2025-01-08-Board.md

title	date	status	author
OpenEMR Foundation Board Meeting Minutes	2025-01-08	Approved at 2025-02-12 meeting	Brady Miller

Minutes of OpenEMR Foundation

A board meeting of OpenEMR Foundation, was held virtually, on January 8, 2025. The meeting convened at 21:04 Eastern Daylight Time, Stephen Waite, presiding, and Brady Miller, secretary. A quorum of members was present to conduct business.

1. Welcome and Opening Thoughts

2. Consent Agenda

Roll call

• Chawla, Jit; Vice President - absent
• Densmore-Lynn, Asher - present
• Ellison, Rachel - present
• Gaddis, Sherwin - present
• Miller, Brady; Secretary, Executive Director - present
• Waite, Stephen; President, Treasurer - present

Meeting minute approval

• MOTION brought by Asher Densmore-Lynn, to approve December 11, 2024 Board Meeting minutes, carried.

Discussed financials.

• 12/31/2024 Balance Sheet
• 2024 P&L
• Q4 2024 P&L
• December 2024 P&L
• Open Collective balance is $1063.10 USD

Fundraising

• Discussed grant opportunities:
  • https://floss.fund/blog/announcing-floss-fund/
    • Submit by end of quarter and plan to consider applying for 100K for ONC updates.
  • /~https://github.com/ralphtheninja/open-funding
• Discussed Charity Navigator.
• Total estimated monthly income $1303 (estimated yearly income $15,636)
  • Github estimated monthly donations $788
  • Sphere estimated monthly income $50
  • Paypal estimated monthly donations $200
  • Open Collective estimated monthly donations $265

3. Discussion Topics

OpenEMR project update

• Plan release 7.0.3 in about 1 month.
• Real World Testing Report for 2024 is due in January 2025 and is currently being worked on.
• At end of 2025, there will be very significant changes required to maintain ONC certification. Stephen Nielson is currently working on a roadmap and quote.

Veradigm/DORN integration

• Ongoing. Looking for beta tester. Labcorp to be available within several months.

Polar.sh

• Mechanism to streamline funding for development, which is integrated with github. Discussed at today's board meeting and will continue to discuss in future board meetings.

4. Future Discussion Topic(s)

Attracting new board members

5. Adjourn

• The next Monthly OpenEMR Foundation Board meeting will be held on February 12, 2025.
• Meeting adjourned at 21:45 Eastern Daylight Time by Stephen Waite.