The group reviewed the progress regarding Creating an OpenRefine Wikimedia Group
Esther and Jan are looking to identify a second contact who is not a member of the Advisory Committee. Esther will reach out to potential candidates. The next step will be to draft the application, which will be coordinated in the same forum post.
Rory progress
Martin provided an update regarding Rory's progress.
Rory and Martin have a 30-minutes check weekly on Thursday.
His contract is renewed until Oct 31, 2025.
Martin is planning a trip for Rory to come to Quebec in the coming weeks to meet in person with another community member.
Rory is ramping up in responsibility to review and merge PR. He is also currently Releasing 3.9.3
Update on governance
Martin presented the latest update on the governance PR:
The group discussed whether the Election section should be categorized under Policies or Governance. The group reached a consensus to place it under Governance. Martin will do the update. Additionally, Martin created the election tag in the forum to consolidate related discussions.
Martin plans to keep the PR open for feedback until the end of the month.
Goalpost update
Martin presented the PR with a plan to merge it next week
Fundraising
Martin started to draft outreached emails to the following organizations.
The Navigation Fund
Futo
Smidt Science
Next
Martin asked the Advisory Committee to review the outreach emails for feedback.
Martin is meeting with Danielle on Friday, April 11, to finalize them.
The application to OTF by Superbloom is now complete. Martin will share it on the forum.
Fund Allocation
Martin will request a no-cost extension for the EOSS-5 grant. This extension will allow us to reallocate the funds if needed. It's safer to plan for this possibility, even if we accelerate our spending and complete the project by October 31.