2017-06-22 Leadership Team Call

How to Join

Contact Jamie Thomas for more information on how to join the call.

Agenda

• Agenda June 22, 2017
  Attendees:
      
      Bill
      Terry
      Jeff
      Jonathan
      Mark
      Ellen
      Darius 
      Wyclif
  Informational
  • Town Hall Meeting- tentatively scheduled for June 28 at 1 PM EDT - Jeff
  • agenda items
  • coordinator - jeff may be able to do this if need be
  • notes: https://notes.openmrs.org/p/06-28-2017_OpenMRS_Town_Hall_Second_Quarter
  • Global Goods Update- Terry- no current update
  • Bahmni 
  • Terry to reach out for potential inclusion in the next round 
  • Operational Plan second quarter-- please update your information ( second URL) 
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A5HpeyAodzkvGZFsRcovUqeQPG_TSdkmPUPLhLOpUOU/edit
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13tdCkvilBBkbT9FQzPEtQ3HUgSiQA4VUyUEllTE6pH4/edit#gid=0
  • what isn't working
  • what is at risk
  • how can we help you? 
  Discussion
  • Web update-- Jeff
  • Card Sort Study: https://25ohbg71.optimalworkshop.com/optimalsort/3t56yr11
  • Only 10 people can reply ( free version) 
  • Already sent to Infrastructure, Developers, and Implementers
  • Results of study: https://www.optimalworkshop.com/optimalsort/25ohbg71/3t56yr11/shared-results/od65r7ry71588prp70puxi1w6vt26ix2
  • Most people aren't using the site on a daily basis
  • input from 'outside' perspective  
  • Evo
  • TW people
  • Jeff's wife...
  • Bahmni Update- Darius/Jan
  • governance- asked for response to the proposed governance
  • requesting funding from PATH ( seeking funding) 
  • response to BoD concerns 
  • Talk update needed
  • legal input- 
  • structure some of the discussion around explicit risk/benefits (rewards) 
  • what does OpenMRS get from this? what is the benefit and the value add to OpenMRS and the OpenMRS community? 
  • what do we exist for? What are we trying to do? what does OpenMRS  have that is unique or a value add? 
  • does retaining control matter 
  • who do we want to be/ what is our path forward
  • potential for more engagement in OpenMRS eco-system ( awareness/ facilitate/direct impact) 
  • does the relationship with Bahmni bring an opportunity for additional development/ awareness within the OpenMRS community overall? 
  • opportunity that co-exists because of this proposal ( darius role and potential for impact on OpenMRS community) 
  • positions OpenMRS to have larger impact- as we engage in a larger open collaboration ( Bahmni coalition)
  • political and community collaboration impact - one of our goals is to enable collaboration and this may provide an expedited pathway to this 
  • larger product lines-- may be more difficult to show value of the collaboration 
  • Bahmni as a ditribution provided 'on top' functionality
  • how does this help OpenMRS have more options for integration into a larger suite 
  • supports additional distributions with value added to the portfolio
  • make sure that it is  easy to understand our engagement-- be able to answer the Why we did this
  • clear understanding of the relationship between OpenMRS and this engagement 
  • Advisory Committee- deferred time due to July 4th ( and lots of people indicating that they cant attend); rescheduled for  July 19)
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UjZcRYF9ik_NfrcuWEkmJdhgj75yV1sZ82e9rJP2KQk/edit
  • Proposed Agenda Item
  • How much focus should we be giving Distributions?  Should we continue to encourage more of them, bring them together to share code, etc?
  • Bahmni
  • eSaude
  • KenyaEMR
  • UgandaEMR
  • Philippines CHITS
  • Update on Summit - OMRS17 - Christine
  • Official applications subitted through form (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QCr4D6iVx-_23_gkJJxpal1yuLxVuVhKpOB1A8cGNAM/edit#gid=497091649)
  • Kenya- strong application
  • Swaziland- pending info on visa policy and airport transfers 
  • Malawi- strong application
  • OMRS16 After Action Review
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iSSyziG_mIqQo44emYh6CRekTFS5PG88gHdEaI4H4ho/edit#heading=h.3e0veepooiv2
  • METS is willing to help advise us this year
  • "Planning an OpenMRS Conference"
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d69FHotVYO9qr5U4Bz0cKaP8m4J-nj0T3KMHFH84JcA/edit
  • reach out to other countries from a partnership perspective for future opportunities ( Haiti/ Central America/ Uganda/Ghana) 
  • Funding for Infrastructure- Burke ( on wards); deferred until Burke back from wards 
  • should we take OpenMRS money to fund this ( how much are we talking about?)
  • how much do we need
  • how do we fund it
  • potential for 'internships'- Jeff/Terry
  • is there a need/a way to do this?
  • We encourage them to post to the Job Board if they're post school.
  • Some people request opportunities for non-dev roles, how would we mobilize them?
  • Diversity Council- languishing
  • Fiscals
  • Balance Sheet - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_y29Xu_eUu9ZlExeEw2OGtyWkE 
  • Sustain OSS
  • tech and OS community/OS sustainment for projects
  • DIAL - part of the UN Foundation
  • Big grant to disrupt current ICT international development 
  • Michael is community lead ( under Jeff Wishney)
  • best practices
  • impact of more partnerships
  • shared resources/ shared services
  • may be most interested in earlier role in getting OS projects
   
  Weekly
  • Report on Fundraising Efforts @Andy
  • Operational Plan Update
  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 Follow Up items
  • Follow up re:  Pathway to Improved Terminology Management for the OpenMRS Community - Jonathan Payne ( update) - deferred
  • https://talk.openmrs.org/t/what-are-your-expectations-requirements-wish-list-for-ciel-ocl/11572
  • Next steps:
  • review google doc and engage on talk thread

Notes