2019-01-11 Meeting notes

(Chrissy cannot call in until 9 am Pacific, adding written update beforehand just in case.)

• This year's Virtual Connect will be held via Zoom webinar on Tuesday, April 23 and Wednesday, April 24 (starting at 8am PDT / 11:00am Eastern / 4pm BST) The event will be held over 2 days and organized into tracks. Each day's event will be approximately 90 minutes (instead of a 1-day, 3-3 1/2 hour event).
  • This change is in response to community feedback received following the past 2 years events. Additionally, we hope the shorter duration will make it easier for those in the UK to attend most of the event during regular business hours.
• A combined save-the-date and call for proposals will be sent to the community early next week.

• They are still looking for 1-2 volunteers to facilitate and put together the agenda. Contact Jon, Rosy, or Carolyn if you are interested in helping.
• There's a wiki page for the partner meeting. You can post topics to the page.
• Jon is hoping to post hotel and travel details soon.

• The Valkyrie, batch round-tripping, and permissions groups are resourced.
• The analytics group still needs resources. Some folks have expressed interest, but the group is on hold until they have more
• The Hyrax Working Group has 2 devs and 1 coordinator. They are moving forward with a skeleton crew, but would like more people. John Weise said they might be able to add someone.
• Contact Steve if you have resources to contribute to these groups.

• An additional week has been added for proposals to ORE.
• Chris advocated the value of proposing Samvera-related sessions to this conference.
• Collaborating on sessions is highly encouraged.
• Mike Giarlo and Justin Coyne are working on a proposal for repository sustainability with a focus on software development practices. They will likely touch on Samvera.
• Wednesday, January 16th is the extended deadline for proposals.

Facilitator and Notetaker for February 8 meeting

Facilitator: Robin Lindley Ruggaber (University of Virginia)

Notetaker: Mike Korcynski (Tufts)