[Eg-oversight-board] Vendor Listing Submission

Tue Sep 3 14:44:08 EDT 2013

Thank you for the e-mail Darrell. I'm also copying the Evergreen 
Oversight Board on this message since they are the group that approved 
this policy after considerable discussion with the community.

I want to give you some background on the creation of this policy. After 
some discussion at an Oversight Board meeting , I sent out an e-mail to 
the Evergreen general discussion list last July asking the community for 
feedback on a possible policy for the paid support provider page. You 
can read the discussion thread at 
http://markmail.org/message/tvitn6sfordu2dao.

There was disagreement on some aspects of the policy, specifically when 
it came to the question of how much vetting should occur. However, there 
was overwhelming support when it came to the requirement that providers 
add a visible link to the project web site. Although the Board was 
ultimately the entity that approved this policy, it did so after open 
discussion with the community during which any community member, 
including vendors, had an opportunity to raise whatever concerns they 
might have with the policy. I believe we ultimately adopted a policy 
that placed very few barriers on vendors who wanted to be listed on the 
project web site.

I've heard many good reports on the services Emerald provides, and I 
would be happy to see the company listed on the Evergreen support 
provider page. I also value the support Emerald has provided to the 
conference and the community. However, speaking as just one of 11 
members of the Board, I will continue to support the requirement that 
providers listed on that page make some mention of Evergreen on their 
own web sites, including a link to the project web site. It not only 
shows support for the project, but also provides guidance for those 
users who discover your company from the listing page and want to get 
more information on how your services fit in with Evergreen.

I also do not think this policy is unusual in open source software 
communities. Our policy was based on a similar policy from the Koha 
community, and I know the PostgreSQL community has similar requirements.

I hope Emerald can find somewhere on its site where an Evergreen link 
would be appropriate (perhaps libraries can be added as one of the 
"industries served"?).

Thank you,
Kathy

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

On 9/3/2013 1:27 PM, Darrell Rodgers wrote:
> Thanks Kathy.
>
> I think you're referring to this line below:
>
> Show support for the Evergreen community by adding a visible link on 
> their Evergreen offering page to the Evergreen community web site at 
> http://evergreen-ils.org
>
> As a vendor agnostic technology company, we work with literally 
> hundreds of different types of technology every day.
>
> For this reason, we don't have offering pages dedicated to individual 
> technologies. (We'd never do anything else if we did!)
>
> We do have an ever growing list of companies that we support with 
> Evergreen as well as their other technologies.
>
> We've been happy with our continued conference participation and do 
> plan to continue to support the conference, foundation and community.
>
> Please let us know if you need anything else from us to get us listed.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Darrell Rodgers
> President
> Emerald Data Networks, Inc.
> 678.302.3000 x1100
> Help Desk 678.302.3000 x1500
> http://www.emeralddata.net
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Kathy Lussier" <klussier at masslnc.org>
> *To: *"Michael Peters" <mpeters at emeralddata.net>
> *Cc: *drodgers at emeralddata.net
> *Sent: *Tuesday, September 3, 2013 1:11:58 PM
> *Subject: *Re: FW: Vendor Listing Submission
>
> Thanks Michael!
>
> I hope you enjoyed your long weekend as well. I'm not sure what 
> happened with the e-mail. I checked the list archives this morning to 
> make sure I didn't miss anyone, but your e-mail isn't there either.
>
> I went to Emerald's web site, but didn't see a link back to the 
> Evergreen community web site. Is that available?
>
> Thanks!
> Kathy
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128
> klussier at masslnc.org
> Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
> On 9/3/2013 12:50 PM, Michael Peters wrote:
>
>     Kathy,
>
>     Good afternoon.  I hope you enjoyed your long holiday weekend!
>
>     This vendor listing was submitted on 8/23/13.   I’m not sure why
>     you did not receive it, but, this message I’m forwarding below
>     does confirm that it was submitted on that date.  Thank you for
>     getting on the page as soon as possible.
>
>     Michael Peters
>     Senior Systems Analyst
>     Emerald Data Networks, Inc.
>     Phone: 678.302.3000 x1013
>     Help Desk: 678.302.3000 x1500
>     www.emeralddata.net
>
>     *From:*Michael Peters [mailto:mpeters at emeralddata.net]
>     *Sent:* Friday, August 23, 2013 11:01 AM
>     *To:* 'open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org'
>     *Subject:* Vendor Listing Submission
>
>     *Emerald Data Networks, Inc.*
>     Contact:  Darrell Rodgers (drodgers at emeralddata.net
>     <mailto:drodgers at emeralddata.net>) / 678.302.3000
>     Web: http://www.emeralddata.net
>
>     There are plenty of IT firms ready to be your provider. Emerald
>     clients realize they need more than a provider, they need a
>     trusted technology /partner/. Emerald Data Networks is prepared to
>     be your partner in your endeavor into the Evergreen ILS world.
>     Emerald Data Networks provides a combined 19 years of experience
>     with Evergreen ILS and is prepared to be your partner in technical
>     support, data migrations, custom feature development, software
>     upgrades, capacity planning, and more!
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Michael Peters
>     Senior Systems Analyst
>     Emerald Data Networks, Inc.
>     Phone: 678.302.3000 x1013
>     Help Desk: 678.302.3000 x1500
>     www.emeralddata.net <http://www.emeralddata.net>
>
>
>

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