The Partner Meeting is a companion meeting to Connect 2019 and is not for general conference attendees. It is a business meeting for representatives of Samvera's formal Partner Organizations only.
Location: Washington University in St. Louis
Room: 142 Olin Library (available from 8 AM CDT - 7 PM CDT)
Date and Time: Monday, 10/21/19
Equipment: Seating for 60 with tables or 100 without tables. Podium with PC, DVD/VCR and projector
Food/Drink: A light breakfast with tea/coffee and a mid morning & mid afternoon snack will be provided. Lunch will not be provided.
Chairs: Brian McBride (University of Utah), Richard Green (Samvera Operations Adviser)
Remote Connection Information:
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Please add your name if you plan to attend the Partner meeting at Connect
Space is limited, but we should be able to accommodate up to two representatives from each Partner.
Brian McBride (University of Utah)
Richard Green (Samvera Operations Adviser)
Michael Joseph Giarlo (Stanford University)
John Weise (University of Michigan)
Glen Horton (University of Cincinnati)
Margaret Mellinger (Oregon State University)
Stuart Kenny (Digital Repository of Ireland) - Attending remotely
Esmé Cowles (Princeton University Library)
Karen Cariani (WGBH)
Nabeela Jaffer (University of Michigan)
Harriett Green (Washington University in St. Louis)
Rob Kaufman (Notch8)
Casey Davis Kaufman (WGBH)
Nora Zimmerman (Lafayette College)
Jon Dunn (Indiana University)
Tim Marconi (UC San Diego)
Jessica Hilt (UC San Diego)
Rosalyn Metz (Emory University)
Emily Stenberg (Washington University in St. Louis)
Chrissy Rissmeyer (she/her) (UC Santa Barbara)
Carolyn Caizzi (Northwestern)
Simeon Warner (Cornell)
Hannah Frost (Stanford)
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Attending remotely:
Maria Whitaker (Indiana University)
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Agenda
| Topic | Facilitator | Notes | |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome and housekeeping | Emily Stenberg, Richard Green & Brian McBride | |
| 9:15-9:30 | Vision Statement | Hannah Frost and Carolyn Caizzi | The Group who worked on the Vision Statement following Partner input at our last meeting will unveil their recommendation! |
| 9:30-9:45 | Governance review after first year | Rosalyn Metz / Carolyn Caizzi | The Governance Working Group recommended an annual review of the "new" governance procedures. Partners need to decide how to take this review forward. |
| 9:45-9:55 | Steering by-laws review | Richard Green | Proposal to make a slight addition: Proposed changes to Bylaws for November 2019 |
| 09:55-10:55 | Contribution Model Working Group #2 report | Rosalyn Metz | Report back and discussion. |
| 10:55-11:10 | Break | ||
| 11:10-11:25 | Fundraising and Financial report | Richard Green | Fundraising Working Group final report: the Group's interim report has been extended by two paragraphs to address the possibility of seeking grant funding. Report on the changes resulting from the merger between DuraSpace and Lyrasis and on 2019 fundraising. Proposals for fundraising 2020. |
11:25-11:55 | Report on progress towards permanent appointments | Jon Dunn | A subcommittee of the Steering Group has prepared a job description for the Community Manager role drawing on examples from a number of sources. Partners need to decide when and how to take the process forward. A parallel job description for a Technical Manager has been prepared but this is less well developed - the subcommittee seeks greater clarity from our Partners, technical WGs and teams about the scope envisaged for this job; how does the incumbent's work integrate with existing groups' and where do the various levels of technical decision making sit? |
| 11:55-12:10 | Review viability and usefulness of partner monthly phone calls | Karen Cariani | Assess the impact and value of the partner meetings. Who attends regularly? What is accomplished by the phone calls? How can they be improved? |
| 12:10-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13.30-13.50 | Roadmap Council Report | Mark Bussey | The Roadmap Council is reflecting on what it’s next iteration might look like. |
| 13:50-14:00 | CCMWG report | Trey Pendragon? / Mark Bussey? | |
| 14:00-14:10 | SIGHAR report | Rob Kaufman | |
| 14:10-14:20 | Hyku IG report | ||
| 14:20-14:30 | Marketing WG report | TBD | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Hyrax WG report | Rob Kaufman | To include the WG's resourcing 'ask' for 2020. |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break | ||
| 15.30-15:40 | Spring Partner Meeting | Richard Green & Brian McBride | Start the discussion about where and when? Can we tag it on to LDCX wherever and whenever that is taking place? |
| 15:40-15:50 | Dates/timing for Virtual Connect 2020 | Richard Green & Brian McBride | When? Format? |
| 15:50-16:00 | Might Connect have a 'proper' keynote in 2020? | Richard Green & Brian McBride | Subject to a review of how this year's keynote works (won't have taken place, yet) do we think this is a move in the right direction? |
| 16:00-16:15 | What are the assumptions behind programming Samvera Connects (virtual and f2f)? Inclusiveness or selective? | Richard Green & Brian McBride | ...and if we need to be selective, on what basis? |
| 16:15-16:25 | How do we increase numbers at Connect? | Richard Green & Brian McBride | |
| 16:25-16:30 | Dates for Connect 2020 (Local Host UCSB) | ||
| 16:30-17:00 | Parking lot |