[Eg-oversight-board] FW: URGENT - due Friday 1/17 re: request: Conservancy needs your Project's highlights & photos from FY2012

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

The document is now available for contributions at

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG1QLSLpyKU4sAcPVqWZygJgPoKlN-5f_UEKD1AE0c0/edit?usp=sharing

Regards,

Galen

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please note that Conservancy is asking for information regarding
> events that occurred in their previous fiscal year 2012, so we'll need
> to go back a bit further in time.
>
> Nobody responded to my call in December for suggestions, but I'll get
> a Google Doc started and circulate it  I do not, however, view this as
> anything more than a courtesy to Conservancy -- what we get, we get,
> and I'll tidy up and submit to them on Friday morning.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Borger, Shauna <SBorger at library.in.gov> wrote:
>> Has anyone gotten a chance to think about this yet? What would everyone
>> think about breaking our report to Conservancy down this way and asking
>> individuals to provide a summary for the report?
>>
>>
>>
>> ·         Versions of Evergreen released – Dan Wells
>>
>> ·         DIG progress – Yamil
>>
>> ·         Conference (2013 and planning for 2014) – Ben Hyman
>>
>> ·         Fundraising and product store – Rogan
>>
>>
>>
>> Just some ideas. I thought it would be good to break up the content we want
>> to provide so that one person isn’t scrambling to pull info together
>> although we do have content from the Evergreen newsletters that we could
>> pull from.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________
>>
>> Shauna Borger
>>
>> Professional Development Office Supervisor
>>
>> Indiana State Library
>>
>> 140 N. Senate Ave.
>>
>> Indianapolis, IN  46204
>>
>> Phone: (317) 232-3718
>>
>> Fax: (317) 232-0002
>>
>> sborger at library.in.gov
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Tony Sebro [mailto:tony at sfconservancy.org]
>> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 11:42 AM
>> To: project-reps at sfconservancy.org; members-discuss at sfconservancy.org
>> Subject: URGENT - due Friday 1/17 re: request: Conservancy needs your
>> Project's highlights & photos from FY2012
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi, all:
>> I sent an email out on 12/16 asking projects to provide us with highlights
>> and photos from FY2012 (March 1, 2012 - February 29, 2013).  I haven't
>> received any responses.
>>
>> We want Conservancy's annual report to be about the member projects, and all
>> of the great work your communities do.  But we can't include any information
>> about your project's accomplishments unless you send them to me.
>>
>> Please send me a few highlights by the end of this week (Friday, January
>> 17).  For more information, please review the email I sent on 12/16 (copied
>> below for your reference).
>>
>> Thanks; I look forward to your highlights!  Best, -Tony
>>
>> On 12/16/2013 10:20 AM, Tony Sebro wrote:
>>
>> ***Please send me your Project's one or two major highlights from FY2012.
>> Here are the kinds of things we're looking for:
>> - a major software update (with an explanation of what made this a big deal
>> for your Project, and how the public benefits)
>> - the fulfillment of a major proposal
>> - a positive development that generated some nice buzz in the tech press
>> - a feel-good success story (e.g., an organization or municipality using
>> Project X's software to do good work, a "human interest" story where Project
>> X's software is involved, etc.)
>> - something I haven't thought of, but that you think is cool and would
>> really showcase the good stuff your Project has accomplished in FY2012.
>>
>> NOTE:  specific anecdotes work better than generic accomplishments.
>>
>> ***In addition, if you have any photos of project-related activities --
>> meetings, conferences, hackfests, mentoring sessions, etc. -- please send
>> them to me, along with a note indicating the license under which those
>> photos are available.
>>
>> I've attached last year's report in PDF format, to give you an idea of what
>> we're looking for.
>>
>> I can't guarantee that we'll be able to include every Project's highlights
>> and photos in the report, but we'll do our best to shine a light on the
>> important work you do as a collective to generate great code for the public.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Tony Sebro, General Counsel, Software Freedom Conservancy
>>
>> +1-212-461-3245 x11
>>
>> tony at sfconservancy.org
>>
>> www.sfconservancy.org
>>
>>
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> Galen Charlton
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-- 
Galen Charlton
Manager of Implementation
Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
email:  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