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• A bit late but still expected in early April
• On track

• Tim is struggling with pull requests; would like to take a pause for planning/catch-up
• How to communicate this?
• Spreading out work for communicating releases?
• Workflow begins with Tim's email to the community at large; content is then edited for general

• distribution; Tim is the authority with regard to what is included in each release 
• Beta 2 will include

• management of versioning; workflow management (eye catchers)
• Agreement that release communications should begin with Tim
• Bram Luyten (Atmire) will put a companion video together for the next release

FundraisingWe have some fundraising, some success past 100k success; we have passed the100k mark

Using Use this milestone to get the word out, celebrate, weveryone emphasize that everyone can participate

3 ways to support DSpace: become a member; test and join developers meetings; community contributions

Broad Should present a broad bandwidth of ways to contribute; holistic message; need options

Help Would like help to reach out to bronze level members ; and ask existing members to increaae donation?increase donations

Kristi suggests 2 separate messages:

public announcement celebratory

reaching outreach out to lower level members

Michele Mennielli suggests a Zoom call reaching out to specific members/years at specific levels; this discussion opportunity could be characterized as a benefit of membership

ACTION: Michele Mennielli

Timing late April/May

Include those who have contributed, Laurie Arp has list. Heather Greer Kleinto ask for list

Link $$ to specific contributions?

Money Communicate that money contributed to completing DSpace 7 is immediately invested in development; goal is 300kSome indication that . Funds allow service providers are prioritizing to prioritize DSpace 7 work.

Timing, schedule of multiple messages for review by this group, Heather Greer Klein

Need to be proactive in communication about the "pause"; clear the backlog

Tim needs more help; need yet another type of communication targeted at low level tech help; ? should be targeted using to national user groups

A DSpace 7 workshop was planned for COAR https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ubt_GWiObQ6czdgFqjLfhYgp-SNjR8zzQThmybaXemc/edit?pli=1

Replacement suggestion Michele Mennielli : Series of recorded video presentations, translated; 1 preso per day; distribute over more than a week; use videos to pitch for more participation in completion of DSpce 7; "Repositories in a time of Crisis" discussion of how institutions are dealing with the crisis; "Repositories in a time of Crisis" webinar series–engage community members in this

series to talk about their ideas on this topic; reaching out to all national coordinators to have a cross-country coordinator meeting.

Messaging should include basic value of sharing through repos; crucial role of the repos

Transform the now defunct DSpace ambassador program into a program of the national UG coordinators: DSpace Ambassador Program

Webinar series developed asap Carol Minton Morris Michele Mennielli

delayed