ICC:October 13, 2023

Joint meeting of ICC and LG

• Notes per Schedule
• Topics List
• Islandora Coordinating Committee Google Drive Folder
• Islandora Code of Conduct

Attending:

Sarah, Amy (Chair), Noah, Luke, Rosie, Donald, Rebel, Brandon, Mirko, Mark, Kirsta

Shared notes

Agenda

• IF Membership drive update (Noah)
• Discussion of hiring
• Recap of SOAR analysis from previous joint meeting
• Strategic planning next steps
  • additional meetings to put on calendar
  • aspects of planning for meetings
• Discussion of software roadmap/goals, events and community goals
  • events survey results so far

Action Items

• Noah will work on essential activities document and solicit feedback from ICC and LG

Notes

• Membership drive

  • IF prepared to send out mailings with membership information and request to join

• Discussion of hiring procedures at the Islandora Foundation

  • Leadership group created a RACI matrix and document to identify essential activities from staff at the Foundation; LG and ICC input sought on essential activities document

• SOAR recap and hiring discussion

  • Overview of discussion from previous joint meeting with emphasis on opportunities and results
  • The strategy is figuring out if we're aligned on goals that are achievable and will apply the highest value to use as a community; the plan is how we get there
  • One goal to make it easier for people to contribute to Islandora
  • "If we need to bring Islandora to a state that is opinionated and flexible, what do we need on the ground to get going?"
    • Need standards that take community use cases into account; starter site as an example
    • Need agreement about initial object and associated metadata; it would make sense to link the data model discussions to Islandora 4.0
    • Need to deal with inconsistencies across installations and current status of users who just migrated into 2.0
  • There are challenges in filling all necessary roles in the community
    • Tech side often ignores need for project management
    • Need to cover roles with a combination of staff and volunteer community work without (currently) having both technical and facilitative staff
  • Need an upgrade path for Islandora 2.0 that helps to resolve existing problems from changing technical direction