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2017-08-17 Leadership Team Call

2017-08-17 Leadership Team Call

Aug 31, 2017

rHow to Join

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

Agenda

August 17, 2017

Attendees:

    Andy Kanter

    Jeff

    Jan

    Hamish

    Terry

    Bill

    Paul

  Darius

  Mark

Informational

  • Global Goods-Three RFPS released (GOFR core; GOFR; OpenLMIS) ; targeted development RFP; Future RFP will be released to support additional projects, including OpenMRS 

  • Guidestar Update 

  • Profile has been updated; currently shows founded date of 2016 ( re-granting of 5013C3)

  • add c/o in the address

  • difference between OpenMRS and OpenMRS Inc

  • LinkedIn page - Burke has access 

Discussion

  • OpenMRS conference Update- Christine / Jeff 

  • Date

  • December 12-15

  • Logistics

  • Weekly calls on Friday

  • Lorinne 

  • Announcement- 

  • Paul to send out

  • MoH announcement about the conference and their commitment 

  • formal email from OpenMRS - Jeff

  • Still needing agreement with hotel

  • Strategic invites ( paul will reach out and follow up about funding opportunities) 

  • we should ask the previous funders  (including TW and IMO; potential inclusion of Gates Foundation due to Malawi meeting location)

  • who might want to support funders due to their mission

  • business like conference- who benefits from access to the conference  

  • implementing partners/who supports our work

  • groups that might benefit from having a presence at the conference (e.g., access to our technology or our community?)

  • what sponsorship gets you ( guidelines that are protective) 

  • Be sure to include IMO (Intelligent Medical Objects) in reach out via Andy

  • identifying people and then select them 

  • Service Provider Program - Draft (Jan/ Darius) 

  • finding way to stratify the service providers; what is the differentiation ( initial vs experienced doing a previous project) 

  • informal terms of agreement to be added to the site

  • out here for a period of time for comment ; response on Talk 

  • Infrstructure support update- Burke/Darius

  • how much money do we need and for what?

  • still need to have some additional discussions

  • rediscuss next week with a number and a mechanism

  • Bahmni Transition- Darius

  • three things to run for the legal review 

  • Bahmni governance document 

  • Bahmni Coalition MOU- will be ready on August 24 for review

  • Software Conservancy Fiscal Sponsorship- being modified to include the name OpenMRS

  • submission to DIAL/PATH

  • indirects will come to OpenMRS ( 15K is indirect; 5K for legal support; 36K for project manager) 

  • other specific spends 

  • Path/DIAL funds available to ensure transition of Bahmni into the Bahmni Coalition; no guarantee of future funding

  • value of OpenMRS as the fiscal sponsor- explains 12% 

  • Web site update

  • Jeff presented this last week

  • asked on Talk for volunteers to assist; creating spread sheet with their names

  • Jan and Darius proposed way to approach this

  • form working group to move forward

  • milestone approvals - where they occur/who approves (LT/BOD/Designated authority) 

  • Fundraising- Jan/ Jeff

  • no updates 

  • OpenMRS Ebola paper to be released in JMIR next week

  • Social Media Update

  • Ebola case study can be shared/tweeted once this is released 

  •  press release

To Do:

  •     discuss global good RFP for the future for OpenMRS

  • should be for core support 

  • schedule how we expect to respond to this RFP

  • Summit:

  • formal letter from OpenMRS- Jeff/Paul 

  • Review conference support/ funding opportunities

  • Infrastructure support

  • Burke to come back with a number/plan

  • Bahmni

  • governance plan 

  • review of spending plan

  • project manager/indirect spend 

  • Web site update 

  • Jeff- share the spreadsheet

  • bring back milestone /pathway

Monthly Items 

  • Fundraising Update

  • Operational Plan Update

  • Budget/Expenses/ first Thursday

  • Partnerships- third Thursday

  • plan meeting for the OMRS conference for the LT  

  • BOD Update

Quarterly Update (link to the quarterly status spreadsheet?)

  • Infrastructure Update (Quarterly - Jun, Sep, Dec)

  • Ongoing Quarterly metric review of specific areas

Parking Lot Follow Up items

  • Diversity Council-Terry 

  • Follow up re:  Pathway to Improved Terminology Management for the OpenMRS Community - Jonathan Payne ( update) - deferred

Notes