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<p>I think the conference has multiple purposes that can't be
encapsulated in one sentence. But I could try doing it through a
bulleted list. <br>
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<p>- An opportunity for Evergreen users at all levels to become more
knowledgeable about using, configuring, supporting, and improving
the Evergreen software.</p>
<p>- An opportunity to learn about developments in the software and
project since the last conference.<br>
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<p>- An opportunity for the community to discuss and plan for the
long-term future of the project</p>
<p>- An opportunity to engage users and encourage them / educate
them on how they can contribute to the project, which builds the
community and ensures that the project continues to thrive.</p>
<p>- An opportunity to meet others in the community, share
experiences with them, and feel more connected to the other
libraries out there using Evergreen. This also helps build the
community.</p>
<p>- An opportunity for some working groups (developers, DIG, etc.)
to set aside some time to get project work done.</p>
<p>Those are my thoughts. Although the first bullet-point addresses
learning about the software, I don't think this necessarily means
training. I agree that it's very difficult to do real training
when Evergreen libraries/consortia implement the software in
different ways.<br>
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<p>Kathy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/23/2017 12:05 PM, Diane Disbro
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is an interesting discussion. I understand that training
isn’t the purpose of the conference. If you could put the
purpose of the conference into one sentence, what would that
sentence be?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:eg-oversight-board-bounces@list.evergreen-ils.org">mailto:eg-oversight-board-bounces@list.evergreen-ils.org</a>] <b>On
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 23, 2017 11:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Grace Dunbar<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Oversight Board<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eg-oversight-board] Final conference
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<p class="MsoNormal">I, admittedly, haven't picked through
everything in the suggestion document. That said, I
really like the idea of highlighting the hackfest more
prominently as a part of the conference rather than a
"pre-conference" addendum. <o:p></o:p></p>
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thought it might be useful to
provide my suggestions for the
Evergreen conference and changes we
may want to consider for the
future. Apologies in advance if
this is either rambling or
redundant, or both.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The conference
operates on thin margins.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Every year the
conference committee is confident
(perhaps overly confident) that this
year they will increase attendance
numbers and increase sponsorships. The
problem is that we can't increase our
sponsorships without increasing our
attendance. And our attendees who
increase our numbers are generally just
employees of a library in an existing
consortia. This exact complaint was
brought up by multiple vendors -
essentially, the Evergreen conference is
really only between 8 and 10 "clients"
and having more circ or cataloging staff
attendees at the conference doesn't
increase their ROI. And that's fair. <o:p></o:p></p>
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">And the
attendees who can increase our numbers
(local staff) seem to want very specifically
targeted information related to them at the
conference. The conference surveys have
been pretty clear that end-user staff want
and expect *training* from the conference.
But that hasn't traditionally been the aim
of the conference, nor can we reliably
provide that since the programs are
solicited from volunteers in the community.
Also complicating things for "training" on
Evergreen features is that Evergreen is so
customizable that "training" or explanations
of how to use certain features may not jive
with local policy for their consortia or
library system. Regardless, I believe we
can, to some extent, provide that kind of
training in the pre-conference sessions.
However, we will need to be very selective
in the process of recruiting the
pre-conference presenters (trainers) if
we're going to try to actively meet that
need.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, I firmly believe that
the conference should make money for the
project. With that money, the project can
provide outreach, build infrastructure, and
promote the community. We want to provide a
good conference with stellar programs and a
welcoming environment. But the conference is
also for building relationships, allowing
developers and community leaders to conduct
business and brainstorm, as well as providing
space for the EOB, committees, and interest
groups to meet. IOW, we're trying to meet a
lot of needs and there needs to be balance -
we can't make everyone happy all the time. If
you look at the breakdown of attendees,
systems administrators and developers are
roughly 1/3, end-users are roughly 1/3, and
admin/consortia leaders are roughly 1/3.
Those are all stakeholders that are important
but their needs are very different.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To reduce overhead for the
conference and to try to give <u>everyone</u> the
best experience we should at least look at making
some changes. Based off of my experience and the
results of conference surveys, I have some
suggestions for changes to the structure and the
sponsorships. <br>
Note that the proposed reduction of the conference
to two tracks had wide support in the survey and
the track reduction and changes to pre-conferences
and when/where IGs, etc. meet, should reduce the
overhead for costs associated with meeting rooms,
A/V, signage, labor, etc.<br>
See attached doc for details.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for
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as always, this is just a
suggestion based on my
experience - I leave it to y'all
to decide what to take away from
the information and what
direction to go.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">p.s.
Exhibitor and attendee surveys
also attached. For anyone who
prefers visual representations,
just let me know and I can share
the Google form with you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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