Time/Place
Time: 11:00am Eastern Time (US)
Please see the calendar invite for the Zoom link.
Attendees
- Laurie Arp
Chris Awre- Thomas Bernhart
Danny BernsteinDan Coughlin- Jon Dunn
- Jennifer Gilbert
Emily Gore- Arran Griffith
Mark Jordan- Rosalyn Metz
Robert Miller- Este Pope
- Scott Prater
Robin Ruggaber- Oliver Schöner
- Tim Shearer
Jennifer Vinopal- Kate Dohe
- Heather Greer Klein
- Stacy Erdman
- Jakov Vežić
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Agenda
Topic Welcome Orientation Session A welcome and orientation to Fedora Governance. Goal: Provide a general overview of Fedora Governance and bring new/returning members up to speed on current topics of discussion. Arran Tim Este Laurie Technology Update A brief update on the status of Fedora 6.1 + details on the Camel Toolbox Governance Model Considerations We will present the status of each level of Fedora Governance to assess effectiveness of meeting frequency and participation availability. Goal: Discussion of the roles of both Governance groups, and seek agreement on proposals for change. Arran Strategic Planning Sub-Committee Provide an outline of the commitment and proposed objectives of the Strategic Planning Sub-Committee. Goal: Identify members of Governance interested in joining the sub-committee and begin planning for meetings in January. Tim EsteTime Lead 5 mins Arran 40 mins 15 mins Danny Break (10 mins) 10 mins 15 mins 40 mins Wrap-up, Action Items 5 mins Arran
Previous Action Items
Notes
Orientation Session
Brief history of Fedora (Tim Shearer)
Late 90s: discussion about how a Repository System might look
2001 formation of Fedora project
2008 Fedora 3 was released: relatively stable, stored objects and their relationships on disk (key selling point)
2014 Fedora 4 was released: transition from XML to describe object to RDF; entirely new infrastructure (Modeshape); created some challenges to migrate from Fedora 3 to Fedora 4
2021 Fedora 6 was released: introduction of OCFL to store all repository data on disk once again
Introduction to LYRASIS as our organizational home (Laurie Arp)
Started back in 1936
1590+ member organizations
Projects:
- ArchiveSpace
- CollectionSpace
- Fedora Commons
- VIVO
- DSpace
- The Palace Project
Work of Lyrasis:
- Business infrastructure
- Financial management
- Program infrastructure
- Membership management
- HR and staffing
Commitment and responsibilities (Arran Griffith)
Fedora Leadership Group:
Meetings typically once per quarter
Leaders Slack channel
Action Items