April 3, 2025 - Advisory Committee Call with CS&S

Attendees

  1. OpenRefine: Jan, Julie, Martin
  2. CS&S: Linda, Rachel, Noël, Danielle

Duration 45 minutes.

Discussions

Financial report

CS&S presented the transitional financial report format in a spreadsheet. This format will be used until the Sage implementation in July; afterwards, the spreadsheet information will be available on the Sage dashboard.

Rory onboarding

Reported on Rory's onboarding success and contract extension after the probation period. Martin asked for a budget to have Rory come to Montreal for one or two days and meet community members. Martin will coordinate with potential participants.

Governance

Martin asked the Advisory Committee member to review the open PR #7023. Martin proposed to set aside some time during the next Advisory Committee call to finalize it. Martin plans to leave the PR open for review until the end of April.

Remaining fund allocation

Martin indicated that we have about USD25,000 unallocated and proposed two scenario

  • asking the funder for a 4 month no-cost extension to extend the runway
  • allocating more funds for fundraising (via LJ or by adding hours to the PM role)

No decision has been made.

Fundraising

Martin opened the PR for the goalpost. We will use goalposts for fundraising.

The group reviewed the pipeline. Jan added new potential funders.

Next steps

  • Martin and Danielle will meet next week to prepare the one-pager
  • Martin to start applications and outreach for funders identified in Funding Opportunities - Q2 2025