# May 7, 2026 Advisory Committee with CS&S

**URL:** <https://forum.openrefine.org/t/may-7-2026-advisory-committee-with-cs-s/2802>\
**Category:** Day-to-day project operations\
**Tags:** minute-advisory\
**Created:** [May 8, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/may-7-2026-advisory-committee-with-cs-s/2802 "2026-05-08T15:42:51Z")\
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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:** [May 8, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/may-7-2026-advisory-committee-with-cs-s/2802/1 "2026-05-08T15:42:51Z")

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## Attendees

The meeting was in two parts:

- The first 30 minutes were an update with Danielle, CS&S Executive Director, Ron, CS&S CFO, and Julie, Jan, and Martin from OpenRefine.
- The last 30 minutes were only Julie, Jan, and Martin.

## Discussion with CS&S

### OpenRefine Project Update

Martin provided an update on

- the 2026 Community Call series
- the status of the wikidata reconciliation service

CS&S informed us that the Apple Developer account has been renewed for another year; next due date is May 28, 2027

### Finance

Martin asked Ron a question about how we model the different grants we applied for in the FY 27 Budget. We should forecast the revenue, but since the success rate is under 75%, we should not plan the expenses related to those grants.

### Fundraising

- Ron provided an update from the FLOSS/Fund. We should receive the fund by the end of the month.
- Martin submitted the application ot the [OTF](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/funding-opportunity-otf-foss-sustainability-fund/2793)
- We are seriously considering applying to the new [Open Source for the Life Sciences - Open Source for Science Fund](https://os4science.org/funding_opportunity/os4ls/), which is a follow-up fund from the CZI EOSS series. The letter of interest is due June 8
- We also plan to apply to [Nominate OSS for Funding — Open Source Endowment](https://endowment.dev/funding/)

## Advisory Committee Meeting (without CS&S)

Julie, Jan, and Martin continue to discuss the OS4Science grant for the remainder of the call.