<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>I agree with this idea and approach. If we think the annual conference is not a good time/place, do you think the developer community would agree to a pre or post hackaway meeting with an EOB sponsored/coordinated group of potential financial backers? How soon would an idea need to be floated to the developer community for consideration on the agenda at a hackaway? <br><br><br><div><span name="x"></span>Elizabeth <br><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><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" <klussier@masslnc.org><br><b>To: </b>eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 4, 2013 11:28:12 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Eg-oversight-board] Thinking strategically: EOB involvement in "future of EG XUL client"?<br><br>
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On 9/4/2013 11:10 AM, Galen Charlton wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi,
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Ben
Hyman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop" target="_blank">ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop</a>></span>
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<div class="im"><span style="color:">What
does this group think of something like a
"Resource-Allocator-A-Way" loosely based on the
successful Hack-A-Way model, and facilitated by the
EOB? "Say what?" Essentially, this would be an
opportunity for resource allocator types to a) come
together b) learn of common cause c) brainstorm
methods to achieve common cause via protocol and -
wait for it - funding agreements and the like.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">I think this is a good idea,
particularly as an event that's part of the Evergreen
Conference and potentially the regional conferences -- "part
of" because I think that identifying the common causes is
more easily done at times and places where developers and
users gather.</div>
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When I first saw Ben's idea, I was thinking of it as an Evergreen
Summit where the resource allocators and developers would come
together because I do think it would be important for developers to
be part of this conversation. I'm guessing there are many
infrastructure improvements that the developers would like to see.
However, they can't really act upon those ideas because the resource
allocators don't know about the possibility of those improvements
and, therefore, don't fund them. <br>
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The problem with doing something like this at the Evergreen
conference is that there is little time to address these topics in a
comprehensive manner. A separate summit to discuss these issues
would ensure that we can spend a full day exploring these questions
and that everyone one participating is somebody who wants to be part
an active part of the discussion.<br>
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Kathy<br>
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