[Board] Proposal: reboot community calendar

[Rogan Hamby]

To be clear, I meant I will add it to the Outreach meeting agenda for today.

On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 9:54 AM Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at equinoxoli.org>
wrote:

> I will add it to the agenda.
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 9:52 AM Galen Charlton via Board <
> board at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Since there is an Outreach Committee meeting today, and since no
>> objection has been raised to the idea of a community calendar reboot (nor
>> has there been a request to defer discussion), I'll take that as tacit
>> consent to proceed.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 11:29 AM Kate Coleman via Board <
>> board at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 to both of these things. Streamlining is always good in my opinion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 10:25 AM Jeanette Lundgren via Board <
>>> board at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> YES!  I think that would greatly simplify things and be easier to use.
>>>>
>>>> Along those lines, but perhaps a separate conversation, could we also
>>>> create a TEP shared drive that we could move all the project shared folders
>>>> under?
>>>>
>>>> We have a lot of shared folders which are owned by different
>>>> individuals and it would be better to have the project own all the content.
>>>>
>>>> Jeanette
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 11:05 AM Rogan Hamby via Board <
>>>> board at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Galen,
>>>>>
>>>>> A full and vigorous +1 from me.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 11:02 AM Galen Charlton via Board <
>>>>> board at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is something arising out of Outreach and IG discussions that I'm
>>>>>> summarizing and relaying.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently, the Evergreen Community Calendar
>>>>>> <https://evergreen-ils.org/communicate/calendar/>, is implemented as
>>>>>> a set of Google calendars owned by various organizations. Consequently, it
>>>>>> can be difficult for new IG leaders and the like to figure out how to get
>>>>>> an event posted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Consequently, I would like the Board's feedback on the following idea:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Create a new, single Google calendar managed in the TEP Google
>>>>>> Workspace to serve as the sole community calendar
>>>>>> - Edit access to the calendar would be granted to IG leaders (or the
>>>>>> equivalent), available to Board members, and available to Evergreen systems
>>>>>> administration volunteers as needed to maintain the calendar
>>>>>> - Create and publish (on the wiki or equivalent places) documenting
>>>>>> how to gain access to the calendar
>>>>>> - Update references to the calendar on the website and other places
>>>>>> - Announce the new calendar
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As no monetary expenditures are required and this isn't a big
>>>>>> strategic decision, I don't think this rises to the level of requiring a
>>>>>> formal Board motion unless there are objections. Consequently, this email
>>>>>> is an FYI to the Board and a request for any high-level feedback or
>>>>>> objections. However, if there is a desire NOT to do this or at least defer
>>>>>> discussion to the next Board meeting, please advise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are various people on Outreach and the IG corps ready to
>>>>>> implement this proposal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Galen
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Galen Charlton
>>>>>> Implementation and IT Manager
>>>>>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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>>>>
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>>>>
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