2024-07-22 Community Council Meeting Notes

Introductions for new members

@Mike Gorrell

A brief welcome and introductions to the new members:

• Stephen Pampell, Texas A+M

• Johanna Radding - 5 Colleges (Amhurst)

• Joseph Grobelny, Colorado

• Rachel Kotarski, Chicago

• (Shawn Nicholson was at the last meeting - not here today)

CC roles and onboarding

@Mike Gorrell @Simeon Warner

Second Meeting of the new CC:

• Election of CC co-chairs

  • @Christopher Spalding volunteers

  • @Simeon Warner volunteers to continue as co-chair for another year but will happily step aside if there are new volunteers

  • We will elect co-chairs at the next CC meeting.

• Selection of TC liaison: Stephen Pampell volunteered

• Selection of AWS costs groups liaison:

  • @Shawn Nicholson volunteered (Slack, 2024-07-08) but can’t attend this call

Onboarding

• Community Council Calendar

Tri-council meeting at WOLFcon (Friday afternoon)

@Mike Gorrell

See draft list of topics from https://folio-org.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AYASEw . Does CC have thoughts and/or additional topics?

Other Meetings at WOLFcon

@Mike Gorrell

We have a Members meeting happening Wednesday the 25th 10:30-11:50 as well as an informal dinner the free evening (not sure which night the group event is)?

• Please indicate your institutions attendance (doesn’t need to be a council member).

• Please reach out to member institutions not being on a council to participate

• Please indicate interest yes/no for an informal dinner (asnd how many persons would like to attend)

Does the Community Council want to plan to have a CC meeting at WOLFcon?

• Jesse: will ensure a meeting room

• Action item: ideas for agenda items?

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Developer advocate role

@Mike Gorrell @Jeremy Huff

• How do we feel about the developer advocate role and current work? What are our criteria for success?

• Current appointment of @Patrick Pace (Unlicensed) is through October 14, 2024

• DA reports to the chairs of TC, PC, CC - meets once a week with Jeremy Huff

• Funds to extend the contract? We need to pull in Kat (treasurer)

• Would he be available?

• Collect feedback from TC / PC

  • Rachel: if we can extend the contract, we shall work on some measureing points of the expected outcome

  • Edwin: supports the DA extension as being important and it needs some time to fulfil the goals

  • Maccabee: TC / PC need to be asked quite quickly before the contract ends

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Backlog of topics to discuss

Action items to follow up with

Tri-council meeting followup

@Simeon Warner @Mike Gorrell

In https://folio-org.atlassian.net/wiki/x/aAMrAw and the associated spreadsheet we discussed barriers to participation and ideas to increase participation in FOLIO. Discusses in 2024-03-11 Community Council Meeting Notes and agreed to have a group to come up with some talking points?

• @Mike Gorrell, @Ian Walls , @Simeon Warner → Mike will reach out

Application and Platform Formalization WG

@Mike Gorrell (liaison to CC)

Notes folder: Application and Platform Formalization Proposals WG

Outreach and Marketing WG

Boaz Nadav Manes 

WG charge from 2023: WG charge from 2023: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZTOUOhwUtWaEjywKkS0cA41t1h0Wzhv_F9FR5Cyhqzk/edit

CC review as part of FOLIO Module Approval Process and possible MOU

@Mike Gorrell @Simeon Warner

From https://folio-org.atlassian.net/wiki/x/JgO8E

• AGREEMENT that CC chairs will coordinate with other co-chairs to ensure that we are informed and can bring items to the CC