Table reports

TABLE 1

• Terminology seems to matter–calling efforts projects, programs or products--programs might be better
• DuraSpce did not bring concerns about DSpace and Fedora sustainability to the community soon enough
• New Fedora needs to be backwards compatible and easy to migrate forward
• Everyone is keen to do open source until it gets hard
• Ownership; DuraSpace seems to be the place to do it
• Inspired that DuraSpace took DSpace and Fedora
• Lyrasis is positioning itself as a product; DuraSpace could do the same
• Curiosity about additional investment in Fedora
• What kind of governance model would enable better commitment going forward; perhaps a governance roadmap

TABLE 2 (Dean)

• Sponsorship program solicitation should be more explicit about indicating where funds go–DSpace, Fedora or VIVO
• Need to engage those who cannot afford to pony up
• A multiple stack 20K per initiative commitment is a problem for institutions

TABLE 3 (Tufts)

• funding and return on investment are good arguments but don't necessarily convey to others in institutions
• There is value in having DuraSpace foster DSpace and Fedora
• Governance is needed to allow for a greater voice from the community
• I respect tremendously that people came together to make a board for Fedora Futures
• Governance
• Fedora Futures has a self-appointed steering committee made up of folks with more skin in the game; governance is of great concern
• Most interested in the process of soliciting input towards decision-making
• Governance ensures that information flow is robust and representative
• Hathi Trust governance model; had a constitutional convention that came up with a voting scheme
• DLF and CLR came together to form one organization; 9 people were nominated by the community as a board
• How to ensure that there is robust input from people who have more or less resources, and have been using Fedora for a long time and don't have many technical resources. Takes outreach to gain feedback from those stakeholders

• 3. What has inspired you?

• --Financial understanding of where DuraSpace fits
• --Acceleration of creation of digital data and content; vetting mechanisms for what gets preserved?

• 4. What unanswered questions do you have?

• --What's next?
• --Governance question
• --stakeholder engagement; more information about here's how you participate