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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi all,<br>
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For item 3 on the agenda, I have the following report:<br>
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I posted a message to the list asking for feedback on a possible
policy for listing support vendors on the Evergreen web site (<a
href="http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_companies">http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_companies</a>).
The discussion can be viewed at <a
href="http://markmail.org/message/tvitn6sfordu2dao">http://markmail.org/message/tvitn6sfordu2dao.</a><br>
<br>
Bellow is a rough summary of the discussion:<br>
• There was general support for vendors sending out an e-mail
describing their services.<br>
• There was general support for requiring vendors to add a link
to the Evergreen project to their web site.<br>
• I didn't see any support for defining the service areas that
should be covered by this page.<br>
• 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.<br>
• 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.”)<br>
• 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.<br>
• 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.<br>
<br>
Kathy<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org">klussier@masslnc.org</a>
Twitter: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier">http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier</a>
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On 7/17/2013 6:30 PM, Galen Charlton wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi,</span>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The
next Evergreen </span><span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Oversight</span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span
class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Board</span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> meeting
is scheduled for tomorrow</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">from
2 to 3 p.m. EDT and will take place on the #evergreen IRC
channel.</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The
agenda is:</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1.
Financial Report (Galen)</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2.
Evergreen 2014 Conference Committee Report (Kathy)</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">3.
Follow-up on support company listing</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">4.
Grants and fundraising (Rogan)</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">If there are any other items
you wish to add to the agenda, please let me know.</font></div>
<div><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Regards,</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br>
Galen<br>
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<div>Galen Charlton</div>
<div>Manager of Implementation</div>
<div>Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts</div>
<div>email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gmc@esilibrary.com" target="_blank">gmc@esilibrary.com</a></div>
<div>direct: +1 770-709-5581</div>
<div>cell: +1 404-984-4366</div>
<div>skype: gmcharlt</div>
<div>web: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.esilibrary.com/" target="_blank">http://www.esilibrary.com/</a></div>
<div>Supporting Koha and Evergreen: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://koha-community.org"
target="_blank">http://koha-community.org</a> & <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://evergreen-ils.org"
target="_blank">http://evergreen-ils.org</a></div>
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