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1. News

   1. So long and big thank you to Ronee Francis
   2. DSpace 1.7 promotion
      1. 1.7 webinar recording posted shortly
      2. Univ of Mich 1.7 upgrade complete?
   3. DSpace 1.8
      1. Oct 2011
      2. what might be included: release notes
   4. e-Forum on Jan 20-21 "Is DSpace 1.7 on your roadmap?" - hosted by Alice Platt
   5. Open Repositories Conference, June 8-11, 2011 -
      1. DSpace user group mtg chair, Holly Mercer - sent out call on 1/31
      2. planning a joint DCAT/committer mtg/cocktail hour at OR11
   6. Other news?
      1. Rea attended the DuraSpace Gold Forum in December - Brad recognize
      2. 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

2. New feature discussion process

   1. how did it go? what are some of the issues?
   2. next steps for high priority, broad interest
      1. when to schedule discussions (don't want to conflict w/e-forum)
      2. use the discussion forum or the mailing list?
   3. participation
      1. if you haven't lead a discussion yet (aim is for everyone to lead one every 6-8 wks), please sign up for a week and make a JIRA issue selection (something that interests you!)
         1. this week - Jan 26 - Feb 4: Sarah Shreeves - DS587 Tombstoning 
      2. please participate in discussions, even if it is just to vote on the discussion leaders recommendations, +1, -1 or 0

   New name, new focus

   1. team name
      1. 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)
      2. current group members will now join the "Community Advisor Team" or CAT-->with new focus on facilitating discussions on new feature requests
   2. meeting/s time - only one time per month
      1. 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
   3. participation
      1. resolved that we would do the bulk of our new feature reviews outside the mtg
         1. 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
         2. other CAT members make comments asynchronously 
         3. 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
   4. proposed mtgs w/cmtrs
      1. propose weekly DCAT discussion leader join the weekly cmtr mtg, report back anything relevant to DCAT
      2. all community, particularly cmtrs are welcome to attend DCAT monthly mtgs
      3. propose DCAT to join the in-person cmtr mtg at OR11
   5. process refinements
      2. pick issue and sign up on the discussion schedule - each member to lead one discussion every 6-8 wks
      3. if possible, the week you are the discussion leader, please attend the committer mtg
      4.  propose that everyone give an up or down vote on the ratings/conclusion: +1 or -1

3. Recruiting new members 

   1. any candidates? (particularly in Europe or Asia)

4. DCAT Discussion Schedule

   1. Jan 26 - Feb 4: Sarah Shreeves - Tombstoning 

5. Meeting Attendees:

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NEXT MEETING ON MARCH 1, 2011 AT 3PM/1120:00 GMT