# August 20, 2026 Advisory Committee

**URL:** <https://forum.openrefine.org/t/august-20-2026-advisory-committee/2975>\
**Category:** Day-to-day project operations\
**Tags:** minute-advisory\
**Created:** [August 20, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/august-20-2026-advisory-committee/2975 "2026-08-20T17:08:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.openrefine.org/martin/32/7_2.png) [@Martin](https://forum.openrefine.org/u/Martin)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/august-20-2026-advisory-committee/2975/1 "2026-08-20T17:08:15Z")

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## **Attendees**

- Julie Faure Lacroix - Advisory Committee
- Jan Ainali - Advisory Committee
- Martin Magdinier - Project Manager,

The meeting lasted 20 min.

## Discussions

### Survey Update

- We received 84 answers so far
- Martin promoted the newsletter on different Slack channels and forums
- The newsletter went out earlier this week
- Martin is planning another push in early September once the university summer break is over.

### Community Call

- The [Community Call: OpenRefine Developer AMA (Ask Me Anything)](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/community-call-openrefine-developer-ama-ask-me-anything/2972) has been announced, and Martin has started promoting it. He will reach out to individuals who contributed to OpenRefine in 2026.
- Next week, Martin will follow up with potential speakers for the reconciliation services call.

### Other Administrative Points

- We are still pending CS&S's answer regarding the contract extension discussed last week in [August 13, 2026 Advisory Committee](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/august-13-2026-advisory-committee/2973#p-8287-extending-3)
- Tom and Martin are working with CS&S to resolve the apple certificate issue.