Last Meeting’s Minutes

Institutional Updates:

Louisiana Clinical & Translational Science Center: 

5/21/2025

• Not in attendance

6/4/2025

• Mentioned the need to add documentation for Docker once MUSC switches to Dockerized SPARC on production

MUSC:

Links are accessible by Open-Source Members

6/4/2025

• Reminder

  • Migration to Pivotal Tracker complete - should now be using Jira for SPARC and Fulfillment.

  • Currently in talks with other institutions that have expressed interest in SPARC. Some in follow up to the ACTS meeting in April, some prior to that are further down the path of considering SPARC.

    • Be on lookout for potential questions about their experience in standing up and maintaining SPARC, outside of current info provided in SPARC Customization

• Recent Releases

  • May 22, 2025: SPARC v3.13.0 - Ruby 3.3.1 & Ruby Rails 7.0.8.1 & Server upgrades

  • May 30, 2025: RMID v1.8.0

• Upcoming Releases

  • SPARC v3.14.0 Release - Early Fall 2025

  • SPARCFulfillment v.3.7.0 Release - Server & Ruby/Rails upgrade - Fall 2025

  • SPARCFulfillment v.3.8.0 Release - Late Winter 2026

Oregon Health & Science University:

5/21/2025

• Not in attendance

6/4/2025

• Not in attendance

Iowa

5/21/2025

• Not in attendance

6/4/2025

• Not in attendance

Case Western

5/21/2025

• Will start SPARC upgrade from 3.6 soon. Provided links to release notes as a start to see which version will move to. Noted 3.13.0 will be released soon, which includes fixing an error in 3.12.0/1.

6/4/2025

• Not in attendance

Children’s National

5/21/2025

• Not in attendance

6/4/2025

• Not in attendance

Stony Brook:

5/21/2025

• Not in attendance

6/4/2025

• Not in attendance

Morehouse:

5/21/2025

• No updates. Still working finishing up SPARC & Fulfillment set up. Will reach out with any questions.

6/4/2025

• Working on getting SPARCFulfillment app running. Will try git cloning into separate directory

• Not receiving notification emails. Will try turning on emails in Admin settings