2010-08-26 Leadership Conference Call

In Attendance

  • Paul Biondich

  • Hamish Fraser

  • Burke Mamlin

  • Chris Seebregts

  • Dawn Smith

Agenda

  • Haiti Update (Hamish)

  • Implementers Meeting (Chris Seebregts)

  • Nonprofit Legal Update (Dawn)

Meeting Minutes

  • Haiti

    • Working for the past four to five months with Global Health Alliance in Haiti

    • OpenMRS recognized as a possible group to help build health informatics system

    • Request for $15 million proposal by the end of August for health information systems in Haiti

    • Teaching hospital is being created about an hour outside of Port-au-Prince

      • Plan is to break ground in next couple of weeks

      • The hospital wants health information systems in place

      • Funds are coming to support this project from the Haiti Reconstruction Fund

    • Impact with OpenMRS and the role of OpenMRS in the project:

      • Find a way to strengthen the current team rather than hiring lots of new members

        • i.e. strengthen reporting

      • Recognize the core areas that need to be strengthened and direct sources towards that

        • People to hire, groups to hire, work with core development team

      • Benefits: make it clear that there is a separation from core development vs. application specific

      • Paul suggests having people involved in the community process, a shared leadership structure

  • Implementers Meeting

    • Scholarships

      • Leaders of Jembi and OpenMRS will review the scope of the scholarships on Friday, 27 August 2010

        • Review what people are applying for (full, partial scholarship)

        • Carl Fourie has a spreadsheet with all the applicants

        • The team will organize this list and rank it

    • ACTION ITEM: a meeting has been scheduled for 27 August 2010 to finalize the scholarship list and allocate funding to individuals who requested support in order to attend the Implementers Meeting

  • Nonprofit Organization

    • Dawn selected a nonprofit lawyer to review the legal documents in preparation for IRS submission

      • The projected cost is $5,000 to $8,000

      • Dawn will speak with individuals in PIH and other nonprofit organizations to see if this amount is standard

      • Dawn is also waiting for an itemized list from the lawyer to see what costs we can save