This is a list of current calls for participation in the Community. Use the Ask template to add your call to action. These Asks will be promoted to the Community by the Community Manager – contact Heather Greer Klein if you need any help or if you want to explore other ways to find participants.
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Ask: Present at Samvera Virtual Connect 2021, April 20 - 21
Participation target date: March 22, 2021
What we need: To submit a proposal, please prepare the following:
Title
Abstract
Description of Intended Audience
Format (20 minute presentation, lightning talk < 10 minutes)
Date preference/availability
Who we need: We’re looking for submissions from across the entire Samvera landscape, including both local development and community work. Unlike years past, Interest and Working Groups need not submit proposals!
To participate: To submit your proposal: https://forms.gle/RUSzVYdNqx4QfpHBA
For questions: email heather@samvera.org
Ask: Join the 2021 Samvera Virtual Dev Congress Planning Committee
Participation target date: March 5th
What we need: The committee will select dates and help shape the event, building on lessons from the November 2020 Developer Congress
Who we need: Anyone with an interest in helping organize this virtual Congress
To participate: Add your name: Join the Spring 2021 Developer Congress Planning Committee
For questions: email heather@samvera.org
Ask: Add or update your Samvera Repository listing for 2021
What we need: A reminder from the Repository Management Interest Group: Do you have a Samvera application in production? Or are you currently working on one? The community keeps a list of these projects as a way to share information within the community and with potential adopters about live and planned implementations. These lists are an especially helpful tool to learn about locally developed features.
Who we need: Anyone who works for an institution that has a Samvera repository in production or in progress is welcome to add to or update these lists.
To participate: Check and/or add your entry on the wiki at Samvera Implementations: In-production and Samvera Implementations: In-development
For more information/questions: email heather@samvera.org
Ask: Share one particularly fun/interesting/notable holding from your Samvera repository
What we need: Would you take a few minutes to complete this brief form to share one particularly fun/interesting/notable holding in your repository so we can feature it on the map? The Samvera Marketing Working Group plans to create an online map/tour of Samvera-based repositories. The repository tour will appear on the Samvera website and will be a communication tool to provide an overview of what's possible with Samvera-based repositories.
Who we need: Anyone who works for an institution that has a Samvera repository is welcome to share a holding.
To participate: Complete this brief form to share your notable holding.
For more information/questions: Message the # marketing_wg Slack channel with any questions.