Fall 2023 Partner Meeting

9:00 - 9:10

Welcome and logistics

Heather

9:10 - 9:40

Samvera Connect 2024: what did we learn about the hosting choices we made this year, and what are the lessons learned for next year?

• Discuss potential approaches to meeting in person. What are some ways we can meet that are accessible, valuable, and financially viable?

Esmé

9:40 - 10:00

Potential Ford Foundation grant opportunity review and feedback

Looking at the next call of this infrastructure grant – bumped to next partner call

Heather & Kirsten

10:00 - 10:15

Break

10:15 - 10:30

2023 budget report and 2024 budget planning report

Alicia

10:30 - 10:45

Outreach to potential new Partners for 2024

Heather

10:45 - 11:30

Technical staffing investment models: What are our priorities for funding volunteer technical leadership and/or development hours, and how will we fund them?

• continuing to offer reimbursement for a .5 FTE Hyrax tech lead past June 2024. Should we continue this model and if so, how to fund it

• development fund/pledge model options; how is this in conflict with or could be paired with tech lead funding

• continuity and identifying candidates for upcoming vacancies

11:30 - 11:45

Break

11:45 - 12:15

Follow-up from Working Groups:

Outreach & Engagement discussion question: where do your stakeholders and decision-makers – those who need to hear about the value of participation in and financial support for open source repositories and Samvera – get their information? Looking for where to start sending press releases, and other ways to reach this audience.

Heather

12:15 - 12:45

Hyrax Valkyrization next steps:

• Where does the work stand and how do we sustain momentum to make sure Milestone 2 (migration tooling/process) and Milestone 3 (Fedora 6) are completed?

• Getting feedback on the state of Hyrax from contributors to the Valkyrization work

12:45 - 1:00

Wrap up