2017-02-16 Leadership Team Call

How to Join

Contact Jeff Neiman for more information on how to join the call.

Agenda

• 2017-02-16 Leadership Team Agenda
  Attendees:
   Andy Kanter
   Jeff Neiman   
   Terry Cullen
   Jonathan Teich
   Paul
   Burke
  Jan
  Hamish
  Agenda
  Informational
  • Bitergia (Darius)
  • Analytics company that did a demo for OpenMRS 1 year ago
  • Very expensive to have set up
  • There is an open source version that would require effort from OpenMRS to set up
  • No identified volunteers to lead this project
  • Possibly a GSOC project
  • Conference News Release - Open Health News
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/18q_RbPNv_4yo0x0MQ88GHL1wH0HxF0KnLDViUR45RXw/edit
  • Roger provided feedback on document and requested three additional sections be added (Added to document as "comments")
  • Opening ceremony
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Why was this conference held in Uganda?
  Discussion
  • Board of Directors Meeting- Paul ( see the BoD Wiki page on OpenMRS for details)
  • Discussing the process to make decisions
  • Presenting Jan as the new Community Board Member
  • Annual Report Update
  • https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_y29Xu_eUu9QWVnS1hjYk5od1E/view
  • Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1umiPTEKiIOQVPPArpqkDqWgh3x7DSxHhnm8bqlLDgjU/edit
  • Require a 'Moving Forward' letter
  • LT decided that reducing content down to more of a highlight reel would be best
  • @Terry to reduce document
  • Operational Plan Update
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A5HpeyAodzkvGZFsRcovUqeQPG_TSdkmPUPLhLOpUOU/edit
  • Will be presented to BOD
  • Technical update-- Burke/Darius (include project management/scrum of scrums) 
  • suggests at minimum, the quarterly range, for updates to be presented by project managers.
  • Fast Forward Seeks Applications for Technology Accelerator Program
  • Jeff to begin application process through collaborative google documents
  • Organizations selected to participate the Fast Forward program will receive a $25,000 grant, thirteen weeks of summer training in San Francisco, and connections to a network mentors.
  • Community to decide who should represent OpenMRS
  • @Jeff to get clarification on time commitment for '13 weeks'
  • Partnerships - Jan
  • Andela going well ( letter signed ) 
  • Soldevelo and Steven M is going well also
  • GSOC - Burke
  • application in
  • SoC has projects listed on the wiki page
  • om.rs/soc16... but not yet!
  • Case study highlighting GSOC winners- Jeff
  • develop framing and documents 
  • @Jeff to start a google doc of questions to ask
  • OpenMRS Google winner
  • 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
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bx37qbn7SXUJ4cPRPE80tes_O_TEi2Z41GIL6lv01Ic/edit
  • 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 team/ thread on Talk - add to agenda for next week @Jeff
  • Cintia's comment: https://talk.openmrs.org/t/please-review-and-comment/10025/31
  • leadership role/composition/
  • 'leadership' (leaders versus they--the power of language reflects what we are doing) 
  • create more opportunities for engagement /involvement
  • subversion vs git 
  • we and us and not us and them 
  • 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 
  • https://talk.openmrs.org/tags/leadership-mtg
  • All discussion among the Leadership team can be found via https://talk.openmrs.org/c/community/leadership
  Weekly
  • Report on Fundraising Efforts
  • $2,321.61
  • 13 Donors (1 Additional on Feb 9)
  • Andy still needs to get trained by Jeff on Salesforce as soon as Annual report is finished.
  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
  • http://openmrs.org/about/support/
  • 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