Member renewal update - 1 new member, 1 upgrade, 7 cancellations, and 3 downgrades so far
- See "Membership Changes" tab for net membership income/losses
- We are still in the black (by my estimates) for the 2019 budget. We’ve also identified some additional savings (not reflected in the net income estimate on the Membership Changes tab, including:
a. Travel reductions this Fall: ~$5,000
b. Not printing t-shirts for OR: ~$4,000
c. Allocating some of my time to grants and other work: Erin can likely provide an estimate of the savings here - This means we’re ok for now, but if we get more significant membership reductions we may be in trouble. I would estimate we can withstand another ~$30-$40K in net losses (resulting in an impact of ~$15-$20K in this year’s budget due to GAAP revenue recognition) so we should be prepared for this if it happens. The question for Leaders is: how should we deal with a shortfall if it occurs? Dip into reserves? Make further operational cuts? Reduce effort on Fedora 6? I would argue that the Fedora 6 work takes precedence, in large part due to the fact that we have significant investment from Leaders that will likely lead to further membership erosion if it is squandered:
$22,000 (Penn State)
$10,000 (JHU - membership increase)
$15,000 (Emory - not yet official)
$22,000 (Michigan - not yet official) - This represents almost $70K in direct Fedora 6 investment that we should put to good use. It will be important to get Leaders’ feedback on how to proceed, but I would suggest we propose focusing on F6 work, making smart cuts, and drawing on reserves if necessary.
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Upcoming Elections - We should encourage Leaders to nominate themselves or others for the upcoming elections. They should all have received information and nomination forms already (May 28). Call for nominations will remain open 2 weeks and can be extended by a week if we don't receive enough nominations. David will be able to gather and act on nominations after OR, during the week of June 17.
- Some Leaders are elected with terms expiring this year and they can re-nominate if they desire.
- We also have 2 at-large seats for community members that don’t require DuraSpace membership: we should brainstorm candidates, particularly internationally, and encourage them to be nominated. We would like the nominations to reflect the diversity of Fedora installations worldwide. Fedora is installed in 46 countries. The recent membership analysis includes some data that may be helpful.
- Over 60% of Fedora installations exist in only 4 Countries. The United States has the largest number of installations with 144 (40%), followed by Canada with 28 (8%), Australia (26 installations) and the United Kingdom (24 installations) (7% combined).
- When countries are grouped into macro-regions, Europe (excluding the UK but including Russia and Turkey) represents 29% of Fedora’s installations worldwide.
- Twenty-seven (27) nations have only 1 or 2 installations.
| Erin |