<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">Proposed "Participation Guidelines for Evergreen Communication Channels" submitted to Oversight Board for feedback by the Communications/Web Team<u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Ask <b>questions of general interest</b> to the community or to a specific group on one of the<a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Evergreen mailing lists</a>. <b>If your question is more specific</b>, like “I’m installing this and I have a particular error message,” try asking your question on the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/irc.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">IRC channel</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u><a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/irc.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">The IRC channel</a> is also used <b>for community meetings</b>. If there’s a meeting in progress, please refrain from comments unrelated to the meeting topic at hand until the meeting is over.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Add <b>events of general interest to the community</b> on the <b><a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=calendar:start" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Evergreen calendar</a></b>, especially any meetings that are going to use the IRC channel.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u><b>Propose ideas and ask for feedback</b> on one of the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Evergreen mailing lists</a>. Some proposals may ask for feedback by a certain date, and if there’s no objections, the proposed solution will move forward.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Use <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">the general mailing list</a> to <b>announce events</b> of general interest to the community or to the group that subscribes to the list. If there’s more of a story consider a <a href="http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">blog posting</a>. Or, you may participate in one of the Evergreen related blogs that are aggregated at <a href="http://planet.evergreen-ils.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Planet Evergreen</a>. Or, start your own blog!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Use the <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Evergreen Launchpad</a> to post <b>bugs</b>. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Post information about <b>committees and working groups</b> meeting notes and other working documents on the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_committees" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Wiki</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Use the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_committees" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Evergreen Wiki</a> to post <b>member contributed documentation</b> of all kinds<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Add <b>details about a development project in progress</b> to a <b><a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/evergreen" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">Launchpad</a> </b>blueprint.</p>
<div><div>The plan is to post this document prominently on the website and also to send it out on the mailing lists on a regular basis.</div><div><br></div><div>Your feedback is invited!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div>Lori</div><div>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=</div><div><div>Lori Bowen Ayre // </div><div>Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group</div><div>Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen</div>
<div>(707) 763-6869 // <a href="mailto:Lori.Ayre@galecia.com" target="_blank">Lori.Ayre@galecia.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:Lori.Ayre@galecia.com" target="_blank"></a>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, </div>
<div>workflow optimization, and materials handling <br><div>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=</div></div></div></div><br>