The FOLIO Technical Council's charter is to maintain the community’s technical policies, best practices, infrastructure, and monitor the operational health of the FOLIO project. It will also track and report Technical Debt and facilitate architectural decisions as needed by the community. It operates with close collaboration with the Community and Product Councils.
Seats on the Technical Council are available to Members of the FOLIO community, in accordance with the FOLIO Governance Model. Member is defined as an individual who is an employee or a sponsored contractor of a Member Organization. Individuals will be elected to seats for two year terms. Shorter terms may be required for the initial transition period or to fill seats that become vacant between elections.
The Technical Council will be seeking nominees who have deep experience with one or more of:
- Strong collaboration skills, able to drive decisions that champion the interests of the community and project
- Deep understanding of software development processes and technologies required for a modern services oriented application
- Agile software development methodologies, including Epic, Feature and Story creation
- Knowledge of DevOps and Quality tools and processes
- Experience with FOLIO’s code-base, technologies and development processes
- Frequent contributor to FOLIO’s code-base
- Experience managing technology, technical debt, and competing priorities
- Participating in and/or managing open community governance
- Library management systems and library workflows
- Leadership of development or other technical teams
See also FOLIO Governance Model Election Process, previous elections and the Technical Council Membership History.
The current members are:
- July 2023 – June 2025:
- Tod Olson (University of Chicago)
- Craig McNally (EBSCO Information Services)
- Marc Johnson (Knowledge Integration)
- Jakub Skoczen (Index Data)
- Taras Spashchenko (EPAM)
- July 2022 – June 2024:
- Jeremy Huff (Texas A&M)
- Jenn Colt (Cornell University Library)
- Florian Gleixner (BVB - Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (Bavarian Library Network))
- Maccabee Levine (Lehigh University)
- Ankita Sen (Mainz University Library)
- Ingolf Kuss (hbz, Cologne)
There are 6 open seats on the Technical Council for 2-year terms starting July 2024. Technical Council members currently serving a term that ends June 2024 may stand for re-election.
Dates
Nominations will be collected until May 30, 2024 via the nomination form here.
Successful candidates will join the council on July 1, 2024
Nominees
THANK YOU to all of the nominees for their interest in helping FOLIO become its best.
The following individuals have been nominated:
| Name | Institution | Candidate Statement |
Elected Members
To be posted after election.