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====== Formation Meeting Minutes 2017-05-02 ======

===== Governance Document =====

  * We have a new idea for a name for the group: CHAOSS - Community Health Analytics for Open Source Software.
  * The name "CHAOSS" is more distinct than the English 'chaos' and can serve as a better brand name.
  * We like the name.
  * The governance document combines two committees, one for code and our committee for metrics.
  * The Governing Board has members from both committees, ensures coordination between the committees, and maintains contact with the Linux Foundation.

===== Deep-Dive BoF at Open Source Summit North America =====

  * We will host a BoF at the Open Source Summit North America
  * For 60-90 minutes, we will do a deep-dive on the issue of 'growth/maturity/decline' rather than a broad survey
  * In the future, a deep-dives are desired, for example for risk.
  * We might have a chance to host an unconference session next weekend in Austin.
  * A possible process for our group could be: deep-dive -> document -> online feedback -> finalize -> go to 'new topic'

===== Ford Foundation Report =====

  * Title: "Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure"
  * http://www.fordfoundation.org/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure/
  * Interesting concept: Keystone people and keystone projects -> cross-project comparisons might be interesting for our metrics.
  * Some projects are "keystone species" - important to the entire OSS ecosystem

===== Cooperation with other Foundations =====

  * The CAOSS project pursues cooperation with other foundations and aims to be an industry-wide effort.
  * Goal: Establish initial cooperation before announcing the project publicly.

===== Update on Wiki =====

  * We are cleaning up the wiki, reducing the noise on the metric list and moving information to detail pages for each metric.

===== Website and Infrastructure =====

  * We would like to have a domain and landing page for the CHAOSS project when it is announced.
  * For the metrics committee, we have all the infrastructure we need: the Wiki, listserve, and regular calls.
  * We reduce the frequency of our calls to once a month and will announce the next meeting on the wiki.
  * It would be great to have a short background on each person involved in the project on the website.

===== Attendance =====

(alphabetical by first name)

  * Georg Link
  * Kate Stewart
  * Kevin Lumbard
  * Matt Germonprez
  * Peter Monks
  * Sean Goggins