--- title: "This Week at FINOS: Week of September 23, 2019" description: Here's what’s happening the week of September 23, 2019 within the FINOS community. We encourage you to forward this to colleagues and industry partners who may be interested in FINOS and its mission. --- [Community Blog](https://www.finos.org/blog) # [This Week at FINOS: Week of September 23, 2019](https://www.finos.org/blog/this-week-at-finos-week-of-september-23-2019) Written by [FINOS Team](https://www.finos.org/blog/author/finos-team) | 9/22/19 2:02 AM Here's what’s happening the week of September 23, 2019 within the FINOS community.   Please feel free to forward this blog post to colleagues and industry partners who you think may be interested in FINOS. If someone forwarded this post to you and you'd like to subscribe, please send a note to [community+subscribe@finos.org](http://community+subscribe@finos.org/) and you'll be added to the mailing list.     **Monday September 23rd** - *No program activities planned.* - \[external event\][Finovate Fall](https://finance.knect365.com/finovatefall/) (Day 1 of 4) **Tuesday, September 24th** - *12pm ET / 5pm BST. ***FDX PMC Meeting **(FDX Program) - \[external event\][Finovate Fall](https://finance.knect365.com/finovatefall/) (Day 2 of 4) - \[external event\] **[WSO2 Integration Summit](https://wso2.com/integration-summit/newyork-2019/)** **Wednesday, September 25th** - *10am ET / 3pm BST. ***Open Source Readiness Working Group**(FDX Program) - *12am ET / 5pm BST. ***ODP Working Group**(FDX Program) - \[external event\][Finovate Fall](https://finance.knect365.com/finovatefall/) (Day 3 of 4) - \[external event\] **[The Trading Show](https://www.terrapinn.com/conference/the-trading-show-new-york/index.stm)** **Thursday, September 26th** - *10am ET / 3pm BST. ***Cloud Service Certification Project **(FDX Program) - *10am ET / 3pm BST. ***FINOS FDC3 - API Working Group Meeting **(XX Program) - *11am ET / 4pm BST. ***Data Technologies PMC Call **(Data Technologies Program) - *12pm ET / 5pm BST. ***Financial Objects WG Meeting **(Financial Objects Program) - \[external event\][Finovate Fall](https://finance.knect365.com/finovatefall/) (Day 4 of 4) - \[external event\] **[Jane Street Tech Talks](https://www.janestreet.com/tech-talks/unboxed-types-for-ocaml/)** **Friday, September 27th** - *11am ET / 4pm BST. ***Plexus PMC Meeting **(Plexus Program) **Looking Ahead:**   - *October 1-31*[Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) by DigitalOcean - *October 9 ***[Gitlab Commit London](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gitlab-commit-2019-london-tickets-63010280445)** - The Brewery - 52 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4SD \[[Map](https://goo.gl/maps/RGi5DZttRSFgpiNP9)\] - *October 10 ***[Yahoo! Finance All Markets Summit](https://yahoofinanceams2019.splashthat.com/)** - Union West, 535 W 28th St \[[Map](https://www.google.com/maps/place/535+W+28th+St,+New+York,+NY+10001/@40.7517036,-74.0058016,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c259b6f4e99f65:0xb52cdc6d52320355!8m2!3d40.7517036!4d-74.0036129)\] - Yahoo has provided FINOS Members a special discounted price of $200 (full price tickets are $995 / early bird thru September is $795) Use Code: YFFINOS - *October 13-15 ***[All Things Open](https://allthingsopen.org/register-now/)** - *November 13-14* **[Github Universe](https://githubuniverse.com/)** - *November 19* **[Benzinga Fintech Awards](https://fintechawards.com/?utm_source=finos&utm_medium=finos&utm_campaign=finos)** - *November 20 ***[FINOS Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF)](https://opensourcestrategyforum.org/)** - *November 28***[React London - Bring Your Own Project - Banking and FinTech Themed](https://www.meetup.com/React-London-Bring-Your-Own-Project/events/264340217/)** *A full list of upcoming events can be found at [www.finos.org/events](https://www.finos.org/events). * **Get Involved.** Opportunities for further participation and contribution: - The [**Decentralized Ecosystem Growth Program**](https://finosfoundation.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DEG/overview) is looking for suggested use cases of the [Token Taxonomy Initiative](https://entethalliance.org/participate/token-taxonomy-initiative/) (i.e., potential uses of standardized token definitions) to help that program evaluate how the FINOS community might get involved. Take a look at the [initiative's launch press release](https://entethalliance.org/enterprise-ethereum-alliance-launches-blockchain-neutral-token-taxonomy-initiative-to-accelerate-a-token-powered-blockchain-future/) and [website](https://entethalliance.org/participate/token-taxonomy-initiative/) for more information and background. To find out more send a note to [deg@finos.org](mailto:deg@finos.org). - The [**Plexus Program**](https://t.sidekickopen76.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5X-FfhMynW4Xrjwx3MhNxPW56dwLJ25mtnR102?t=https%3A%2F%2Ffinosfoundation.atlassian.net%2Fwiki%2Fspaces%2FPLX%2Foverview&si=7000000001133615&pi=62ae7e46-6afb-491a-9f15-1d0ad1dd7ec6) PMC is developing a proposal for the [FINOS Board](https://t.sidekickopen76.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5X-FfhMynW4Xrjwx3MhNxPW56dwLJ25mtnR102?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.finos.org%2Fboard-of-directors&si=7000000001133615&pi=62ae7e46-6afb-491a-9f15-1d0ad1dd7ec6) that could expand that program's scope into several potential areas including desktop containers, development of cross-container APIs in JavaScript and .NET, and creation of an FDC3 API reference implementation. If you'd like to learn more about what's being discussed and potentially provide feedback, [send an email to the Plexus PMC list (](mailto:plx-pmc@finos.org)[plx-pmc@finos.org)](mailto:plx-pmc@finos.org). - ChartIQ has announced its intent to contribute its "Secure Electron Adaptor". Review and provide and feedback directly [**in JIRA on CONTRIB-52**](https://t.sidekickopen76.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5X-FfhMynW4Xrjwx3MhNxPW56dwLJ25mtnR102?t=https%3A%2F%2Ffinosfoundation.atlassian.net%2Fbrowse%2FCONTRIB-52&si=7000000001133615&pi=62ae7e46-6afb-491a-9f15-1d0ad1dd7ec6). - The [**Financial Objects Program**](https://fo.finos.org/) is looking for suggestions of proposed use cases for financial objects. Send suggestions to [fo@finos.org](mailto:fo@finos.org). - The [**Open Source Readiness WG**](https://finosfoundation.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OSR/overview) is looking for open source process, policy, and governance questions & topics for future meetings. Send suggestions to [osr@finos.org](mailto:osr@finos.org). - The [**Security Reference Data WG**](https://finosfoundation.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DT/pages/656834673/Security+Reference+Data+WG) (Data Technologies Program) is looking for existing challenges related to managing Security Reference Data. Send suggestions to [data-tech-sec-ref@finos.org](mailto:data-tech-sec-ref@finos.org). - The [**Cloud Service Certification Project**](https://finosfoundation.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FDX/pages/904626436/Cloud+Service+Certification+Project) has defined [Volunteer Roles](https://finosfoundation.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FDX/pages/1178206217/Open+Volunteer+Roles) for those who would like to participate. Reach out to [fdx-cloud-service-certification@finos.org](mailto:fdx-cloud-service-certification@finos.org) if you're interested. - Check out the [**Data Technologies Program**](https://finosfoundation.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DT/overview)'s list of [Good First Issues](https://github.com/finos/datahelix/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22).    - Finally, a quick note that the entire FINOS team will be in New York City the week of September 30th for the foundation's Quarterly Business Review. [Email Al (](http://alexandra@finos.org/)[alexandra@finos.org)](http://alexandra@finos.org/) if you're in town and would like to set up time to connect that week.   [View full post](https://www.finos.org/blog/this-week-at-finos-week-of-september-23-2019) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "FINOS Team" }, "dateModified" : "2019-09-22T02:02:45.320Z", "datePublished" : "2019-09-22T02:02:46Z", "headline" : "This Week at FINOS: Week of September 23, 2019", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 1024, "url" : "https://www.finos.org/hubfs/FINews-september23.png", "width" : 2048 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://www.finos.org/blog/this-week-at-finos-week-of-september-23-2019", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60.0, "url" : "https://www.finos.org/hubfs/FINOS/finos-logo/FINOS_Icon_Wordmark_RGB.svg", "width" : 60.000004 }, "name" : "Thoughts, news and events from our community" } } ```