2011-04-28 Leadership Conference Call

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Date

28 April 2011

How To Join

Contact @Dawn Seymour for more information on how to join the call.

In Attendance

  • Paul Biondich

  • Michael Downey

  • Darius Jazayeri

  • Andy Kanter

  • Chris Seebregts

  • Dawn Smith

  • Ben Wolfe

Agenda

  • Review Concept Paper for Summer Meeting and Discuss Details (10 min)

  • Strategic Plan for Documentation (10 min)

    • Considerations for an OpenMRS technical writer

  • Bylaws Discussion (15 min)

  • Infrastructure Update - Michael Downey (20 min)

Meeting Minutes

  • Infrastructure Update - Michael Downey

    • Infrastructure Design

    • Includes the RI network, OSUOSL, and Indiana University

    • Highlights

      • Keep Subversion where it is today - our vm was re-located to a more powerful host

      • OSUOSL - Fisheye and Crucible (used for code reviews)

      • Newest feature is system that OSU put together called SuperCell (another cluster of vm that live on an internal network and used for testing for open source projects)

        • Ideal home for OpenMRS labs and used for developers who need to do testing

      • Technical Barrier: supercell is on an internal network

      • IU Servers - Atlassian apps, public demos

        • We'd like to move this from IU hosting environment into their core service

      • Last column:

        • Have test environments where we can test upgrades and keep down time to a minimum since our global community tests around the clock

      • RI Network

        • Performance testing - we want it to replicate the real-world use of our system

        • May want to add more than 1 in the future for capacity reasons

    • Comments:

      • Paul-Is there anything missing from the architecture Michael put together?

      • Darius-Will we continue to have a demo of our most recent release or a nightly build demo?

      • Darius-Lay out more clearly what user acceptance testing will be

      • Andy-Hosting of OCC and production level services: where do those fit?

      • Paul-MIT, Columbia have a large infrastructure. Would they be willing to provide hosting and support for OpenMRS?

      • Darius-curious about costs and timeline

    • TODO: Michael-send out key terms for leadership group

  • Strategic Plan for Documentation

    • Paul-We have a lot to learn about how technical writers engage with a project

      • Possibly have a writer do a project for OpenMRS

      • Holly Moore sent some documentation on technical writers: expectations, responsibilities, etc.

    • Darius-find an awesome person who can be a technical writer and documentation lead OR find someone who is a good technical writer we manage them a little more closely

    • Chris-sub-specialties of technical writers: 1) writing grants, 2) documentation

    • Darius-Can we try a short-term contract just to help us get started and define our expectations?

    • Chris-We did that at Jembi. Find out what that individual is capable of and focus on the job specifications from there.

      • Extremely helpful with grant applications. Coordinated all the documentation to produce for grant applications.

    • TODO: Dawn will compile job descriptions from Holly and share it with the group

  • Summer Meeting Concept Paper

    • Reviewed concept paper

    • Need Burke's input - unfortunately he is out sick

      • Follow-up points:

        • Have Burke explain the justification of having this meeting so soon

          • A large part is based on relation to West Africa conference and available facilities

        • Is July too soon? What about October or November?
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