[Eg-oversight-board] EOB meeting, Thursday, 18 July 2013, 2-3 p.m. EDT

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

For item 3 on the agenda, I have the following report:

I posted a message to the list asking for feedback on a possible policy 
for listing support vendors on the Evergreen web site 
(http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_companies). The 
discussion can be viewed at 
http://markmail.org/message/tvitn6sfordu2dao. 
<http://markmail.org/message/tvitn6sfordu2dao>

Bellow is a rough summary of the discussion:
.    There was general support for vendors sending out an e-mail 
describing their services.
.    There was general support for requiring vendors to add a link to 
the Evergreen project to their web site.
.    I didn't see any support for defining the service areas that should 
be covered by this page.
.    An idea was raised that vendors should provide references received 
support from -- it was difficult to get an accurate count on this, but I 
would say there were three people who showed some support for this idea 
and five people (including me) who opposed the idea. The idea was 
originally raised as a way to confirm that the vendor provides Evergreen 
services, but another supporter also indicated that we should asking 
reference if they are satisfied customers.
.    The idea of annual registration was supported by three people. 
However, another person objected to the idea, raising concerns about the 
additional workload an annual process would entail, and another person 
(me) suggested that we might want to follow the Koha model ("From time 
to time, the Koha webmasters may check vendors to see if they currently 
offer services.  If a company no longer does, their entry may be 
removed.  All removals will be posted publicly to the Koha mailing list.")
.    There was some talk of how to treat vendors for third-party 
vendors/services and how they might be better served by a different 
page, possibly with some highlighting of third-party vendors that are 
good contributors to the community. Grace Dunbar said ESI would be 
willing to maintain such a page.
.    There were also a couple of people who endorsed moving forward with 
the Koha model without necessarily speaking to the specific issues in 
the thread.

Kathy


Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

On 7/17/2013 6:30 PM, Galen Charlton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The next Evergreen OversightBoard meeting is scheduled for tomorrow
> from 2 to 3 p.m. EDT and will take place on the #evergreen IRC channel.
>
> The agenda is:
>
> 1. Financial Report (Galen)
> 2. Evergreen 2014 Conference Committee Report (Kathy)
> 3. Follow-up on support company listing
> 4. Grants and fundraising (Rogan)
>
> If there are any other items you wish to add to the agenda, please let 
> me know.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
> -- 
> Galen Charlton
> Manager of Implementation
> Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
> email: gmc at esilibrary.com <mailto:gmc at esilibrary.com>
> direct: +1 770-709-5581
> cell:   +1 404-984-4366
> skype:  gmcharlt
> web: http://www.esilibrary.com/
> Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & 
> http://evergreen-ils.org
>
>
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