2012 04 30 Meeting Minutes
Attending
Duncan Dickinson (DD)
Vicki Picasso (VP)
Amanda Nixon (AN)
Simon Pockley (SP) - absent
Greg Pendlebury (GP)
Norm Lawler (NL)
Apologies
Minutes
Review of last meeting's minutes and action items
Project Manager report
ReDBox v1.5RC2 to be released May 7
DOI Functionality has had to be dropped due to ANDS timelines. This can be added at a future date.
GP has submitted his resignation
Last day June 1
Heading down south to the NLA
DD would like to thank GP for his great work
DD and NL to start determining a replacement
Meetings with a number of Universities regarding their Metadata Stores projects
Discussions are occurring regarding a number of ReDBox project possibilities
EIF048 has about 6 weeks left
Need to prepare a final report for ANDS
Lead Developer report
GP has been very active on the mailing list, helping the community with technical questions
Last week:
Geospatial map interfaces completed (RC2)
Now:
Working on SRU interfaces (for NLA) (RC2)
Responding to UAT reports from RC1
Post 1.5RC2 release:
LDAP plugin
Training new developer
Possible ANDS DOI integration
University of Newcastle report
Installed 1.5RC1 and testing
Will write up test results and send through
Has sent 1.4 UAT results to GP
User group:
VP: to email list to check who is UAT'ing and get feedback by Friday
VP: demo for RC2 next week
Flinders University report
1.5RC1 installed and undergoing testing
AMS started
Staffing AMS project
DD to send through position description
ANDS report
Absent
QCIF report
Looking at post-EIF048 project opportunities
Hiring a replacement for Greg
Also bringing on a 2nd developer to assist with knowledge transfer and as back-up
Arranging a meeting with Intersect and VeRSI re ReDBox
Need to plan development work across states
Need to work out how to contract feature development that crosses multiple institutions
NL: ANDS don't want to be the primary conduit for this work
VP: Need to know who's picked ReDBox
DD to follow-up with SP
NL to contact community day attendees and check ReDBox selection
Community items
VP: what is RDA Test access now that sandbox is being shut down?
SP: determine process
DD: UAT groups should get their NLA access sorted out in the near future.