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PMC Meeting: March 13, 2023
This document is currently an agenda; it will be expanded and converted to minutes following the meeting.
Attending: Galen Charlton, Anne Christensen, Leila Gonzales, Demian Katz, André Lahmann, David Maus, Ere Maijala, Mohan Pradhan
Apologies: Oliver Goldschmidt
1. Review of Action Items from Previous Meeting
- ALL: submit signed Conflict of Interest policy acknowledgments to Demian for submission to the OLF (if you haven't already). DONE
- Demian/Mohan: make further progress on updating Koha installation and Open Data Sources wiki pages. ONGOING
- André/Demian: continue investigation of lokalise platform for i18n (decide whether or not to use lokalise translations for release 9.0 by Friday, February 17). ONGOING
- André: investigate potential costs of a security audit. ONGOING
- Demian: Schedule a meeting to discuss training/documentation with Mohan and interested RSP representatives. DONE
- Chris/Demian/Ere: Develop a video to highlight 9.0 changes when the release is finalized. ONGOING
- Demian: Work with Susan to begin an inventory of wiki content (outdated pages, references to old versions, etc.) DONE
- Demian: Begin research to improve or replace PHP_CodeSniffer, to improve quality of DocBlocks. DONE
- Demian/Leila (if willing): Capture high-level documentation survey results for future reference (decided to use Google Drive instead of Wiki). DONE
- ALL: Think about documentation improvements for further discussion next time. DONE
- ALL: Think about whether/how to participate in WOLFcon 2023. ONGOING
- Demian: include “recruiting a new member” on the agenda for next month, since Leander does not plan to renew for a second term. DONE
- Demian: include documentation on a future Community Call agenda for further discussion. DONE
2. Recruiting a New Member
With Leander's departure at the end of this month, we should recruit a new member.
Demian will remove Leander from the PMC list in the wiki following the meeting and send out recruitment emails to candidate(s) discussed during the meeting.
3. Documentation
VuFind® 9.0 release video
This has not been started yet. Demian will work on a slide deck prior to the release. We can present and record this as part of the April Community Call now that a release date is set.
Wiki editing
Susan Turkel at Villanova has reviewed the entire wiki sitemap and highlighted some pages that need attention. Demian will review the list and is happy to share parts of it if others are willing/able to assist.
Demian and Mohan continue to collaborate on Koha documentation, and several sections of Mohan's documentation have been moved into the wiki, while the process has also led to significant improvements/updates to other existing wiki pages.
Work is still pending on MeSH, DoAJ, PubMed Central and NepJol “open data sources” pages. Mohan also plans to contribute documentation related to integrating other software packages like SubjectsPlus and Moodle, which also support OAI-PMH.
Documentation Survey
Demian added documentation to the March Community Call agenda as discussed last month. This conversation led to a decision to standardize on PSR-12, and Demian has been working on a series of pull requests to implement this modernization. A possible next step after this could be to work toward stricter phpstan validation.
The project now has a shared Google drive through OLF; Demian put the documentation survey results here for future reference (rather than going through the time-consuming process of transferring into the wiki).
Training Discussion
Several RSP representatives (Mohan, Anne, Hugo and Galen) met last month to talk about documentation and training. Mohan is going to distribute a list of existing documentation that is ready for proofreading. Galen expressed some interest in building a reference manual to complement the “Learning” book. Some possibilities for future training sessions were discussed. A follow-up call is scheduled for next week, March 22 at 8am EDT.
4. Conflict of Interest Policy
These have been received from everyone and submitted to OLF – thanks!
5. Translation Platform
The decision was made not to use Lokalize for the 9.0 translation cycle, as there are still some issues to work through. Demian is currently working through the normal manual translation process for 9.0.
6. Registered Service Provider Update
Demian is still waiting for further input on three pending memberships.
7. WOLFcon 2023
The OLF seems receptive to the idea of discussing grants/external funding at WOLFcon 2023. Once the program committee forms, we can discuss this with them in more detail.
8. Goals for 2023
Goal Review:
- Release versions 9.0 and 9.1 (April / October?)
- Hold a VuFind Summit in Summer, 2023 linked with WOLFcon in some way
- Run fundraising campaign in parallel with summer conference season
- Complete a documentation improvement project
- Complete a website improvement project (marketing-oriented)
- Finish implementation of standard translation platform
- Investigate possible training partnerships and fundraising around training materials
9. Fundraising Communication Plan
Next planned “membership drive” – in tandem with next Summit, which in turn will likely be timed around the next WOLFcon.
See December 12, 2022 minutes for brainstorming notes about use of funds.
10. Possible Future Actions
Some other possible items for the future:
- Develop a documentation maintenance plan
- “Good first issue” highlighting
- Outreach to forks for new feature contributions
- Marketing project (better VuFind® definition, website improvements, etc.)
- Publication / presentation efforts related to PMC and sustainability