2025 Barcamp Session Proposal: OpenRefine budget, operating model, and upcoming fundraising campaign

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Following up on last year’s OpenRefine 2024 Barcamp: Presentation of OpenRefine status, I would like to propose a 2025 BarCamp session dedicated to:

  • Presenting OpenRefine’s current budget and operating model (how we sustain the project today, with a small paid core team and a large volunteer community).
  • Reviewing key milestones from the past year, including hiring, release, and funding strategies
  • Sharing the details of our 2025 fundraising campaign, including the goals, strategy, and ways the community can contribute or help amplify.

This will be an opportunity for the community to ask questions, give feedback, and discuss together how we can continue building a sustainable future for OpenRefine.

Proposed format: short presentation (10–15 min) followed by open Q&A and discussion.

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The slides presented during the session are available in September 2025 - OpenRefine Project Update.pdf (251.3 KB) and the link to the shared Etherpad notes.

During the session, we presented two documents for the community to review

  • We are launching a fundraising campaign (PR open for review) to raise $25,000 from our community by the end of 2025. The fundraising campaign page is available for review via this pull request.
  • We are preparing to open an OpenRefine merchandising store and we need your input regarding the type of item you are willing to see: OpenRefine Merch Survey
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