Attending: Jennifer Vinopal Scott Prater Robert Cartolano Emily Gore
Guests: David Wilcox Laurie Gemmill Arp Arran Griffith Robert Miller
Regrets:
Zoom Link:
https://lyrasis.zoom.us/j/480032379?pwd=bXg3SEVjM3JBMGFIZ2V3M1VkbGd2Zz09
Agenda
Topic | Lead |
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Review of Action Items | Rosalyn |
Organizational Home Costs Alternative models and ideas. Goal: Brainstorm ideas for discussing potential changes. | Laurie Arp and Robert Miller |
Fedora Training Program We have discussed in the past that Fedora could generate revenue by developing a training program. We could also use this to provide benefits to our members. Laurie, David, and Arran will join us to talk about the training program they are developing and how it might fit into our goal to diversify revenue streams. Goal: Brainstorm models for charging for training. | LYRASIS Staff |
Developing a Member Prospectus At our last meeting we talked about creating a member prospectus.
Goal: Identify next steps for developing a member prospectus. | Rosalyn |
Wrap-up Next steps. Action items. |
Notes
Fedora training
David on charging for workshops:
- 2-3 a year
- special topic workshops (migration, installation), etc
- $75/$100 member (Fedora)/non-member registration fee
- maybe $100/$125?
- Lyrasis has done some free, short trainings this year (not in person)
- Archivematica, BitCurator charge; some different models (multiple day workshops)
https://www.artefactual.com/services/training/ - Keep Intro session fee?
- Incentivize membership: offer a course for a individual at a member institution
- short consultation service offer for new members?
- Swag!
- GoFundMe model (tiered perks)
- they're well attended
Organizational Home Costs
Developing a Member Prospectus
Fiscal sponsorship: Jennifer Vinopal compiled list of fiscal sponsorship services Fiscal Sponsor/Affiliated Community Models: Benefits & Services
- What does the project need to be sustainable (people, activities, resources, etc.?)
- That then can be expressed in $$$
what does the community need…then what does the leadership team need to satisfy the community…and then what type of support , i.e. LYR need to offer. We have a entire portfolio of potential offerings. That can be tailored
- Leaders: where do you think Fedora is going?
- becoming in API?
- What is the value proposition to retain members? Why do members leave?
- How can we stop members from leaving?
- Fiscal Sponsor responsibility to help think through these questions
- Lyrasis can help identify trends in general, and as they apply to Fedora
- Fiscal sponsor and organizational homes are different
- fiscal sponsorship is more limited; org home is more holistic
- Lyrasis offers different services to match needs of different groups
- Cut costs, and bring in new funding (two-pronged approach)
- Is there a list of core vs. optional services FS provides?
- What are core services, how many of them are overhead, and what are the costs?
- what are optional, can perhaps be dispensed with?
- Lyrasis: what is mapping between services and costs?
- Tiered services possible from Lyrasis, based on size, needs of group?
- How to fail gracefully (help with building up, building down)?
- Example: maintenance mode for Fedora org
- reactivate when money comes in
- How to build up (from one person devoted to a project) to an organization?
- Examples: SimplyE, ORCiD
- Reputation management
- Institutional users
- Lyrasis
- Open source – alternative to proprietary models
- failing open source project is an indictment of all open source projects
Action Items
- Jennifer Vinopal start a potential list of benefits and services
- Rosalyn Metz email Laurie Gemmill Arp and see if we can get her to come to our next meeting on Friday April 16th, 2021 at 3pm