Date

18 April 2013

How To Join

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

Agenda

• Executive Director Role

• Rwanda Update

• Call Time Discussion

• Reference Application Update

Meeting Minutes

View at notes.openmrs.org

Attendees

• Paul Biondich

• Hamish Fraser

• Jamie Thomas

• Darius Jazayeri

• Chris Seebregts

• Andy Kanter

• Burke Mamlin

Agenda

• Executive Director Role

• Rwanda Update

• Call Time Discussion

• Reference Application Update

Minutes

• Executive Director Role

  • Paul will be putting up a wiki page about his role and its focus

  • Main Areas

    • Oversite and Managment of Non-for-profit

      • Will be getting a letter from the IRS any day now with questions to respond to

      • Setting up bank account

      • Setting up accounting firm

      • Setting up basic contract template

      • Working on insurance

        • Paul does not see being the Executive Director after 2-3 years so that someone with different skills and focus can help to make OpenMRS grow. (spend 4-5 hours a week on this role itself, not community work, calls, etc.)

    • Help Develop Community Leadership Structure and Activities

      • Believe having a collection of community roles and responsibilities that will grow over time

      • Think we need to work towards a structure of having lieutenants under the core leaders for support and growth

      • Would like to see more mechanisms for people who are not developers to grow into roles of responsibility - strategically placed internships?

      • Have a process to help support and oversee the leadership

    • Strategic Planning for Community

      • There are overarching strategic activities that need assistance to be driven

      • Help to assist in driving the Community Road Map forward

      • Fund Raising

        • Hamish and I have been looking at ways to attack fund raising from different angles; partnership side, key foundational support, philanthropies that are looing to support our area of focus

        • Look at making new contacts/relationships through networking and leveraging our exsisiting relationships

    • Networking

      • Serving in the capacity of representing OMRS at events

      • Particlular role at the implementers meeting as being the face of OMRS

• Rwanda Update

• Reference Application Update

  • Yesterday was first Reference Applicaiton meeting with Wyclif, Rafal, TW

  • The idea is to bring them on the Mirebalis calls so the can learn, disucss/developp and approach, and break off on their own.

• Current Leadership Call Time

  • Thursday 2pm - Does this time work with peoples schedule?

  • Chris - Would prefer it during working hours, AM hours US.

  • Hamish - Not a bad time for me. Can do 8 or 9 sometime during the week.

  • Andy - This time works for me and Friday's are a bit free.

  • Day of the week less travel? Hard to predict

  • TODO: Jamie will send out doodle poll

  • Make sure doodle poll take care of the time change