# Facilitator/s:
# Note taker/s:
# Meeting time:
- Wednesday 31 January, 8pm / 2000 hrs UTC (Thurs 1 Feb Aus/NZ (7am/9am))
# Meeting link: OFN General Purpose Meeting Room
# Notes from last meeting: Instance Managers Circle Meeting: Q4 2022 (Combined Agenda and Minutes)
# Participants: (add name and meeting # e.g. Jo Blogs - Meeting 2)
- Australia - Amida
- Brazil
- Belgium
- Canada
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Ireland - Evonne
- Italy
- Jordan & Qatar
- Iberian peninsular (Catalonia, Spain, Portugal)
- New Zealand - Bernie
- Philippines
- Russia
- South Africa
- Turkey
- UK - Nick
- USA - Laurie
# Meeting recording:
# AGENDA
Proposals:
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Previous Minutes (link above)
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Recap: What is an Instance Manager? What is the point of the Instance Managers Circle?
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Review and update Core/Basic spreadsheet
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Finances (it was agreed to communicate financial contributions here)
# DISCUSSIONS
- Split checkout (three screens rather than 1) is rolling out starting Feb 7 - opportunity to share resources? See recent release here.
- What do Instance Managers need to know about what’s happening in the global org?
- Viability of major users. AU is seeing several significant hubs become unviable/stop operating - are others seeing similar trends and why? How is it impacting the fees/revenue of that instance and what strategies do they see to respond? (Amida, OFN Aus)
#COUNTRY UPDATES
# PROPOSALS and DECISIONS:
- Proposals:
1. Meeting frequency (Bernie, OFN NZ)
Suggest combining or using every third monthly Global Meeting time for the Instance Managers Circle quarterly meeting.
Rationale: The Global Meeting is well attended by most Instance Managers. There could also be 1 as opposed to 2 IM Circle meetings each quarter resulting in greater efficiencies. Note: The global meeting is 1hr vs 2+ for the IM Circle (depending on number/type of agenda items); open vs closed meeting.
2. Reflecting the reality of active/inactive instances (Laurie, OFNUSA)
Suggest removing inactive or quiescent instances from list of instances here (italicized above) and moving them to a different tab in the Basic/Core spreadsheet so that we know which the active/engaged instances are.
Rationale: to have a better-defined and more accountable community of active instance managers gathered for the purpose of mutual support and representation for product and organization decisions.
- Decisions:
# NEXT MEETING: TBC