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