2017-02-23 Leadership Team Call

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Agenda

  • 2017-02-23 Leadership Team Agenda
    Attendees
    Jeff
    Bill
    Terry
    Hamish
    Burke
    Jan
    Mark
    Suranga
    Andy
    Paul
    Darius
    Mark
    Andy
    Informational
    • OMRS16 Writeup- Jeff 
    • Final edits made and sent for submission (pending)
    • Paul to talk with Jeff about the award that was given 
    • Team to review and leave final comments
    • Jeff to re-submit to Roger this evening
    • See if you can get away with "Paul and Burke were recognized by ______", ideally with a photo, since it was an official UG gesture.  The name of the award may be less important that recognition of the recognition
    • Board of Directors Meeting- Paul / Jan
    • update from Jan 
    • introduction of Jan as new community member; transition from Joaquin
    • overview, funding update, board work 
    • Paul- board composition to move the BoD to a more engaged process
    • Amir stepped down
    • Role of the Bod Chair 
    • build process for succession
    • attributes for a good board member 
    • guidance for what we are looking for
    • add accountability/ active role 
    • what is the role of the board and its members?
    • is it to steward the community? steward the board? is the board accountable to the community
    • actions and expectations of the community member
    • goal is to ask the community for nominations for board members
    • ask the community in a
    •  short and sweet
    •  From Andy
    • board makes a decision on who should be on the BoD
    • should members contribute financially- this was not discussed
    • pre-requisites for each board member to agree to 
    • how do we make the INC Board final 
    • Expanded number of Board members
    • time line for the Board Composition
    • @paul-- change the incoroporation of the BoD documents to modify the board composition
    • paul will share edited version 
    • potential timeline
    • To Do:
    • endorse the attributes within the LT ( do we need to endorse the attributes by the community?) 
    • does the BoD manage the nomination process? 
    • inform the BoD of this attribute list at the same time that this is published to Talk 
    • post today to Talk 
    • include information about the 
    • publish on talk to get nominations from the community over a two week period
    • social media posts 
    • how are we managing the process
    • theresa will receive the names- send names to Theresa Pritchard 
    • develop a slate that will be sent to the BoD - Bill will review the list 
    • have the BoD endorse potential nominations and then set up community 'talk' for questions/ review of the board member
    • BoD select and attend the next meeting after selection ( goal is 10- 12 weeks from now) 
    • have @paul share the changed incorporation language (theresa pritchard can share this ) 
    • Annual Report Final Draft created
    • will have call - Deferred
    • Operational Plan- Terry 
    • Published to community
    • Will be included in quarterly report
    • Technical Update- Burke/ Darius 
    • release manager selected
    • infrastructure issues  as a result of some upgrades
    • need more server space to move tools to new servers (low on space allocation) 
    • update tools
    • still need humans to do the work of migration and updates 
    • review of formal submission in April /hoping/assuming for endorsement of submission
    • acknowledgement of grantee support 
    • Fast Forward Accelerator program application- Jeff
    • waiting on time commitment
    • "Fast Forward’s accelerator program takes place in San Francisco, CA. If accepted, could at least one of the founders attend in person on July 6-7, July 19-20, August 2-3, August 16-17, August 30-31, September 13-14, and September 26 -27?"
    • GCI Case Study Google Doc
    • Fundraising Update
    Discussion
    • Upcoming conferences 
    • guidance for site selection- 
    • Paul posted to Talk, Bill started a Google Doc 
    • started to establish a backup plan if an implementing country isn't able to accomodate
    • Terry suggested the next steps would be to post proposed criteria to Talk community for input
    • christine wants to facilitate as the conference lead
    • summit/ implementers conference 
    • focused on implementation and support
    • side bars to discuss openMRS internal/leadership
    • back up strategy would be for a summit if no implementers interest  
    • Leadership discussion from Talk 
    • new path forward ...
    • community engagement on the topic of 'community governance' 
    • how could we organize ourselves in a way that fits better who we are
    • is there some innovative ways for us to do this
    • maybe ask if someone from the community would be willing to faciliate the conversation 
    • think about the role of the book club and when we use that list 
    Recurrent Topics
    • Bring up all talk threads about the Leadership Call 
    Weekly
    • Report on Fundraising Efforts
    • No update on funds
    • Andy, Paul, and Jeff will be meeting next Thursday at 11am ET for a 'deep dive' into salesforce training and capabilities
    Monthly Items
    * Budget/Expenses/ first Thursday
    * Partnerships- third Thursday 
    Quarterly Update
    • Infrastructure Update (Quarterly - Jun, Sep, Dec)
    • Diversity Council
    • Ongoing Quarterly metric review of specific areas
    • who is contributing code
    • volunteer contributions
    • go through some of the numbers--and gather them before the TH and review them
    Parking Lot Items
    • Recurring governance structure
    • OSCON 2017 Brainstorming (Dec 2015 Brainstorm for May 8-11, 2017)
    • Strategic Goal Updates (every six weeks)- one each week/ ongoing 
    • Review suggested organizational/ community changes (need to find list MD made)
    • Roles of the Community Manager

Notes

  • Jeff Neiman re-submit OMRS16 Article to Roger

  • Paul Biondich change the incoroporation of the BoD documents to modify the board composition and share edited version

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