2022-10-24 Meeting notes

Date

Attendees


Guests: Kristin Martin (PC); Jesse Koennecke (PC); julie.bickle (LMU); Ian Walls (Bywater); Marc Johnson  (TC)


Discussion items

ItemWhoNotes
Library of Congress Meeting

Meeting happened last Friday:

  • Mike, Simeon, Kirstin, Paula, Kristin for FOLIO
  • Caitlin Stewart, Ann Della Porta, Bill Kellum and Trevor Owens, Tony Nichols for LOC
  • Presented this set of slides
  • Followup from Caitlin: 

Hi Mike! Thanks for the great intro today.
I've started the convo about membership and will keep you updated

As promised, I'm drafting also pitches for management to fund one-time community contributions

How much do you need to fund that contract documentation position and when do you need it by?

I'd also be interested to hear your thoughts on what a one-time contribution to help diversify the development base might look like - amount, how it might work etc.

Questions

  • Boaz: how are the LOC analysts integrated in the project?
    • The LOC will hire the people they need (3 product owners for the next 3 years) and direct them to their groups of interests to fulfil the LOC's implementation needs
    • Not necessarily devlopers but SME's with MM focus
    • Focus is "get implementation done" 
  • Marc: How does the conversation with the LoC participating relate to the community council’s group for capacity challenges?  
    • Difference between resources to the community and resources to fulfil own institutions needs in FOLIO 
  • Mike: LOC will direct their people to those groups and needs that are needed for their own implementation  
  • Harry: LOC might consider to provide the done developments for the LOC open source to be used in the community- Community engagement will follow on implementation
  • Kristin: LOC PO's will not be leading open meetings / initiatives but concentrate on LOC's needs.
  • Mike G.: positive meeting with a good start


Documentation lead

A small group met and came up with a document that summarizes the issue and makes some recommendations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xuNsV7xjHxET0NW8SwPS_5yXsjWDVepECVTxDg5WNcc/edit   (in CC working document folder)

KKH:

  • Need financial support if we want to fund Marcia B for 2-3 months at 8-10 hours per week so that she can pass on what she has done, approx. $3,500 per month.
  • A subgroup of PC and CC is preparing an initiative to onboard new community members and point them directly to specific needs: technical editor and testers are two highest needs right now

MDG; this group is asking the CC to find funding for the technical editor

Boaz: who would this person report to?

KKH: maybe the documentation group, which in turn reports to PC

Ian W: that would be up to the funding institution/group

Dracine: this role is more like a Product Owner and doesn't really need a supervisor but should report to the PC

Harry: might be better to report into the Product Owners, so would report to the lead PO and not a committee like PC

ACTION ITEM: The CC will look into external funding sources


Things that could be better for FOLIO

 List of things - deadline passed and grouped items

Tom is out today - pospone to next meeting

FOLIO Resourcing Group

Working Doc - Update by Harry

  • review of the "cases" and add pros & cons
  • need more time to provide an update (at least one more month)
  • Marc: what shall the group bring back to CC?
    • Mike: a summary of discussions - not a result! 
  • Boaz: question what we define as "software kernel" and who owns it
    • effort to describe the software architecture - represent the work visually
      • some overlap with Julies working group and functional criteria group
  • Mike G: all efforts should be put together and define an outcome

From chat:

Von Marc Johnson an alle 04:44 PM
It’s important to consider that this group and the desired future group being facilitated by Julie overlap significantly at this stage
Von Kristin Martin (University of Chicago; she/her) an alle 04:46 PM
We're trying to Functional criteria focused on the "now" versus the future.
Von Marc Johnson an alle 04:46 PM
To make it fun, it also overlaps with stuff happening in the TC too 😃
Von Ian Walls an alle 04:46 PM
we're all climbing the same mountain

Von Marc Johnson an alle 04:49 PM
Which makes it even more important that we know where each of us are, no one wants to accidentally cause an accident for other climbers


Treasurer's report
  • Have $410,000 in membership commitments
    • Includes three multiyear commitments
  • Have received $260,000 in payments so far
Other
  • Question to OLF about next WOLFCON host : Action item: Mike to OLF
  • Question about the status of the new folio.org webside : Action item: Mike to EBSCO
  • Boaz: Is there a Charleston FOLIO presentation?   - not known!