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- Lyrasis Voting Seat- Robert pitches Lyrasis to be fully engaged in the community as a member versus a vendor relationship. Duraspace did not have a vote in the past. Lyrasis is talking about their bringing resources to the table. The difference is important to make for the community since Duraspace also brought resources to the table. Lyrasis has a much broader array of expertise which will support the community. Voting mechanism where one -1 can override the majority vote. However, we don't have that prior method documented and we have used majority vote in the past. We think it is better to move to simple majority. We think if Lyrasis is combining communication for Fedora 6 with the call for a voting seat. This would give the community a tangible which would help people understand the strength and commitment Lyrasis is making.
- Fedora Membership Renewals- We want to stabilize the current level of membership by reaching out to our current members to communicate Fedora 6 (stabilize, raise all boats, sustain). David thinks that membership and funding is a priority and expects the f2f post CNI to discuss this further. 2019 membership renewal is done or nearly done. We want to conduct outreach well in advance so we know how to plan. We certainly will be making an effort to grow the community but want to stabilize the 60 67 we have. David will pull a spreadsheet to track who different leaders are talking to. Robert is encouraging us to develop a script supporting tying Fedora 6 communication (talking points) with this membership stabilization effort. Chair and Chair Elect plus one or two perhaps to draft and ask Robert to review. Robin is willing to help draft the various messages for different levels of stakeholders. Thomas spoke of the value in having various community members and service partners to conduct outreach. We think that would be beneficial. Robert also offered messages other communities within Lyrasis have drafted for membership strategy. Scott Prader and Rosalyn Metz also want to look at how we can provide more space for smaller and less resourced institutions. Is there room for a copper level?
- CNI Fedora Leaders- suggestion to emphasize how to make space for smaller institutions. Also there is a suggestion that we also think about how we can get various communities together at something like our annual Lyrasis Annual Membership Summit. Open Platform was also mentioned as an important discussion for all the various communities to discuss. Robert said Laurie has researched how many distinct institutions contributing resources. There were 1733 distinct institutions contributing. Chair elect vote closes tomorrow 11/21.
- Fedora 6 Development Update- Two facets - technical accomplishments and team accomplishments. Andrew sees strong representations and contributions and energy - perhaps surpassing the other communities. The team is working very well together. Fedora from the API down to OCFL are at a point where we can demonstrate next week. At basic level but very promising. The other technology piece will offer Fedora3 a tool that will migrate to a persisted in OCFL standard layout. The tool is easy to run and we need more data. Several institutions have tested and now further testing is needed. Some benefit will be gained to also reach out to other communities who may want to move toward something that implements OCFL.
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