Monthly OpenLMIS Governance Committee Call. This meeting includes members of the governance committee, as well as anyone else interested in participating.
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- 7:00 - 8:00 AM PST - Seattle
- 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST - New York, DC
- 3:00 PM CET - Geneva, Copenhagen (4PM during daylight saving time of the year)
- 5:00 PM EAT - Dar (6PM during daylight saving time of the year)
Call Details
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Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/377281719
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Topic | Who | Notes | Chat Captures |
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Introductions and Call opening (5 min)
| Carl Leitner | Welcome Review agenda and objectives for this call | |
Opportunity Check-In (5 minutes) | Rebecca Alban (Unlicensed) , Ashraf, and maybe others | Discuss recent opportunities: Swaziland eLMIS- RFP Approved_RFP_eLMIS CMS_eSwatini_2020.pdf -JSI/Ashraf: estimated timeframe was 3 months, which did not seem likely. Not successful to find suitable partner. Didn't seem worth the investment for only 3 months. Ashraf provided feedback to them why the timeframe seemed unrealistic. Thus no submission was made. Uzbekistan vLMIS- https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/100565
other implementation opportunities/leads to share? | |
Response/feedback from our Sustainability Webinar (5-10 minutes) | Rebecca Alban (Unlicensed) | Feedback from our webinar generated some public discourse; good points, mixed tones–feedback/thoughts from this group? This article on ICTworks was one response; frustration with situation and 'if OpenLMIS can't crack this nut, then none of us can': https://www.ictworks.org/openlmis-open-source-software/#.XkEsWWhKg2w Carl: The article was intentionally provocative; our current option is a great option; unfortunate that our work was undercut in this portrayal. We will be coming out with an article that won't be a direct response. Direct response could provoke repeat-behavior. Part of the purpose of the article might have been to shame USAID Wes: Disappointing that there will not be a direct response Dan: Another article from Harvard had similar comments re: DHIS2 Josh: Could have a simple response without getting into the weeds; saying this is not unique to OpenLMIS Gaurav: maybe not a direct reply to ICTWorks. Its important for MoH to ask how sustainability is planned for. We need to have a company response for the country level. An understanding of questions we will be asked; and how we will respond as a community. Nobody at the ministries will see our responses–we need to be able to make a case to ministries. To know what we will be asking them to do, and know what we are asking them to do →justification/new language; create materials to explain our plan →anticipate questions around the 25k maintenance fee, for example →1 year Roadmap for Transition/Handover process, something that we can publicize Brandon: commented on ICT works page and DIAL Ashraf: it might have been the way we portrayed our work LB; Lets try to stay positive. We are on the right track with public/private partnership Kelly: Its helpful to make sure we are speaking from the same voice; as per the business model contributed by Resonance is not an 'either or' scenario. The 25k is a small sliver of the total cost. Some significant shifts are needed to how we are funded Join the conversation: DIAL OSC's online forum has a lively discussion, we encourage your participation! https://hub.osc.dial.community/t/digital-square-january-webinar-global-good-sustainability/989 Webinar slides and recording available here GDHF meeting on Feb 27th is another opportunity to continue the conversation | |
Partnership Working Group: First meeting recap and TOR (10 minutes) | Notes from first partnership working group meeting are here (semi private wiki page) Working Group had our first meeting to clarify our mode of working and finalize our TOR for the coming months; will meet every 2 weeks -In first meeting decided on recruitment strategy; create and circulate an EOI to make sure we are casting a wide enough net (don't want to limit to just tech/health companies) -Goal: Make final recommendations to for governance committee vote by Nov 2020 -Shortlisting of partners and interviews/scoring of partners will happen iteratively throughout the year. At a minimum will thoroughly evaluate 3 partners. Overview of Working Group TOR and key milestones Next steps for working group:
Request: comments or feedback on Working Group TOR by Friday Feb 14th (Rebecca Alban (Unlicensed) circulated over discourse) | ||
Overview of proposed sustainability activities for 2020-21 (10-15 minutes) | Rebecca Alban (Unlicensed) | The basics: A proposal to BMGF submitted this week to fund OpenLMIS activities throughout our next phase while we select a partner, and transition activities. This includes funding for ongoing product/community maintenance as well Timeline: Proposal was for 24 months but this might be shortened. We proposed an Exploratory Phase (up to 12 months) that ends when a Handover Partner is chosen and all agreements/MOUs are in place to conduct the handover. In the subsequent Handover Phase (up to 12 months) we anticipate ramping down all donor-funded stewardship and transferring responsibility for it to the Handover Partner. VR role shifts to monitoring and supporting during this phase. Key results expected: Roles & Responsibilities: -OpenLMIS stewards- continue to manage community and product; push forward sustainability initiatives; be the leaders and 'doers' in our sustainability workstreams 1) Partnership Working Group (led by stewards with heavy community participation)- to vet and select partner 2) Value of Data workstream -understand the value of OpenLMIS data, company willingness to pay for it, country willingness to share or sell it 3) Establish Annual Maintenance Fund-coordinate with donors, and current implementations to establish fund; document the sponsorship model; establish funding mechanism; establish transparent maintenance prioritization (for those paying in) -External support: Kim and others from Resonance will provide advice and guidance Questions/Comments/Suggestions: none | - |
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Conferences and Meetings Conferences provide the community the opportunity for OpenLMIS members to speak or represent the OpenLMIS software and community in public forum. | All | Upcoming Conferences for 2020 (let's add them here!) There is interest in a Digital Square maintained Calendar of Events. So we might eventually link with that calendar in the future
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Opportunities documentation Definitions to use shared terminology:
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Community Opportunities:
Study Tours:
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Community and Product Updates | |||
Product Updates | |||
Community Updates |
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RECORDING AND CHAT TRANSCRIPT
Meeting Recording:
https://zoom.us/rec/share/_OsqMbTq5GxLe4nQ4nrwBIAMXYTGT6a82ycYrKcEyUbVq-ugPY3myccTH_424jWB
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ADDITIONAL READING
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