Meeting Agenda

Due to capacity constraints on the teleconference line, if you plan to attend the meeting please email Valorie Hollister at vhollister[at]duraspace.org in advance to ensure their will be space. This month's meeting will occur at 3:00 pm Eastern Standard / 20:00 UTC/GMT. For dial in instructions, click here.

 

  1. News
    1. DSpace 1.7 promotion
      1. Univ of Mich to have upgrade complete by the end of Jan
      2. Univ of Toronto should be upgrading shortly, skipping over 1.6
    2. e-Forum Jan 20-21 "Is DSpace 1.7 on your roadmap?" - hosted by Alice Platt
    3. Open Repositories Conference, June 8-11, 2011 - have Fedora mtg chair, very close on DSpace mtg chair
    4. Other news?
      1. Rea attended the DuraSpace Gold Forum in December - Brad recognize
      2. Jim working on model author rights language - publicity for ARL and at ALA, will work with JISC to see if there is alignment in their efforts
  2. New name, new focus
    1. team name
      1. since we've evolved our primary purpose (help w/reviewing JIRA requests and facilitating community discussions) we've resolved to retire DGOC (served it's purpose over the last few years working on big projects)
      2. current group members will now join the "Community Advisor Team" or CAT-->with new focus on facilitating discussions on new feature requests
    2. meeting/s time - only one time per month
      1. moving to only one live mtg time a month -  top allow for more dynamic discussions: alternate time each month - 9am/14:00 or 3pm/20:00
    3. participation
      1. resolved that we would do the bulk of our new feature reviews outside the mtg
        1. each week, 1 CAT member will start discussion amongst CAT about a JIRA issue of their choice - summarize issue and proposed CAT recommendations for feedback
        2. other CAT members make comments asynchronously 
        3. CAT issue discussion leader for that wk will post summary to JIRA issue and, if issue ranks as highly relevant/broad community interest and high priority the issue will be taken to the broader DSpace community for full discussion - confirming interest, outlining requirements, soliciting those interest in working on project
    4. proposed mtgs w/cmtrs
      1. propose weekly DCAT discussion leader join the weekly cmtr mtg, report back anything relevant to DCAT
      2. all community, particularly cmtrs are welcome to attend DCAT monthly mtgs
      3. propose DCAT to join the in-person cmtr mtg at OR11
    5. process refinements
      1. pick issue and sign up on the discussion schedule - each member to lead one discussion every 6-8 wks
      2. propose that everyone give an up or down vote on the ratings/conclusion: +1 or -1
  3. Recruiting new members 
    1. currently looking new members, particularly in Europe or Asia
  4. JIRA Review CAT Discussion Schedule for January
    1. Jan 5-11: Jim Ottaviani
    2. Jan 12-18: Elin Stangeland
  5. Meeting Attendees:
    1. Jim Otaviani, Rea Devakos, Valorie Hollister

NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 1, 2011 AT 9AM/14:00 GMT