July 15th, 2024, Advisory Committee and CS&S

Attendees

  • Antonin Delpeuch - Advisory Committee
  • Jan Ainali - Advisory Committee
  • Julie Faure Lacroix - Advisory Committee
  • Esther M. Jackson - Advisory Committee
  • Martin Magdinier - Project Manager
  • Danielle Robinson - Code for Science and Society
  • Kena Mayberry - Code for Science and Society

Discussion

This is an introduction call as Kena Mayberry is joining the CS&S team. We conducted a round table for each participant to introduce themselves and their relationship with OpenRefine.

We discussed the role of the Advisory Committee within the project:

  • The advisory committee is not involved in the project technical roadmap but can influence it based on the funding we seek.
  • The Advisory committee mostly focuses on the operational health of the organization including strategic planning (mission, vision, values), applying for funding, grant reporting, hiring, supervision of paid project staff, and building relationships with partner organizations.
  • The advisory committee reminded CS&S that the Advisory title is confusing our community.

We mentioned the current work to clarify OpenRefine's Mission, Vision, and Values and the organization of our first in-person meeting last month, OpenRefine 2024 Barcamp.

Funding

We reviewed and updated the funding pipeline started during the June 20th, 2024, Advisory Committee only and added the following:

The NGI Zero

  • has a call with deadline 1 Oct that might fit for some well-defined smaller project (max €50,000): NLnet; NGI Zero Commons Fund
  • NL Net - a grant redistributor
    • Previous round was tech heavy
    • Developing something - specific projec

NSERC Engage:

DRL Canada - Digital Research Alliance for Canada

Martin will schedule a separate call with Danielle to review and prioritize.