[Eg-oversight-board] Call for Agenda Items and Meeting Reminder

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Sharon,

A few years back, Rogan and I worked on a spreadsheet with potential 
grant opportunities for the Evergreen project. I don't know how current 
it is, but it might serve as a good starting point.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/132a10eZE7SOssSs_LdbZ7JuY1u089h18FR2LhxxoVlg/edit?usp=sharing

Kathy

On 06/16/2016 08:10 PM, Sharon Herbert wrote:
> Following up on the last discussion item from today's meeting - 
> unfortunately, all of the grants listed at 
> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/grants/ are historical/expired. Mozilla 
> outlines their four focus areas to be considered for a grant, that 
> they are more likely to fund a grant if they are intimately familiar 
> with your organization and if it's tied to the Mozilla mission. They 
> expect someone from the project to serve as a champion by getting 
> involved in the Mozilla community by contributing to their mission and 
> becoming indispensable to the Mozilla community before discussing a 
> grant. Maybe we have some folks already working in the Mozilla 
> community, but still seems Evergreen isn't likely to fit their criteria.
>
> I'll keep casting an eye around for potential funding opportunities.
>
> Sharon
> Quoting Ruth Frasur <director at hagerstownlibrary.org>:
>
>> Sure thing.  Would you be willing to speak to this a little bit 
>> during the
>> meeting?  To start the discussion?
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Sharon Herbert <
>> sharon.herbert at bc.libraries.coop> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ruth,
>>>
>>> Last fall, the EOB considered Mozilla's open source support program and
>>> determined Evergreen was probably not a good fit. Mozilla has recently
>>> announced the Secure Open Source Fund: article-
>>> https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/06/10/mozilla-will-fund-code-audits/ 
>>>
>>> Specifics: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Secure_Open_Source
>>>
>>> One of the seven criteria for consideration asks ''How vital is the
>>> software to the continued functioning of the Internet or the Web?' ; if
>>> this is key for acceptance, Evergreen probably wouldn't qualify, but
>>> thought I'd ask the EOB to review as I haven't seen any discussion 
>>> on the
>>> lists about this specific initiative - unless I've missed it, of 
>>> course!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sharon
>>> Quoting Ruth Frasur <director at hagerstownlibrary.org>:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I apologize for not getting this out earlier.  Please submit any items
>>>> that
>>>> you would like to have added to the EOB agenda.  A reminder that the
>>>> meeting is tomorrow at 2 p.m. EST on the #evergreen channel in IRC.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Ruth Frasur
>>>> Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township
>>>> Library
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>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Sharon Herbert
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>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Ruth Frasur
>> Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township
>> Library
>> 10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346)
>> p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808
>>
>> *Our Kickin' Website <http://hagerstownlibrary.org>,  Our Rockin' 
>> Facebook
>> Page <http://facebook.com/hjtplibrary>,  and The Nettle Creek Players
>> <http://nettlecreekplayers.com>*
>
>

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Kathy Lussier
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