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Welcome to Fedora Day Sandy Payette, Executive Director April 3, 2008 Open Repositories 2008, Fedora User Group

Welcome to Fedora Day Sandy Payette, Executive Director April 3, 2008 Open Repositories 2008, Fedora User Group. Many Thanks !. Chair of Organizing Committee for Fedora Day at OR08 Richard Green, University of Hull Committee Members Chris Awre, University of Hull

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Welcome to Fedora Day Sandy Payette, Executive Director April 3, 2008 Open Repositories 2008, Fedora User Group

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  1. Welcome to Fedora Day Sandy Payette, Executive Director April 3, 2008 Open Repositories 2008, Fedora User Group

  2. Many Thanks ! Chair of Organizing Committee for Fedora Day at OR08 Richard Green, University of Hull Committee Members • Chris Awre, University of Hull • Tim DiLauro, Johns Hopkins University • Neil Jeffries, Oxford University • Carol Minton Morris, Fedora Commons • Matthias Razum, FIZ Karlsruhe • Sandy Payette, Fedora Commons • Thorny Staples, Fedora Commons

  3. Sloganfest 2008 – Limited Edition T-Shirts Provide us with feedback on these slogans, and you get a shirt! Visit the Fedora table and talk to Carol Minton Morris

  4. Fedora Day Notes and Logistics • Plenary Sessions - NOW • Thank you to Neil Beagrie, Charles Beagrie Ltd, for being our keynote • Technical Update - Sandy Payette and Eddie Shin are presenting for Dan Davis and Chris Wilper who are on the home front working on Fedora 3.0 • Dual Track Sessions - TODAY • Mark Leggott’s “Repository Redux” presentation will not run since his flight was cancelled. Mark sends his regards and hopes you sign up for the Fedora Summer Institute at PEI. • Dual Track Session – TOMMOROW MORNING

  5. A Brief History… 2005 2012+ 2001 2007 Community, Partners, Donors Moore Mellon Mellon Major Funders Mellon

  6. Fedora Commons501(c)(3) Non-ProfitPurpose Statement from Articles of Incorporation • The purpose of Fedora Commons is to provide sustainable technologies to help individuals and organizations create, manage, publish, share, and preserve digital resources upon which we form our intellectual, scientific, and cultural heritage; • … provide open-source software that integrates key functionality for supporting the full lifecycle of digital information; • … enable access over the World Wide Web and other delivery systems. • Supporting universities and research institutions • Supporting libraries, museums, and cultural institutions • Supporting educational institutions • Supporting open access publishing • Supporting archives and records management organizations

  7. Fedora Commons Startup GoalsWorking towards Sustainability • Increase Installed Baseof Fedora Commons software • Move toward organizational design that enables more community leadership • Develop new revenue-generating models • Evaluate potential of offering consulting services • Fund-raising strategy (court sponsors/donors based on appeal of mission) • Developing strategic partnerships and/or value-add mergers with other organizations or open-source projects

  8. Fedora Commons Organization Board of Directors Sandy Payette Executive Director Carol Minton Morris Dir Communication Dan Davis Chief Architect Thorny Staples Director ComStrat * Paul Gearon Architect, Mulgara Chris Wilper Lead Developer Bill Branan Sr. Developer Eddie Shin Sr. Developer TBD Developer Carissa Smith Admin /Web Master Chris McAuliffe System Admin Blake/Birkland Developer * Director Community Strategy and Outreach

  9. 2008 Fedora User Group Meetings • February 2008: Australian User GroupMonash University, Australia • April 2008: Fedora User Group at Open Repositories 2008, Southhampton, UK • July 2008: Fedora User Group at Swedish National Library, Stockholm , Sweden • August 2008: NE United States Fedora User GroupYale University, New Haven, CT, USA • August 2008: UK-Ireland Users’ Group, Dublin, Ireland • August 2008: Fedora Summer InstitutePrince Edward Island, Canada

  10. http://www.fedora-commons.org

  11. We appreciate your support and participation! Many Thanks!

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