# January 15, 2026 Advisory Committee **URL:** \ **Category:** Day-to-day project operations\ **Tags:** minute-advisory\ **Created:** [January 20, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/january-15-2026-advisory-committee/2711 "2026-01-20T16:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/january-15-2026-advisory-committee/2711/1 "2026-01-20T16:07:30Z")
## Attendees - Julie Faure Lacroix - Advisory Committee - Rory Sawyer - Developer & Contributor Engagement - Martin Magdinier - Project Manager ## Discussions ### Birdaro - Extension Developer Update Rory and Julie coordinated for the release of the Extension Developer playbook drafted during the Birdaro program: - Rory will address the current open comments and suggestions in the document before the next AC meeting on January 22 - Julie will add the document in the shared Google Drive folder - Rory and Julie will share the document with other AC member the the Core Dev Group for review and comment. ### Open Food Fact Julie and Martin shared update regarding the partnership with Open Food Fact Canada ### Debian package update The group discussed the proposition from [Freexian](https://www.freexian.com) to renew its support for maintaining the OpenRefine Debian package (see [OpenRefine in Debian 2025](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/openrefine-in-debian-2025/2585) for their most recent update). The group is interested in the following before making a decision - What is the usage and number of downloads for the Debian package - Is their HPC usage? - Should we better promote? #### Budget Martin is working on a different budget scenario for 2026. He will present them to the Advisory Committee next week.