March 6, 2025 - Advisory Committee Call with CS&S

Attendees

  • Esther Jackson - Advisory Committee
  • Jan Ainali - Advisory Committee
  • Julie Faure-Lacroix - Advisory Committee
  • Noël Davey - Director of Finance CS&S
  • Linda Green - Director of Fiscal Sponsorship CS&S
  • Danielle Robinson - Executive Director CS&S
  • Martin Magdinier - Project Manager

Discussions

Varia

  • CS&S is moving to Asana to communicate with its sponsor project.
  • Rory Sawyer is onboarded.

Advisory Committee Recruitment Progress

  • The Advisory Committee received no new candidacy.
  • CS&S indicated we should allow more time than you think you will need
  • The Advisory Committee listed what they are trying to find in terms of expertise:
    • Product and tech knowledge
    • Good coverage of users
    • Community-management-thinking in the committee would also be helpful
  • Martin suggested posting a message on the forum for the community to recommend members.
  • CS&S is happy to provide support by reviewing the form, if OR team would like

Fundraising

  • Martin presented the progress made recently based on last week's report to the Advisory Committee.
  • CS&S presented their update on different conversations with potential funders.
  • The Advisory Committee started a conversation to create an OpenRefine Wikimedia Group see: Creating an OpenRefine Wikimedia Group
  • The group discussed the opportunity to retain LJ for more hours.
    • We need to determine which fund will cover this expense: EOSS-5 or the OpenRefine unrestricted fund.
    • This will be discussed next week. LJ, Danielle, and Martin will have a call on Monday, March 10, followed by the Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday.