2024-03-21 TAC meeting notes

5 min

Attendance ice breaker

Rachel Searcy

🧊 Icebreaker: What is a unusual term for an everyday object or slang expression from your region? (e.g., soda vs. pop, names for sandwiches)

New York Times dialect quiz

5 minutes

Program Update

Christine Di Bella

15 min

Sub-team Updates

Development Prioritization:
Matt Strauss

Integrations:
Elizabeth Dunham

Metadata Standards:
Kevin Clair

Technical Documentation:
Jenna Silver

Testing:
Austin Munsell

• Development Prioritization:

  • 27 tickets reviewed in Feb/March

  • Created Tickets for community feedback page

  • Working with Thimios on feature/bug submission guidance

• Integrations: Inventoried Google Drive contents and made recommendations for migration. Will migrate content mid-April at the latest in order to give Paige a chance to give her input.

• Metadata Standards: Finalizing survey on desired metadata use cases and integrations. We plan to circulate it among the ArchivesSpace community in April.

• Technical Documentation: Continuing conversations on a regular links audit.

• Testing:

  • No Testing updates since TAC/UAC meeting.

  • 3.5.0 is available for download. Thanks to all the members of the Testing team on testing this release!

5 minutes

TAC Business

Rachel Searcy

• 👏 Thanks to Bri, Elizabeth Russey Roke, and Michelle for responses to the user listserv!

• 🗳️ Nomination season is April and May:

  • Looking to appoint up to 6 new members

  • Nomination deadline: April 26

• 👑 TAC Vice Chair needed for 2024-2025 term:

  • Yearly Timeline of Council Activities

  • Chair and Vice Chair responsibilities

  • Term can be extended by a year for leadership roles

25 minutes

Conversation with ArchivesSpace Developers

Thimios Dimopulos

Brian Zelip

Donald smith

We will be joined by the ArchivesSpace developers to hear about their backgrounds and their perspectives on the ArchivesSpace application and community.

3 min

Open Mic

2 minutes

Closing Notes

Rachel Searcy

Virtual Member Forum: March 26 and 27

April TAC meeting: Thursday, April 18th at 1pm EST / 10 am PST