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2015-01-23

2015-01-23

Jan 23, 2015

Call:  888-354-0094; Access code:  731627

 http://doodle.com/5irdwv4si367v55w

 

PARTICIPANTS:

- Rachel Maderik
- Ed Busch
- Esmé Cowles
- Scott Hanrath
- Michael Vandermillen
- Cory Nimer
- Noah Huffman
- Brad Westbrook
- Laura Hild
- Kari Smith
- Terry Reese
- Chris Ervin

 

AGENDA ITEMS

  • call for notetaker, or alternate note taking responsibilities (Sibyl)

    • Laura volunteered.

  • Program Updates (Brad + Chris):

    • new developer Brian Hoffman started at the beginning of the year, has had previous experience with Hudmol and ArchivesSpace, will be focusing on user/public interface, timesavers, &c.

    • recently released version 1.1.1, discovered issue with non-threadsafe code, patched and released as 1.1.2, the current release.

    • @ Code4Lib

      • AS house being planned

      • Planning preconference with Archivematica and BitCurator folks

      • TAC dinner: took quick headcount, plan to send Doodle

    • migrated from Pivotal Tracker to JIRA, planning to make use of community voting

    • Currently 195 AS member institutions, relatively equal distribution by level

    • Charter members are up for renewal

      • one did not renew, they plan to re-up when staffing settles

      • 12 (?) renewing

      • rest pending

    • Governance board meets Feb 3rd. Agenda:

      • Nominations for TAC for terms ending June 2015

        • terms are eligible for renewal; Sibyl will contact to confirm interest

        • to bring the size up to 15 members at least one new person is needed

        • We will need a new chair to replace Sibyl at the end of June.

      • Having a member meeting at SAA in Cleveland; TAC & UAC to help plan if approved

  • Fedora Sprint process and organization (Esmé)

    • Sibyl asked for comparison to current AS process:

    • It's been mostly just Chris doing the sprinting

    • We want to improve community development involvement

    • Angela has used the process and would advocate for it strongly

    • Structure, regular open meetings, clear rules for participation desirable to make getting involved easier.

  • Subgroup updates

    • Architecture - to be dissolved, members distributed to other sub-groups

      • Sibyl will contact for preferences, CO and Docs most needy

    • Documentation (Kari) - absent

    • Committers Oversight (Esmé) - identified work completed

    • Migration (Michael)

      • added members

      • doing an additional round of EAD import/export testing due Feb 1st

      • Mark Custer focusing on Schematron and AS-specific EAD 2002 issues

      • Cory and Brad looking at EAD-CPF

      • The committee plans to investigate EAD3 support when EAD3 is released

    • Features Prioritization, met Wednesday for ~90 minutes:

      • introduced new members,

      • discussed PT to JIRA transition,

      • planned community process in JIRA

      • plan to present process to the 195 member representatives next week, working on messaging

  • Much work on the public interface is planned for 2015, and there are plans to have new UAC/TAC hybrid Public Interface subgroup