Purpose
The OpenMRS Global Events Team's primary purpose is to plan, organize, and facilitate events and hackathons to bring the OpenMRS community together, globally and locally, face-to-face and virtually.
This team's main responsibilities include:
- Identify and collaborate with countries and organizations to co-host in-person or virtual meetings, events, and hackathons.
- Disseminate information about the OpenMRS events, meetings, and hackathons
- Collaborate with local teams to plan the annual OpenMRS Implementer's Meeting
- Manage the OpenMRS Global Events budget
Global Events & Marketing Team Roadmap(Full Community Roadmap here) | ||
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OpenMRS 2023 Mini-community meeting (Virtual) Periodic meeting in which ongoing community activities and projects are presented. March 2023 COMMUNITY LED Introduction to the Community Webinar One hour session where newcomers can get to know our community and how to be successful Month: February 2023 OpenMRS 2022 August UX Design Conference & Mini-community meeting (Virtual) Periodic meeting in which ongoing community activities and projects are presented. SONDER DESIGN GLOBAL EVENTS & MARKETING TEAM OpenMRS 2021 Virtual Implementers' Conference Annual community meeting COMMUNITY LED 2021 Annual Report The yearly report that shows the advancements and progress made in the OpenMRS community. GLOBAL EVENTS & MARKETING TEAM
Website Update: OpenMRS Board and Inc Updating the OpenMRS Website to include information about OpenMRS Inc and the Board of Directors. SOLDEVELO OPENMRS BOD Introduction to the Community Webinar One hour session where newcomers can get to know our community and how to be successful Month: February 2022
OpenMRS 2022 May Mini-community meeting (Virtual) Periodic meeting in which ongoing community activities and projects are presented. COMMUNITY LED | OpenMRS 2023 Implementers' Conference (Hybrid) Annual community meeting June 2023 GLOBAL EVENTS & MARKETING TEAM Ethiopia OpenMRS Training & Hackathon Virtual and In-Person sessions on OpenMRS Tech April/May 2023 GLOBAL EVENTS & MARKETING TEAM UCSF-TAP ICAP-ETHIOPIA Nigeria OpenMRS 3 Hackathon In-person hackathon to upgrade NigeriaMRS to OpenMRS 3 and integrate existing OHRI-COVID-19 for use with NigeriaMRS April/May 2023 GLOBAL EVENTS & MARKETING TEAM UCSF-TAP PHIS3 |
Short catchy information sent out on Twitter sharing the successes of OpenMRS and its implementations world wide. |
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Who is involved?
Any community member is welcome to participate in and contribute to the Global Events Team, whether this is during the team's weekly meeting, on Talk, or on Slack. Community members who demonstrate a high level of commitment by actively contributing to the Global Events Team will become a core member.
Current Team Members
Christine Gichuki Global Events Manager
Nikesh Balami Community Management Fellow
Jennifer Antilla Director of Community
Gibril Gómez PHIS3
Steve Job PHIS3
Where to join our conversations
The Global Events Team meets on a weekly basis every Wednesday at 6:30pm IST | 4pm Nairobi | 3pm Cape Town | 1pm UTC | 9am Boston | 6am Seattle.
Weekly meetings are held via Zoom: Launch Meeting - Zoom
Talk: The Global Events Team shares meeting information, key questions, discussion points, and documents decisions on Talk.
Slack: The Global Events Team uses the #global-events Slack channel for day-to-day planning discussions.
Contact Christine Gichuki for more information on how to participate and contribute to the Global Events Team.
Resources
- OpenMRS Events Calendar
- Global Events & Hackathon Planning Resources
- OpenMRS Annual Meetings, Mini-Meetings, and Hackathons
Meeting Notes and Recordings
Expectations for Global Events Team Meeting Notes
We have a dedicated note-taker for each meeting who is responsible for note taking. Notes are circulate to squad members for review. We strive to make sure that:
- the meeting agenda is included the notes at the beginning of the meeting
- someone is tracking the time so we cover the agenda items
- we document important decision points - and their rationale
- individuals are encouraged to add important points to the notes
- a summary of action items for next meeting is provided
Meeting notes are taken in Google docs, which is accessible here and on the Global Events meeting invite on the OpenMRS calendar.