<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Grace Dunbar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:grace@equinoxinitiative.org" target="_blank">grace@equinoxinitiative.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Kathy and I were talking about keynotes earlier.<br></div>I suggested replacing them with invited local speakers who would/could give regular program sessions. IOW, we would still retain the benefit of having outside ideas and perspectives but not in a keynote.<br></div>For example, if the conference was back in Michigan I might suggest <a href="https://www.lib.umich.edu/users/watkinc" target="_blank">Charles Watkinson</a> from University of Michigan who is deeply involved in the open scholarly publishing model. <br></div>Just a random idea...<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>From the peanut gallery, and riffing on this idea, invited speakers could also come from related F/LOSS projects, as a way of garnering outside perspective while staying on the broad topic of open source ILSs. To give a concrete example, I would love to hear Owen Leonard of the Athens County (OH) Public Library speak at an Evergreen conference. He's a web designer who has been active in Koha for years and has contributed much to Koha's look and feel on both the staff and public sides.</div><div><br>Regards,</div><div><br>Galen</div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Galen Charlton<br>Infrastructure and Added Services Manager<br>Equinox Open Library Initiative<br>phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)<br>email: gmc@equinoxInitiative.org<br>web: <a href="https://equinoxInitiative.org" target="_blank">https://equinoxInitiative.org</a><br>direct: +1 770-709-5581<br>cell: +1 404-984-4366</div>
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