167 – Monthly conference call

CO-LaN Management Board held today its monthly meeting at 2 pm Central European Time.

Agenda:

• Apologies for absence
• Previous Minutes
• CAPE-OPEN 2019 Annual Meeting
  • Hosting/Timing/Location
• Spring 2019 Face to Face meeting
  • Hosting/Timing/Location
• Feedback on CAPE-OPEN 2018 Annual Meeting
  • Follow up actions
• Actions Review
• AOB

Present:

BASF (represented by Peter MAUER), BP (represented by Mick LEE), LINDE (represented by Oliver KOCH), Shell (represented by Richard BAUR), Michel PONS (CTO/contractor), Bryn STENHOUSE (contractor)

Discussion:

• Apologies for absence

Received from Air Liquide (represented by Philippe ARPENTINIER) and from The Dow Chemical Company (represented by Isaiah HUANG)

• Previous Minutes

The December 2018 Management Board minutes are approved.

• CAPE-OPEN 2019 Annual Meeting

Following a survey among the representatives of Full Members to the Management Board, the second or third week of October appears suitable for organizing the CAPE-OPEN 2019 Annual Meeting. Choice of location is on-going.

• Spring 2019 Face to face meeting

April 2 is selected and Air Liquide will host the meeting at their Research Center in Jouy-en-Josas.

• Feedback on CAPE-OPEN 2018 Annual Meeting

CTO browses the document analysing feedback about the CAPE-OPEN 2018 Annual Meeting as distributed previously to CO-LaN Management Board. Overall the feedback is positive with most respondents indicating that the meeting met their expectations. The training courses are popular with the developers that attend the CAPE-OPEN Annual Meeting and should be offered along with the CAPE-OPEN Annual Meeting. It is also important for all attendees to hear the activity and financial reports given during the Annual General Meeting.

• Actions review
  • CAPE-OPEN forum : need to move to an https URL. Consensus is to move forum to CO-LaN website hosting service while retaining access to Posts on current CAPE-OPEN forum.
  • Consultancy Service scheme: prepare form for requests with emphasis on business case and reporting
  • Revised membership procedure: circulate the document to CO-LaN membership.
  • Licenses of CO-LaN software: contact legal counsel to establish a budget cost for a legal review and recommendation on CO-LaN trademarks and software licencing.

Next meeting is scheduled for February 22, 2019.