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====== Formation Meeting Minutes 2017-03-21 ======

===== On call =====
(alphabetical by first name):
  * Brandon Keepers
  * Georg Link
  * Kate Stewart
  * Matt Germonprez

We experienced technical issues with the conferencing system and switched to a different technology and started the meeting late.

===== Progress Report ===== 
  * The email list is set up
    * Who is on the mailing list? 
      * Only the people on the call - to be expanded next
  * The wiki is set up

===== Structure of Metrics =====
  * We still need to flesh out the areas or categories of metrics
    * Peter Monks mentioned categories that resonate: Activity metrics / Viability metrics / Risk metrics
    * Matt and Sean Goggins are building out the metrics
      * What are the sources from which metrics can be generated?
      * How are the metrics related to each other, and how do they cluster around topics e.g. licensing or risk.

===== Ideas for structuring the Metrics Group =====
  * Three specialized groups:
    * A metrics definition group
      * What are the metrics and how are they defined?
    * A standards group
      * What is the standard data format to share and consume metrics?
      * The technology is probably split into two parts: A metric generating part and a metric display part. Both parts need to exchange metrics.
      * Should collaborate with the Tooling Group 
        * Tooling Group has implementation and database to use as a starting point for standard setting
    * A research and development group
      * How are metrics deployed, understood, or modified by users?
      * Individuals from university or others who are interested can engage in this group
      * Kate shared a masters thesis that might be interesting: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9866/e7502c3c2058c931a2658539959b39f085c1.pdf
        * The R&D group will be in charge of maintaining references like this

===== Bi-weekly meetings =====
  * When should we coordinate bi-weekly general meetings?
    * Right now they are formation meetings.
    * The discussion on metrics should occur on the mailing lists until the working group is formalized.
    * After the working group is formalized, we will set up general meeting for the members of the working group.

===== Next Steps =====
  * Waiting for governance documents from Mike Dolan
    * The Working Group will be one part of a larger working group:
      * A Tooling Group
      * A Metrics Group (this is group)
    * Waiting for the code group.
    * The governance will specify for example that the steering committee are the ones who are willing to put in the extra effort to maintain a code base or a document.
      * Work-rights on a document are commit rights equivalent to commit rights on code repositories
        * We do not expect a code base for the metrics group
      * Anyone who wants to be a member can sign the charter and be an officially listed member
        * All members can edit the wiki
  * Matt starts reaching out to more people to start the conversation
    * Let people know about the wiki and mailing list
    * Foster a discussion on the mailing list, maybe around unique or controversial metrics to get people interested and get the conversation going
  * Brandon edits the wiki page to make it more welcoming and turn it into the landing page of the Metrics Working Group