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Hi all,<br>
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I'm forwarding along this message that Darrell sent this afternoon.
Although he copied the Oversight Board on the e-mail, I didn't see
it come through.<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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<td>Re: Vendor Listing Submission</td>
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<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
<td>Tue, 3 Sep 2013 14:59:08 -0400 (EDT)</td>
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<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
<td>Darrell Rodgers <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:drodgers@emeralddata.net"><drodgers@emeralddata.net></a></td>
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<td>Kathy Lussier <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org"><klussier@masslnc.org></a></td>
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<td>Evergreen Oversight Board
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org"><eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org></a></td>
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<div>Thanks for the background Kathy. I appreciate all the
info. <br>
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<div>I also appreciate all the work you've put into the vetting
of vendors to make sure they are viable and can deliver for
the community. I know there is no question that we are one of
those vendors and likewise that the intent of the board is not
to keep legitimate vendors off the listing pages. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I am also very happy to comply with your request to put a
"mention of Evergreen" on our website, in fact, we've been
planning this for some time now. Thanks for the idea of a
libraries page under industries served, we may do just that.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I'd be completely fine with a page with mention on
Evergreen on there and even include the logo if you like, but
I don't do links because of all the problems they cause.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As you probably know, websites get rated according to the
links on their sites and broken or downed links count against
your ratings. In an effort to safeguard against this, we've
always had a no links policy, but as I said, I'm happy to
mention and put a logo for the community on the site.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Will this suffice for the board purposes?<br>
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<div><br>
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<div><span name="x"></span>Darrell Rodgers<br>
President<br>
Emerald Data Networks, Inc.<br>
678.302.3000 x1100<br>
Help Desk 678.302.3000 x1500<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.emeralddata.net">http://www.emeralddata.net</a><span name="x"></span><br>
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<div
style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From:
</b>"Kathy Lussier" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org"><klussier@masslnc.org></a><br>
<b>To: </b>"Darrell Rodgers" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:drodgers@emeralddata.net"><drodgers@emeralddata.net></a><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Michael Peters" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mpeters@emeralddata.net"><mpeters@emeralddata.net></a>,
"Evergreen Oversight Board"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org"><eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org></a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, September 3, 2013 2:44:08 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Vendor Listing Submission<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
<br>
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 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://markmail.org/message/tvitn6sfordu2dao"
target="_blank">http://markmail.org/message/tvitn6sfordu2dao</a>.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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"?).<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
Kathy<br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature">Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org" target="_blank">klussier@masslnc.org</a>
Twitter: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier</a>
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On 9/3/2013 1:27 PM, Darrell Rodgers wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:1970685953.1878.1378229225318.JavaMail.zimbra@emeralddata.net">
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#000000">
<div>Thanks Kathy.<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>I think you're referring to this line below:<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>Show support for the Evergreen community by adding a
visible link on their Evergreen offering page to the
Evergreen community web site at <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://evergreen-ils.org"
class="urlextern" target="_blank"
title="http://evergreen-ils.org" rel="nofollow">http://evergreen-ils.org</a><br>
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<div><br>
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<div>
<div>As a vendor agnostic technology company, we work
with literally hundreds of different types of
technology every day.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>For this reason, we don't have offering pages
dedicated to individual technologies. (We'd never do
anything else if we did!)<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We do have an ever growing list of companies that
we support with Evergreen as well as their other
technologies. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We've been happy with our continued conference
participation and do plan to continue to support the
conference, foundation and community.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
Please let us know if you need anything else from us to
get us listed. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks again.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span></span>Darrell Rodgers<br>
President<br>
Emerald Data Networks, Inc.<br>
678.302.3000 x1100<br>
Help Desk 678.302.3000 x1500<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.emeralddata.net" target="_blank">http://www.emeralddata.net</a><span></span><br>
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<div
style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From:
</b>"Kathy Lussier" <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org" target="_blank"><klussier@masslnc.org></a><br>
<b>To: </b>"Michael Peters" <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:mpeters@emeralddata.net" target="_blank"><mpeters@emeralddata.net></a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:drodgers@emeralddata.net" target="_blank">drodgers@emeralddata.net</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, September 3, 2013 1:11:58 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: FW: Vendor Listing Submission<br>
<div><br>
</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks Michael!<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
I went to Emerald's web site, but didn't see a link
back to the Evergreen community web site. Is that
available?<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
Kathy<br>
<pre class="moz-signature">Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org" target="_blank">klussier@masslnc.org</a>
Twitter: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier</a>
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On 9/3/2013 12:50 PM, Michael Peters wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kathy,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Good
afternoon. I hope you enjoyed your long holiday
weekend!</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Michael
Peters<br>
Senior Systems Analyst<br>
Emerald Data Networks, Inc.<br>
Phone: 678.302.3000 x1013<br>
Help Desk: 678.302.3000 x1500<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.emeralddata.net"
target="_blank">www.emeralddata.net</a></span><span
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
Michael Peters [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:mpeters@emeralddata.net"
target="_blank">mailto:mpeters@emeralddata.net</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2013 11:01
AM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org"
target="_blank">open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Vendor Listing Submission</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in"><b><span
style="color:black">Emerald Data Networks,
Inc.</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
Contact: Darrell Rodgers (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:drodgers@emeralddata.net"
target="_blank">drodgers@emeralddata.net</a>)
/ 678.302.3000</span><br>
<span style="color:black">Web: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.emeralddata.net"
target="_blank">http://www.emeralddata.net</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in"><span
style="color:black">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 <em>partner</em>.
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!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Michael
Peters<br>
Senior Systems Analyst<br>
Emerald Data Networks, Inc.<br>
Phone: 678.302.3000 x1013<br>
Help Desk: 678.302.3000 x1500<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.emeralddata.net"
target="_blank">www.emeralddata.net</a></span>
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