Developers Meeting before OR11 on Mon, June 6, 2010

Face-to-face developer's meeting on topic of DSpace RoadMap just before Open Repositories 2011 in Austin, Texas.

Who is invited?

All Committers,
All DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) members,
Any other interested DSpace developers or technology-savvy individuals

If you don't fall into one of the above categories, you are still welcome to attend. However, be warned that discussion will likely get very technical at times (which is why we recommend you be a developer or have a technology background).

Space is limited. Please sign up on the Sign Up sheet below. If we begin to achieve capacity, preference will be given to Committers or DCAT Members. However, we welcome any interested DSpace developers to join us and take part in the discussion!

Logistics

Day: Monday, June 6th, 2011
Time: Not yet known. We've asked for at least 4 hours, more if possible.
Where: Not yet known. We will likely have a room on the University of Texas campus, not far from the conference hotel.
Expected Attendance: 20-30 people max (exact room capacity is unknown at this time)

If you're planning on staying at the OR conference hotel, be advised that the conference rate of $129/night is only available from June 7th onward. The OR11 website accommodations page has a list of alternative hotels you may wish to choose from for the nights of June 5th and 6th.

General Agenda

What follows is a very high level agenda overview. More details will be coming as we get closer to OR11. If you have any items you'd like to see discussed on the agenda, please forward them on to Tim Donohue.

Discussion of DSpace RoadMap
- See Proposed RoadMap to 2.0 for some very early RoadMap ideas. We'll likely dig deeper into specifics during this face-to-face meeting.
Discussion of DSpace 1.8.0 as pertaining to RoadMap
Discussion of collaboration between DCAT & Committers groups. Are there ways to improve/enhance what we are already doing?
Other DSpace Technology-related Discussions

Sign Up to Attend!

If you'd like to attend this meeting, please add your name to the sign up sheet. Also, please add a note as to your general availability that day (e.g. "available all day", "available in PM only", etc.).

Sign Up Sheet

Tim Donohue – available all day.