First things first ... Run, don't walk, to check out this week's podcast from The Changelog, "Maintainer spotlight! Ned Batchelder". Chock-full of great stuff about building an open source community and being a maintainer of an open source project -- one great quote: "Making contribution successful takes a lot of people skills".

Here's what’s happening the week of July 1st, 2019 within and around the FINOS community:

Monday July 1st

• 11am ET / 4pm BST. kdb+ WG call (Data Technologies Program)
• Calendar Invite
• Webex
• Dial-in: USA Toll: +1-240-454-0879 | UK Toll: +44-20319-88141 | Meeting number: 667 363 915
• Working Group Confluence Wiki Page

Tuesday, July 2nd

• 12am ET / 5pm BST. FDX PMC Meeting (Financial Delivery Accelerator Program)
• Calendar Invite
• Webex
• Dial-in:+1-240-454-0879 USA Toll | +44-20319-88141 UK Toll | Meeting number: 663 232 404
• PMC Confluence Wiki Page

Wednesday, July 3rd

• 10am ET / 3pm BST. Open Source Readiness WG Meeting (Open Source Readiness Program)
• Calendar Invite
• Webex 
• Dial-in: +1-240-454-0879 USA Toll | +44-20319-88141 UK Toll | Access code: 664 434 054
• Working Group Confluence Wiki Page

• 11am ET / 4pm BST. FDC3 App Directory WG Meeting (FDC3 Program)
• Calendar Invite
• Webex
• Dial-in: USA Toll +1-240-454-0879 | UK Toll +44-20319-88141 | Access code: 663 641 903
• Working Group Confluence Wiki Page

• 12pm ET / 5pm BST. ODP WG Meeting (Financial Delivery Accelerator Program)
• Calendar Invite
• Webex
• Dial-in: +1-240-454-0879 USA Toll | +1-647-484-1596 CANADA Toll | +44-20319-88141 UK Toll | +34-93545-2895 (Spain)
• Working Group Confluence Wiki Page

Thursday, July 4th

• US Holiday. No Program Activities planned.

• 6pm BST London Fintech Week (Day 1 of 6)
• Various events around London. Main event at 133 Houndsditch, London [Map]

Friday, July 5th

• No Program Activities planned.

Looking Ahead

• July 24 Banking On Blockchain: Exploring Decentralization
• Note: Looking for location in NYC; Message organizer (BlockchainNYC.org) if your org is interested in hosting
  
  
• August 6 Two Sigma Open Source Meetup
• 101 Avenue of the Americas (6th ave between Watt and Grand), 23rd floor, NY [Map]
  
  
• October 13-15 All Things Open
• Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27601 [Map] 
  
  
• Early November FINOS Open Source Strategy Forum
• More details coming soon. Interested speakers or sponsors may contact Tosha Ellison, Director of Member Success (tosha@finos.org)

Get Involved
Opportunities for further participation and contribution.

• The Financial Objects Program is looking for suggestions of proposed use cases for financial objects. Send suggestions to fo@finos.org.
• The Open Source Readiness Working Group is looking for open source process, policy, and governance questions & topics for future meetings. Send suggestions to osr@finos.org