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# 17 February 2022

In Attendance
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-   Present:DW, Alec, Ronald, Sonya, Marc, Clinton, Alex, Antti-Jussi, Davin
-   Regrets:

Quick Updates
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### What have you been working on lately?
- **Clinton** - Current 3.3 plugin upgrade progress from Pitt
    - Done
        - akismet
        - betterPassword
        - clamAV
        - plumAnalytics
        - sushiLite
        - formHoneypot
    - TODO
        - siteSearch
        - inlineHtmlGalley
        - emailIssueTOC
        - editorialBio
- **Ronald**
    - XML publishing workflows
    - plugin upgrades
    - template for OJS accessibility statements 
    - Berlin Universities Publishing (Free University, Technical University, Humboldt University and Charitè) website and model journal setup (offical launch within the next month(s)
- **Alex** 
    - Nothing to report (vacations)
- **Dulip**
    - [OJS DACH newsletter](https://github.com/ojsde/ojs-dev-dach/blob/master/berichte/2021-01.md)
    - Grant applications
- **Alec**
    - OJS/OMP/OPS security releases due for host header injection issue (https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/7649)
    - PKP developer hires nearly finished
    - PKP operations director hiring process continues
- **AJ**
    - An EU application
- **Marc**
    - Testing libreTranslator for forum and weblate.
    - OMP docker image (to be released next week)
    - "GA alternatives" workgroup.
- **Davin**
    - "GA alternatives" workgroup.
    - (NGLP Analytics Dashboard Pilot project [Érudit])
- **Pierre**
    - "GA alternatives" workgroup.
    - Plugin upgrade


Old Business
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* January meeting notes here: https://github.com/pkp/technical-committee/blob/main/meeting-minutes/2022-01-20.md
* REMINDER - call for nominations for new Chair (for a two year term beginning at the April meeting). Deadline February 28!
* LTS announcement and blog post has gone out: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2022/02/15/pkp-announces-long-term-support-lts-software-releases/
* Upgrade blog post ready to go: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J9nsMH2d-b8Zo_Kk0Fv8KFKPzxAT9sRvPzBN7DwIcsA/edit# (thanks for your feedback!)
    * A comment needs review
* Any updates from the group investigating analytics alternatives? (Marc, Davin, Pierre)
    * Larger discussion scoped down to something small and immediate
    * Two directions:
        * Publish a list alternatives without promising that they are GDPR compliant (e.g. Matomo or perhaps Plausible)
        * What is GDPR compliant (and who has authority to say)? Do we create a subcommittee to establish?
            * May have to develop knowledge around specific tools.
            * Will have local legislation to assess e.g. Quebec/Canada
            * Why do we need e.g. Google Analytics? Why not focus on COUNTER-style analytics?
                * Editors really want these (web stats). They have "good graphs". Prestige and demonstration of impact.
            * A checklist or wizard for journals?
                * starting with "do you really need google analytics?"
                * e.g. data must be hosted in EU, IPs must be anonymized, ...
    * Has Google reacted to GDPR challenge re: Analytics?
    * Bozana is already working on COUNTER/institutional subscription rewrite
    * NGLP is also a player on this.
        * Alec will send A-J details on this.
        * Sonya will share monthly call details.
    * Next steps
        * Ideas
            * Write a very short proposal to communicate as PKP (and send to documentation team to review).
            * Alternatively, going deeper and write down a "howto got statistics without GA" (explaining PKP tools, Plausible integration or Matomo). 
            * finally, if is needed, build plugins for the alternatives.
        * Decision: subgroup will work with Nathalie on communications (e.g. blog post). "If you're worried about GDPR and analytics, here are some altneratives..."

Standing Items
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* Testing working group update: February meeting cancelled. Next meeting March 3

New topics
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- PKP sprint in Helsinki: June 15-16
    - April 1st decision to go/no-go (primarily Coronavirus)
    - Advertising to start next week for "hold the date"
- PKP print in Colombia: June 29-July 1
    - Spanish language
- Marc's support proposals (added by Alec)
    - Polling/feature request additions to PKP support forum
    - Knowledge base tool
- Documentation feedback request via Nate to file issue for admin guide in GitHub so it doesn't get lost: https://github.com/pkp/pkp-docs/issues 
>     We have received documentation feedback about the following info needed for the stats guide - would anyone be able to shed light on it?
>         * what the salt file is used for
>         * where it should be put
>         * which permissions should be set
>         * if the file should be manually edited or not
Next Meeting
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**March 17, 8 am Pacific time** (note to European members - we have a time change so this meeting will be an hour earlier than usual!)

