This Week at FINOS: Week of July 8, 2019

First things first -- if you have not already, please review and, if desired, comment on the following governance refinements by July 14th, ahead of the July 17 FINOS board meeting. Community feedback is critical. Please take time to provide your input:

• Consolidation of Working Groups and Projects
• Participation policy
• Revised Project Lifecycle

Here's what’s happening the week of July 8th, 2019 within the FINOS community:

Monday July 8th

• 11am ET / 4pm BST. Financial Objects PMC Meeting (Financial Objects Program)
  • Webex
  • Dial-in: USA Toll: +1.415.655.0003 | UK Toll: +44-20319-88141| Meeting number: 669 343 992
• Calendar Invite
• PMC Confluence Wiki Page

• All day. London Fintech Week (Day 3 of 5) [External, non-FINOS event]
• Various events around London. Main event at 133 Houndsditch, London [Map]

Tuesday, July 9th

• 11am ET / 4pm BST. Security Reference Data WG Meeting (Data Technologies Program)
  • Webex
  • Dial-in: +1.415.655.0003 USA Toll | +44-20319-88141 UK Toll | Access code: 668 805 739
• Calendar Invite
• Working Group Confluence Wiki Page

• All day. London Fintech Week (Day 4 of 5) [External, non-FINOS event]
• Various events around London. Main event at 133 Houndsditch, London [Map]

Wednesday, July 10th

• No Program Activities planned.

• All day. London Fintech Week (Day 5 of 5) [External, non-FINOS event]
• Various events around London. Main event at 133 Houndsditch, London [Map]

Thursday, July 11th

• 11am ET / 4pm BST FDC3 Use Cases WG Meeting (FDC3 Program)
  • Webex
  • Dial-in: +1.415.655.0003 (USA Toll) +44-20319-88141 UK Toll Access code: 662 042 476
• Calendar Invite
• Working Group Confluence Page

• 12am ET / 4pm BST Financial Objects WG Meeting (FO Program)
  • Webex
  • Dial-in: +1.415.655.0003 USA Toll | +44-20319-88141 UK Toll | Access code: 668 814 413
• Calendar Invite
• Working Group Confluence Page

Friday, July 12th

• 10am ET / 3pm BST. FDC3 PMC Meeting (FDC3 Program)
  • Webex
  • Dial-in: +1-240-454-0879 USA Toll | +44-20319-88141 UK Toll | Access code: 663 444 364
• Calendar Invite
• PMC Confluence Wiki Page

• 11am ET / 4pm BST Plexus PMC Meeting (Plexus Program)
  • Webex
  • Dial-in: +1-415-655-0003 US Toll | +44-20319-88141 UK Toll | Access code: 661 512 189
• Calendar Invite
• PMC Confluence Wiki Page

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.

Finally, PMCs, a reminder to send Aitana and me at least your draft program reports for the board by Wednesday, July 10.