Global Stewardship Meeting - December 2024

dthomas · December 10, 2024, 8:10pm

Nick: Part of Senegal funding fell through; enough to pay local devs, but not global devs - eating up quite a bit of David C’s time
Kirsten: We have to insist on some funding for David C’s time. There is no surplus
David: raises a question about the ‘scale by extending/adding’ instances model
Kirsten - asks us to quote between $70-$140 Aus for David C’s time
Theresa: proposes hiatus on adding new instances, unless there are resources to pay for dev support

Kirsten: Circle has atrophied, because IM don’t feel they have a stake in product process - this is on Genevieve’s radar as an issue
Theresa: IM’s dont understand budge reality, aren’t aware we are only on funded features.
Kirsten: Product pipe exists, but is moving slow - not exciting. Need to find a way to revive connection between IMs and product

Gen is onboarding. Kirsten: absorbing an intense amount of information, and is asking great questions. Serenity: Feels a need to get her focused on OFN product soon, and pressure from board to define strat based on her recommendations
Nick: OFN UK have employed Philippe Rahbe (from Coop Circuit) to help with user support
Theresa: No reason that support can’t be mutualized, internationally
Serenity: Board uncomfortable with 'fiscal cliff, so Aus will likely need to cut user support.
Serenity: Can we offline, async, discuss how to resource rolls across instances - user support
David: +1 - for comms and other services too
Kirsten: Set up some version of global sheet, but for comms and user support?

Nick: Francisco submitted WINN-organic. And a second one just submitted - Nick will follow up on how much, $2 million across multiple OFN instances