# October 3 2025 Advisory Committee **URL:** \ **Category:** Day-to-day project operations\ **Tags:** minute-advisory\ **Created:** [October 6, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/october-3-2025-advisory-committee/2599 "2025-10-06T17:07:57Z")\ **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:** [October 6, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/october-3-2025-advisory-committee/2599/1 "2025-10-06T17:07:57Z")
## Attendees - Julie Faure Lacroix - Advisory Committee - Jan Ainali - Advisory Committee - Martin Magdinier - Project Manager ## Discussions ### Funding Martin presented the [Year End Fundraising Calendar](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pKORdmF0nOVZ03lq7kbDgV-Pj9JLM5lz3GZHZjBNJ1U/edit?gid=0#gid=0) to coordinate upcoming blogpost, social media and email campaign. The group finalized the planning. Martin provided an update on fourthwall sales. The group review and discussed the [Funding opportunity: 2025 Digital Science Catalyst Grant](https://forum.openrefine.org/t/funding-opportunity-2025-digital-science-catalyst-grant/2574) ### Organizationnal Outreach Martin provided an update to his organization outreached with - OpenAlex - Internet Archives - [GREI](https://datascience.nih.gov/data-ecosystem/generalist-repository-ecosystem-initiative.) Esther asked if OpenRefine has a strategic plan she can use for the Wikimedia Working Group. We do not have one at this stage. #### Contract Renewal CS&S is working on renewing Rory and Martin's contracts as discussed last week. #### Birdaro Update Julie will share an update with the community regarding the Birdaro program - see [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)