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title: "This Week at FINOS: Week of October 12, 2020"
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# [This Week at FINOS: Week of October 12, 2020](https://www.finos.org/this-week-at-finos/week-of-october-12-2020)
Written by [FINOS Team](https://www.finos.org/this-week-at-finos/author/finos-team) | Oct 11, 2020 7:31:32 PM
Here's what's happening in the week of October 12th, 2020 within the FINOS community. Please feel free to forward this email to colleagues and industry partners who you think will be interested in FINOS. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like to subscribe, please send a note to [**community+subscribe@finos.org**](mailto:community+subscribe@finos.org) and you'll be added to the mailing list. [mailto:james@finos.org](mailto:james@finos.org)
Are you a Java developer looking for a FINOS project? If so, take a look at the [KDB-Studio Issues](https://t.sidekickopen80.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kF8bpVtZW1SXtrQ59hl3kW7_k2841CXdp3VNxQgy2Qy9y3W2dykgz8yBd3p101?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW3P28X24hCPvhW43T4NW3T1kT3W1Lznf-1GHFsSW3H6wYL3T3qBc3b732&si=8000000001705677&pi=f247f220-3831-4b99-e492-9d1e343c91f6) where the FINOS KDB team are looking for developers to help solve issues like ["null" error when certain control characters appear in a string](https://t.sidekickopen80.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kF8bpVtZW1SXtrQ59hl3kW7_k2841CXdp3VNxQgy2Qy9y3W2dykgz8yBd3p101?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW3P28X24hCPvhW43T4NW3T1kT3W1Lznf-1GHFsSW3H6wYL3T3qBcf3K96zSX3&si=8000000001705677&pi=f247f220-3831-4b99-e492-9d1e343c91f6), [allow saving files with LF line endings instead of CR+LF](https://t.sidekickopen80.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kF8bpVtZW1SXtrQ59hl3kW7_k2841CXdp3VNxQgy2Qy9y3W2dykgz8yBd3p101?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW3P28X24hCPvhW43T4NW3T1kT3W1Lznf-1GHFsSW3H6wYL3T3qBcf3K96zSW3&si=8000000001705677&pi=f247f220-3831-4b99-e492-9d1e343c91f6) and [Nulls are exported to excel as "???"](https://t.sidekickopen80.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kF8bpVtZW1SXtrQ59hl3kW7_k2841CXdp3VNxQgy2Qy9y3W2dykgz8yBd3p101?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW3P28X24hCPvhW43T4NW3T1kT3W1Lznf-1GHFsSW3H6wYL3T3qBcf3K96z_04&si=8000000001705677&pi=f247f220-3831-4b99-e492-9d1e343c91f6). Learn [How to Fork a GitHub Repository](https://t.sidekickopen80.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kF8bpVtZW1SXtrQ59hl3kW7_k2841CXdp3VNxQgy2Qy9y3W2dykgz8yBd3p101?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW3H8_MV1Jz9jjW3R5Hwn3Fbt5SW3K72cH49KvcmW45TRfB4fGzVZW2m641T3K9dDXW3P28X24hCPB5W3K9G6D41S2fJW4fDYv83K2VjcW3T3R3m3P28X2W4hCPB443Wgprw3yLXdD9Pj2&si=8000000001705677&pi=f247f220-3831-4b99-e492-9d1e343c91f6) and start raising pull requests!
As we get closer to the FINOS board meeting on Wednesday 21st October, we'd like to remind the FINOS community that it's not too late to nominate your project to be a Q4 FINOS focus project. If you are a project maintainer, simply discuss this with the project team and [Raise a FINOS Community GitHub Issue](https://t.sidekickopen80.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kF8bpVtZW1SXtrQ59hl3kW7_k2841CXdp3VNxQgy2Qy9y3W2dykgz8yBd3p101?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW3P28X24hCPvhW43T4NW3T1kT3W1Lw3rh3_-r5hW4fQQ_r4cPVPfW4cgzWf4mhr1BW4fKvyr2YHRrrW4cHY5d1NtCYvW4cKJym49cNmlW1mpyMH49PGqpW3Fdr8K1Nz8Y1W3JzGX31mp5CJW4cbjTx47TB-zW4fGCnx4r1BVFW3M64Nh4cbjTxW45TRgK3K2B1GW1S1sZ549cNmlW1mpyMJ4hCt_lW3K8JcR1NFMvJW49cNst1pLLqRW4rcCBG1S1sCbW3SZzNh1S1sNrW4cHcY145VFJDW41kBlC43Q8z6W1NFNnt49cNmlW47TB-z4fGCnxW4r1BVF3P4F4RW4cbjTx3zdYR_W1S1t6B4m4vVgW2zHMN9322RMCW3F4FyB1S1t6p39T-2&si=8000000001705677&pi=227b4de0-7075-4162-8400-d4f4c71052e2) for FINOS to put your project forward. [Find out more about FINOS focus projects here](https://t.sidekickopen80.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kF8bpVtZW1SXtrQ59hl3kW7_k2841CXdp3VNxQgy2Qy9y3W2dykgz8yBd3p101?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW3P28X24hCPvhW43T4NW3T1kT3W1Lw3rh3_-r5hW4fQQ_F49KvcpW3_R62C3K8K6bW43P29J1GGnTmn3VY61K273&si=8000000001705677&pi=f247f220-3831-4b99-e492-9d1e343c91f6).
**Monday, October 12th**
- *No project meetings planned.*
**Tuesday, October 13th**
- *11am ET / 4pm BST. ***Security Reference Data project**
- \[external event\] **[A Cloud-Native Approach to Accelerate BIAN Implementation](https://www.finos.org/featured-events/2020-10-13-bian-webinar)**
**Wednesday, October 14th**
- *11am ET / 4pm BST. ***Open Source Readiness project**
**Thursday, October 15th**
- *9am ET / 2pm BST. ***Alloy monthly General meeting**
**Friday, October 16th**
- *9am ET / 2pm BST. ***FDC3 PMC Meeting**
- *10am ET / 3pm BST. ***Plexus Desktop Interop API Project**
**Looking Ahead:**
- *October 19 ***[Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR) Techsprint on Financial Crime](https://www.finos.org/featured-events/2020-10-19-air-techsprint-on-financial-crime)**
- *October 20* [**OpenUK Awards**](https://t.sidekickopen80.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XWPfhMynW4Y8Zc83N1RKFW56dDhq5K4HLq102?te=W3R5hFj4cm2zwW43VqYY4hHxNhW3Xv9Lt3zgCMZ1V3&si=8000000001705677&pi=74fe60ba-7041-420a-b1d3-2fd118916c83)
- *October 26-29 *[**Open Source Summit Europe**](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/)
- *October 28 ***Open Source Readiness project Guest presentation: [Open Data Licensing](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2020-10-28-open-source-readiness-guest-speaker-kathleen-lu-mapbox) by [Kathleen Lu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-lu/), Attorney, [Mapbox](https://www.mapbox.com/)**
- *November 4-6* **[Open Core Summit Digital](https://2020.opencoresummit.com/)**
- *November 12-13 ***[Open Source Strategy Forum](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-strategy-forum/?utm_campaign=OSSF%202020%20General&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=2&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CYHK74z3NMVxj-PLN9PeU5aHGTQ5oCl5ziqZVjbYWHQg-5FNk5561X9dkc17gAMPJdSDaSjFGVanfwvJomEGG_rhxVg&utm_content=2&utm_source=hs_email)**
- *November 16-18 ***[CB Insights Future of Fintech](https://events.cbinsights.com/future-of-fintech)**
- *November 17 ***[FinJS at Home](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finjs-global-conference-november-17-2020-registration-120101602125?mc_cid=8fd62bb26b&mc_eid=52ffcb73cd)**
Have a great week and please contact me at [james@finos.org](mailto:james@finos.org) if you have any questions and especially if you would like to present at a future FINOS virtual meetup.
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