OpenWetWare:Steering committee/Software development meeting 3-8-06

Location etc

• Wednesday, 3-8-06, 2pm EST
• Room 32-262
• Number to call in to: 617 452 5196

Agenda

• Recap of what's been going on so far (George)
• Reprioritization of existing ideas + new proposals
  • Data-entry tools: format X->wiki markup converters, image set uploading etc
  • Tools to map wiki onto static pages
  • Account management -- support for MIT certificate-based login, easier user account creation
  • Tools to integrate permanent and evolving documents -- DSpace integration
  • Tags
  • Discussion boards
  • Site viewing options
• Project mgmt
  • Process for testing (large-scale) changes
  • Process for approving (large-scale) changes
  • How to announce/communicate changes, upgrades, new features etc
  • Schedule ie proposed completion dates (?)
  • Regular meetings/conference calls ?

Minutes

• Went through existing ideas + added new ones
• Prioritized ideas into 3 buckets. Priority 1: "must have", priority 2: "would be really nice to have" and priority 3: anything below P1, P2.
• Decided to set up separate meetings to talk about "discussion boards" and "Account groups" features
• Didn't get to any of the "Project mgmt" stuff on the agenda