1) The document summarizes the 2017 Members Meeting of the Symphony Software Foundation. It discusses the foundation's community numbers, open source projects, and working groups. 2) It outlines the value of the foundation as an independent organization that supports open source development collaboration across organizations. This includes serving as a safe space for inter-organizational development. 3) It encourages participation in working groups, contribution of projects, and feedback to help shape the future of the foundation and determine what areas to focus open source development efforts.

1. State of the Union
Welcome to the 2017 Members Meeting!
Gabriele Columbro (@mindthegabz)
Executive Director
Symphony Software Foundation
github.com/symphonyoss

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Uhm…
where were
we? :)

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5. @symphonyOSS
Platinum Members
Our Community by the numbers
~60 Open Source Projects
4 Active Working Groups
26 Member organizations
100+ Contributors
Gold Members
Silver Members(New!)
2 Individual Members

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Swagger API Spec
Integrations Bridge
Symphony Platform
Clients
(Java, Python, C#, Clojure, ..)
Desktop Containers
(Minuet, SymphonyElectron, .. )OpenSourceReadinessWG
Agent API
Extension API
API
WG
Legend
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Working Group
Open Source
Bots
(Vote, Helpdesk, ..)
App Samples
Apps
(RFQ, Angular, .. )
Integrations
(Jira, SFDC, Zapier, SFDC, .. )
Container
API
WG
FinancialObjects
Standardization
WG
Community
landscape

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Thanks to you. Our Community!

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The Answer is: Projects with a sustainable ecosystem.
And what’s an ecosystem: A rich developer community whose code is used to
create value which is in turn reinvested back into the project
From http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/State%20of%20the%20Union.pdf

9. The Value
of our
Foundation
Independent and trusted container for
Open Source intellectual property
Transparent governance based on meritocracy
and influence by contribution
Industry grade Open Development Platform
as
safe space for inter organization development
OSS Readiness
Definition and implementation of an
industry wide Open Source contribution
policy and reference infrastructure
Security by many eyeballs
Mission critical components are developed
and maintained to the highest standards of
security through OSS
Independent Sandbox
The ODP provides the perfect level playing
field for experimenting, innovating &
standardizing on open source FinTech
Faster innovation
Open Source is eating the world and fosters a cost effective
innovation model. Foundation allows FinServ focus to build
industry wide solutions and standards
Talent Pool
Attract and retain top talent through
participation in
Open Source
Community driven contributions

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Basically…
We are
Switzerland!

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So…
why should you care?

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Open Source is good
for your health™
Consumers
● Deliver great code faster
● Make your lawyer & infosec guy happy
● Get help from our Community!
Contributors
● Collaborate with other industry leaders
● Exposure in the Community
● The Open Developer Platform
(free for our Contributors!)
Learn more at session on
our Open Development
Platform at 1:50PM with
Maurizio Pillitu, our
Director of DevOps.

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2017: graduation time

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Introducing our new Members

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Financial Services is
ready for Open Source

17. Help us shape the future of
the Foundation!
Feedback on the whiteboard
and session at 1:00PM
Objectives:
• Receive contribution of Synapse
• Create / extend working groups
as appropriate to cover API /
Data standards
Objectives:
• Enable incremental contribution
of Symphony core platform
• Projects activation (depth) vs.
#projects (breadth)
Focus
Bots Apps Integrations
Area
Launchers Standards Platforms
Use cases
Community-drivenCollaboration App Interoperability
Data
Focus on high value platforms and use case
Plexus / Synapse
API/
Standards Container

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Financial Services is
not (yet)
ready for Open Source

19. Value
Frictions
Legal
Contribution Policy,
CLAs, License
Cultural
Cultural,
Community RoE
Learn more at the
Open Source Readiness
roundtable at 3:00PM with
Aaron Williamson, our
General Counsel.
OSS Readiness Working Group
Technical
OSS Supply chain.
DevOps Workflows
The Open Source readiness program
Why
Open Source?
Strategic value of OSS
engagement
What
to Open Source?
Identify “value line”, OSS
commercialization tactics
Attend, speak and help us
promote the Open Source
Strategy Forum on
November 8th in NYC.
Decision Makers enablement

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The Open Source Strategy Forum is a one-day conference for executive-level decision makers and senior
technologists from financial services seeking to drive industry innovation through open source
NYC, November 8 2017
Register (free for Members!): http://info.symphony.foundation/open-source-strategy-forum-2017
Speak (CFP now Open!): http://info.symphony.foundation/open-source-strategy-forum-speaker-proposal

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Hon can you get involved?
Consumption
github.com/symphonyoss
dev@symphony.foundation
symphony.foundation
twitter.com/symphonyOSS
Ask our Dev list
Contribution
Contribute a Project or Idea
Join an Existing Project
Submit PRs & Issues
Host a meet up or hackathon!
Commitment
Become a Foundation Member
Join a Working Group
Stay for Community awards!

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Would you help us “build” a forest?