--- title: Friday Update Newsletter - 7 May 21 description: "FINOS FRIDAY UPDATE NEWSLETTER\n\n7 MAY 21\n\nHappy Friday! In this issue we're excited to welcome a new FINOS team member and a new FINOS Silver Member; tell you about some new project ideas; share highlights from our recent All Community call, spotlight our community contributors; and highlight ways to get involved." image: https://www.finos.org/hubfs/finos-generic-newsletter.png --- [![FINOS](https://www.finos.org/hs-fs/hubfs/sofin%20assets/SOFIN%20LOGOS/finos-logo.png?width=543&height=126&name=finos-logo.png "FINOS")](https://finos.org) - [Projects](https://www.finos.org/projects) - [Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://ai.finos.org/) - [Common Domain Model (CDM)](https://www.finos.org/common-domain-model) - [FDC3](https://www.finos.org/fdc3) - [Fluxnova](https://fluxnova.finos.org) - [FINOS Common Cloud Controls](https://www.finos.org/common-cloud-controls-project) - [High Performance Computing (HPC)](https://hpc.finos.org) - [OSERA](https://osera.finos.org/) - [Open Source Readiness Initiative](https://www.finos.org/open-source-readiness) - 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7 May 21 May 07, 2021  ![finos-generic-newsletter](https://www.finos.org/hs-fs/hubfs/finos-generic-newsletter.png?width=2000&name=finos-generic-newsletter.png)   FINOS FRIDAY UPDATE NEWSLETTER # 7 May 21 Happy Friday! In this issue we're excited to welcome a new FINOS team member and a new FINOS Silver Member; tell you about some new project ideas; share highlights from our recent All Community call, spotlight our community contributors; and highlight ways to get involved.    ### FINOS NEWS & UPDATES ### WELCOME NEW FINOS TEAM MEMBER - JANE GAVRONSKY We are thrilled to welcome Jane Gavronsky to the team as our new Chief Technology Officer. Jane brings a wealth of financial services and technology experience, including most recently, from her role as the Global Head of Reference Data Technology Services at Credit Suisse. With previous roles spanning risk, data, compliance, derivatives, architecture, and more, we know that she will be a valuable addition to our team and community. Stay tuned for more info, check out her [**bio on our website**](https://finos.org/team), and email her at [**jane@finos.org**](mailto:jane@finos.org)[mailto:jane@finos.org](mailto:jane@finos.org) to introduce yourself.   --- ### WELCOME NEW FINOS MEMBER - DATABRICKS We are delighted to share that [**Databricks**](https://databricks.com/) recently joined as a FINOS Silver Member! Databricks' Lakehouse platform combines the best of data warehouses and data lakes to offer an open and unified platform for data and AI. With roots in open source (the company was founded by the original creators of the open source projects Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow) we are looking forward to exploring collaborative use cases that will bring value to our financial services community.   --- ### FINOS ALL COMMUNITY CALL RECAP Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our All Community Call helping us achieve record attendance! It was great to hear from Gab, James and leads from 11 FINOS projects, standards and SIGs about their work and how to get involved. Check out the recap for a more thorough overview or watch the replay. [**Read the Recap & Watch the Video**](https://finos.org/blog/finos-all-community-call-wrap-up-28-april-21) [**Listen to the Podcast Version**](https://finos.org/blog/open-source-in-finance-podcast-finos-all-community-call-q2-2021)   ### FINOS PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY   ### FDC3 v1.2 BLOG and WEBINAR Last week we announced the release of FDC3 version 1.2. This week we'd like to draw your attention to a blog that Riko Eksteen, FDC3 Chair and Lead Maintainer, has written about version 1.2. And don't forget to register for the webinar next week to see the standard in action with demos from Cosaic and Glue42.  [Read the FDC3 v1.2 Blog Post](https://finos.org/blog/announcing-fdc3-1.2) [**Register for the May 12th Webinar**](https://finos.org/hosted-events/2021-05-12-os-in-finance-webinar-fdc3-1-2-release) [**Get Involved**](https://github.com/finos/FDC3#getting-involved)   --- ### product control common template: project overview session Since its launch in February 2021, the FINOS community has enthusiastically responded to this project, with consistent participation from 20-30 bank, vendor and tech firm representatives. Project leads from Goldman Sachs will offer a "refresher" session for any recent joiners interested in learning more about the scope and goals of the project, and how to get involved. [**Join the meeting via webex on Monday, May 10th at 11am ET/ 4pm BST.**](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/week/2021/5/10?eid=NWhyb245dGYwYmtpNGdncTc3aDA1ZzRubmdfMjAyMTA1MTBUMTQwMDAwWiBmaW5vcy5vcmdfZmFjOG1vMXJmYzZlaHNjZzBkODBmaThqaWdAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true) Email [**help@finos.org**](mailto:help@finos.org) if you'd like to be added to the calendar invite directly.   --- ### open regtech initiative updates [**AIR honored in Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas.**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90617631/world-changing-ideas-awards-2021-politics-and-policy-finalists-and-honorable-mentions)FINOS Associate Member & Regulation Innovation SIG co-lead AIR (Alliance for Innovative Regulation) was honored in Fast Company Magazine's 2021 [**World Changing Ideas Awards**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90617631/world-changing-ideas-awards-2021-politics-and-policy-finalists-and-honorable-mentions) for its AIR Accelerator project, run in partnership with FINOS. [**FDC3 for RegTech**](https://github.com/finos/open-regtech-sig/issues/26)(Thursday, May 13th @ 12:30pm ET / 5:30pm BST) Join us for a conversation between the FDC3 and Open RegTech communities. The ambition is to extend the FDC3 standard across RegTech with participation from technology/platform vendors and financial institutions following the model established by FDC3 where the protocols are in production use and solving a number of challenges around interoperability. See the meeting details and agenda in this [**GitHub issue**](https://github.com/finos/open-regtech-sig/issues/27). [**Regulatory Taxonomy and Ontology Development**](https://github.com/finos/open-regtech-sig/blob/master/resources/demo-summaries.md#regulatory-taxonomy-and-ontology-development) Sarah Sinclair from Change Gap and James Nicholls from Braithwate have volunteered to lead a project to build an industry-wide ontology for a specific scope (e.g. targeted regulation). See the full proposal in [**GitHub**](https://github.com/finos/open-regtech-sig/blob/master/resources/demo-summaries.md#regulatory-taxonomy-and-ontology-development)and [**watch Sarah & James' presentation**](https://www.finos.org/hubfs/FINOS/2021%20Audio%20and%20Video/FINOS%20Innovation%20Reg%20SIG%20-%2004%20May%202a-FINOS%20MPEG-4.mp4) from the May 4th Regulation Innovation SIG meeting. Register your interest on this [**GitHub issue.**](https://github.com/finos/open-regtech-sig/issues/17)   --- ### COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - STEPHEN GOLDBAUM Every newsletter we recognize and celebrate the awesome work of our open source contributors and the FINOS community. This week’s FINOS Community Spotlight celebrates the awesome technology and community building work of Stephen Goldbaum, Morphir Lead Maintainer and Morgan Stanley, Executive Director.   [**Read Stephen's Community Spotlight**](https://finos.org/community-spotlight/community-spotlight-stephen-goldbaum-may-21)   ### join us ### OUR WEBINARS & GUEST PRESENTATIONS For a full weekly list of meetups, webinars, and other open source project focused meetings, please refer to [**“This Week at FINOS”**](https://www.finos.org/this-week-at-finos), and sign up to receive this email which comes out every Monday. (Email [**community+subscribe@finos.org**](mailto:community+subscribe@finos.org) to be automatically added to the distribution.)   --- **Wednesday, May 12th** **OS in Finance - FDC3 v1.2 Improving Interoperability on the Financial Desktop** **Speakers:** FDC3 Maintainers [**More Info & Register Here**](https://finos.org/hosted-events/2021-05-12-os-in-finance-webinar-fdc3-1-2-release)   --- **Wednesday, May 26th** **UK OS in Fintech Event Series with talks on Software Heritage & the FINOS Morphir Project** Speakers: Roberto Di Cosmo, Director, Software Heritage; Stephen Goldbaum, Executive Director – Corporate and Funding Technology Morgan Stanley; Attila Mihaly, Software Engineer (VP), Morgan Stanley [**More Info & Register Here**](https://finos.org/hosted-events/2021-05-05-uk-os-in-fintech-event-software-heritage-the-finos-morphir-project)   --- ### ICYMI - OUR PODCASTS AND VIDEOS Listen to and view our podcasts and videos on Open Source in Fintech. We'll announce upcoming ones through our [**This Week at FINOS blog and email**](https://finos.org/this-week-at-finos). **Podcasts** [FINOS All Community Call Q2 2021](https://finos.org/blog/open-source-in-finance-podcast-finos-community-all-call-q2-2021) [**FINOS Debrief 30 April 21**](https://finos.org/blog/open-source-in-fintech-podcast-finos-debrief-30-april-21) [**Running Open An Open Source Project From Inside A Bank**](https://finos.org/blog/open-source-in-fintech-podcast-running-open-an-open-source-project-from-inside-a-bank) [**FINOS: Beginnings and What's Important - Gabriele Columbro, ED, FINOS**](https://finos.org/blog/open-source-in-fintech-podcast-finos-beginnings-and-whats-important-gabriele-columbro-april-21) [**Apple Podcasts**](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finos-open-source-in-fintech-podcast/id1512371068)| [**Anchor.fm**](https://anchor.fm/finos)| [**Spotify**](https://open.spotify.com/show/431XdfX2fBdCUsopwh8td3) | [**Google Podcasts**](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xZjQ0NTg4MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==)   **Videos** [**FINOS: Beginnings and What's Important - Gabriele Columbro, ED, FINOS**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2LpvPJyeXU) [**How to Build an Order Book Simulation with Perspective**](https://finos.org/blog/us-open-source-in-fintech-meetup-31-march-21) [**APAC Open Source in Fintech Meetup - Symphony BDK & Low Code**](https://finos.org/blog/apac-open-source-in-fintech-meetup-24-march-21) [**All FINOS Guest Presentations On YouTube** |](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmPXh6nBuhJsYg1tP9dh3pNq2pVrGTdWs) [**FINOS YouTube Channel**](https://www.youtube.com/c/FINOS)    ### LEARN MORE   [**This Week at FINOS Blog**](https://finos.org/this-week-at-finos) - See what is happening at FINOS each week. [**FINOS Landscape**](https://landscape.finos.org/) - See our landscape of FINOS open source and open standard projects. [**Community Calendar**](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=finos.org_fac8mo1rfc6ehscg0d80fi8jig%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York)- Scroll through the calendar to find a meeting to join. [**FINOS Slack Channels**](https://finos.org/blog/finos-announces-new-community-slack?utm_campaign=20210428%20-%20FINOS%20All%20Community%20Call%20-%20Q2%202021&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Zgn2rjI2nlAwd4d3Mf5LKC8CmqUJ1wzZYFYOTKgWIuCxaowceMq1Y0ZiFrWPAcWoelavo) - The FINOS Slack provides our Community another public channel to discuss work in FINOS and open source in finance more generally. [**All FINOS Project Good First Issues**](https://github.com/search?q=org%3Afinos+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22&unscoped_q=is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22)- A good place to start contributing to, and making a difference in, open source in financial services is by taking a look at the FINOS Good First Issues (GFI) List on GitHub. [**Project Status Dashboard**](https://metrics.finos.org/goto/7bfcb03f027a1406c997d731d4715ea7) - See a live snapshot of our community contributors and activity. [**Events**](https://finos.org/news-and-events) - Check out our upcoming events or email [**marketing@finos.org**](mailto:marketing@finos.org) if you'd like to partner with us or have an event idea. [**FINOS Virtual "Meetups" Videos & Slides**](https://finos.org/knowledge-base#finos-event-videos) - Access replays of our virtual "meetups" based around the FINOS Community and Projects since we can't all be in the same room right now. 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