1. REFEDS Update
Nicole Harris and Heather Flanagan
REFEDS 40, 16 June 2019
Tallinn, Estonia

2. REFEDS Steering Committee
Pål Axelsson (SUNET) ( )
Tom Barton (Internet2) ( )
Maarten Kremers (SURFnet) ( )
Heath Marks (AAF) ( )
Hannah Short (CERN) ( )
Rhys Smith (Jisc) ( )

3. Sponsors

4. Since our last meeting
7 active working groups; 1 new group proposed (SPOG)
8 blog posts
2 RFQs (MET; REFEDS coordinator)
New schema board
Distinguished Engineer programme
2019 REFEDS Survey

5. SP Operators Group Open to SPs in any federation Modelled after FOG

6. Schema Editorial Board
Members:
Benn Oshrin, Chair (SCG) ( ), David Banz (U. Alaska) ( ), Alan Buxey (UNiDAYS) ( ), Keith Hazelton (Internet2) ( ), Scott Koranda (LIGO/SCG) ( ), Miro Milinovic (SRCE) ( ), Mario Reale (GARR) ( ), Catarina Ribeiro (University of Porto) ( ), Terry Smith (AAF) ( ), Heather Flanagan (ex officio, Secretary)
Work List:

7. MET
RFP to go out later this summer
Service catalog and MET

8. Discovery Work items is following the RA21 work
Final NISO Recommended Practice Draft expected to be published by 30 June 2019
Next up: Coalition for Seamless Access
Implementing the recommendations of RA21 through a beta service offering
Signatories: NISO, International Assoc of STM Publishers, GÉANT, Internet2, ORCID, and (hopefully, maybe) International Federations of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)