Hi everyone 
We’re looking at starting an OpenELIS Implementers Call a space for implementers, contributors, and community members to come together, share experiences, showcase work, discuss challenges, and learn from each other.
We’re proposing 22 October for the first call.
We’d like to use the first session to introduce the initiative and showcase some of the work happening across the OpenELIS community.
More details and the agenda will follow soon.
Looking forward to getting this started! 
Update: OpenELIS Implementers Call details 
Thanks for the interest so far! Here are the details for the first call.
Date: Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time: 5:00 PM UTC (8:00 PM in Kampala and Nairobi, convert to your local time)
Where: Zoom: join the call
What it is: a monthly community call for implementers, lab staff, developers, and contributors to share how they run OpenELIS, discuss the challenges they face, and help shape upcoming releases.
First session: we’ll introduce the initiative and showcase work from across the community, including this year’s Google Summer of Code projects. @tasksolver @ELAI @Manroop_Singh
After that, each call will include implementer experiences, open discussion of issues and workarounds, and a chance to share feature requests for future releases.
How you can take part:
Reply here with anything you’d like on the agenda.
Please help spread the word. If you know other implementers or site teams who would benefit, invite them to join.
Full details are on the wiki: https://uwdigi.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/oeg/pages/1697185802/OpenELIS+Implementers+Call
cc: @Moses_Mutesasira @Jan_Flowers @caseyi @pmanko @Taib_Abdillahi @samuel @reagan @Herbert @mherman22
Reminder: OpenELIS Implementers Call is today
Hi everyone, a quick reminder that our first OpenELIS Implementers Call is happening today.
Date: Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time: 5:00 PM UTC (8:00 PM in Kampala and Nairobi, convert to your local time)
Where: Zoom: join the call
In this first session we’ll introduce the initiative and showcase work from across the community, including this year’s Google Summer of Code projects. @tasksolver @ELAI @Manroop_Singh
If you have a topic, question, or feature request you’d like on the agenda, reply here and we’ll fit it in. Please also pass the invite on to any implementers or site teams who might want to join.`
Want to present or showcase your work on a future OpenELIS Implementers Call? Whether it’s a deployment story, an integration, a customization, or a problem you’d like input on, we’d love to hear from you. Sign up here (takes about 2 minutes):
You can still reply in this thread with topic ideas and feature requests.