedora?
2. Does Lyrasis have a communications & marketing profession who could help us develop a more sophisticated and successful outreach/membership development strategy?
3. What support services does Lyrasis offer to its communities?
Membership Specific Recommendations
1. Focus on locations with high gap between high implementations with low/no memberships (Group A and Group B)
2. Target specific consortia and membership orgs (e.g., UK-based Digital Preservation Coalition, DCC, ask David about Canadian Consortiums)

Jennifer Vinopal , Scott Prater , and Rosalyn Metz : Confirm at the quarterly Leadership Meeting that the Communications Group is working on developing a story for membership outreach.
Jennifer Vinopal , Scott Prater , and Rosalyn Metz : Provide recommendations for focus at the quarterly Leadership Meeting (?)
Rosalyn Metz : Reach out to Mic to find out if we can discuss the Membership Analysis report in more detail.
Rosalyn Metz : Reach out to Laurie to discuss services in more detail