# October 10, 2025 Advisory Meeting with CS&S

**URL:** <https://forum.openrefine.org/t/october-10-2025-advisory-meeting-with-cs-s/2601>\
**Category:** Day-to-day project operations\
**Tags:** minute-advisory\
**Created:** [October 13, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/october-10-2025-advisory-meeting-with-cs-s/2601 "2025-10-13T13:45:18Z")\
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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:** [October 13, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/october-10-2025-advisory-meeting-with-cs-s/2601/1 "2025-10-13T13:45:19Z")

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## Attendees

- OpenRefine: Jan, Martin,
- CS&S: Noël, Linda

## Discussions

### Project Updates

Jan and Martin provided an update to CS&S regarding

- [OpenRefine has been selected to participate in the Birdardo training program](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/openrefine-has-been-selected-to-participate-in-the-birdardo-training-program/2594)
- [Strategic Planning: Wikimedia Group & OpenRefine organization](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/strategic-planning-wikimedia-group-openrefine-organization/2600)
- BarCamp results
- Store launch: [OpenRefine launches community merchandising store | OpenRefine](https://openrefine.org/blog/2025/10/01/annoucing-store)

### Funding page

Martin presented the fundraising calendar and the [draft fundraising page](https://deploy-preview-484--openrefine-website.netlify.app/2025-fundraising).

The group discussed the Insitiution Support Package

- CS&S indicated that ReSA have a similar offer: [Research Software Alliance](https://www.researchsoft.org/about/membership/)
- Martin and CS&S discuss how the program would work operationlly (what information we collect, how do we generate invoice)
- The group discussed the idea to do a soft launch in 2025.
- Martin will present the draft program to institutions with which we have good relationship.