Meeting Agenda
Due to capacity constraints on the teleconference line, if you plan to attend the meeting please email Valorie Hollister at vhollister[at]duraspace.org in advance to ensure their will be space. This month's meeting will occur at 3:00 pm Eastern Standard / 20:00 UTC/GMT. For dial in instructions, click here.
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News
- DSpace 1.7 promotion
- Univ of Mich to have upgrade complete by the end of Jan
- Univ of Toronto should be upgrading shortly, skipping over 1.6
- e-Forum Jan 20-21 "Is DSpace 1.7 on your roadmap?" - hosted by Alice Platt
- Open Repositories Conference, June 8-11, 2011 - have Fedora mtg chair, very close on DSpace mtg chair
- Other news?
- Rea attended the DuraSpace Gold Forum in December - Brad recognize
- Jim working on model author rights language - publicity for ARL and at ALA, will work with JISC to see if there is alignment in their efforts
- DSpace 1.7 promotion
New name, new focus
- team name
- since we've evolved our primary purpose (help w/reviewing JIRA requests and facilitating community discussions) we've resolved to retire DGOC (served it's purpose over the last few years working on big projects)
- current group members will now join the "Community Advisor Team" or CAT-->with new focus on facilitating discussions on new feature requests
- meeting/s time - only one time per month
- moving to only one live mtg time a month - top allow for more dynamic discussions: alternate time each month - 9am/14:00 or 3pm/20:00
- participation
- resolved that we would do the bulk of our new feature reviews outside the mtg
- each week, 1 CAT member will start discussion amongst CAT about a JIRA issue of their choice - summarize issue and proposed CAT recommendations for feedback
- other CAT members make comments asynchronously
- CAT issue discussion leader for that wk will post summary to JIRA issue and, if issue ranks as highly relevant/broad community interest and high priority the issue will be taken to the broader DSpace community for full discussion - confirming interest, outlining requirements, soliciting those interest in working on project
- resolved that we would do the bulk of our new feature reviews outside the mtg
- proposed mtgs w/cmtrs
- propose weekly DCAT discussion leader join the weekly cmtr mtg, report back anything relevant to DCAT
- all community, particularly cmtrs are welcome to attend DCAT monthly mtgs
- propose DCAT to join the in-person cmtr mtg at OR11
- process refinements
- pick issue and sign up on the discussion schedule - each member to lead one discussion every 6-8 wks
- propose that everyone give an up or down vote on the ratings/conclusion: +1 or -1
- team name
Recruiting new members
- currently looking new members, particularly in Europe or Asia
JIRA Review CAT Discussion Schedule for January
- Jan 5-11: Jim Ottaviani
- Jan 12-18: Elin Stangeland
Meeting Attendees:
- Jim Otaviani, Rea Devakos, Valorie Hollister
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