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6) It is highly recommended that following the week your are the DCAT discussion leader that you attend the weekly DSpace Committer meeting. If you have not received a response about the new feature status (or if the issue is unassigned), you may request the DSpace Tech Lead (Tim Donohue) put the your JIRA issue on the meeting agenda. This will provide the discussion leader you an opportunity to ask any questions that the may have and/or a regular chance to share information with the Committers.
7) If the new feature is determined to be of high interest and high priority and if it is clear that the new feature is slated for a future release, no further action is required. If it is unclear if a high interest/high priority new feature will make a future release or if more clarification from the community would be helpful, the issue is a candidate for a community-wide discussion. The , which will be scheduled by DCAT discussion leader will schedule the community-wide discussion. The goal is not to exceed more than 2 community-wide new feature discussions in a month. The discussion will be announced on the mailing list, but will take place in the wiki-based DSpace discussion forum and anyone is free to participate. The discussion will last 1 week. If there are people interested in helping to develop a specific feature, the discussion leader will help connect individuals/organizations to start a project group to continue the effort.
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