2026-01-06 Release Management & Commmunication WG meeting notes

 Date

Jan 6, 2026

 Participants

• @Autumn Faulkner @Charlotte Whitt @Jennifer Eustis @Tod Olson @Thomas Trutt

• Regrets: @Jeremy Huff

Agenda

• Plan work on Sunflower release digest

  • POs planning similar work! Coordinate with them ASAP to prevent double work

    • Christine Reichart and others

  • Digest draft here:

  • See great examples here: Notes on functionality - BETA

• Questions re: official communications responsibility

  • Does OLF or FOLIO have a point person? Officers?

    • Jesse Koenecke’s former role has been filled by Simeon Warner??

  • EBSCO actively distributes newsletters – these would be good for the folio.org homepage too

• Understanding RMS operations – where to start?

  • Attend meetings!

    • Every mother Monday, 9-9:30am ET

    • https://openlibraryfoundation.zoom.us/j/88356244681?pwd=aFo1cEhVam1ENTN1ZHFOZWg0V1Jxdz09

  • Gathering notes/documentation – what’s the best approach?

    • Previous discussion notes here:

• Action items from last meeting

  Notify RMS of working group’s existence, plans around release communication @Jeremy Huff

  @Jennifer Eustis will find out who should be contacted (Hannah Murphy at EBSCO)

• Action items

  Add folio.org issue to Tri-Council agenda (@Jennifer Eustis will add to topic calendar for 1/22)

  Contacts for official communication at EBSCO, OLF, FOLIO, etc.

  Interest in establishing a working group to manage folio.org

  Reach out to PO group with proposal to collab on release digest @Autumn Faulkner

  Create RMS notes document @Autumn Faulkner

  What is the status of Koha governance exploration? @Autumn Faulkner will ping Shawn N.

  Be sure to watch December RMS meeting re: new Trillium timeline: https://recordings.openlibraryfoundation.org/folio/release-stakeholders/2025-12-15T09:00/

• Next meeting (1/13)

  Updates from Jeremy re: RMS liaising