[evergreen-outreach] annual report draft
Andrea Buntz Neiman
abneiman at equinoxoli.org
Wed Apr 10 15:26:22 EDT 2024
+1 from me
On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 10:08 AM Deborah Luchenbill <
deborah at mobiusconsortium.org> wrote:
> Looks good!
>
> One thing (sorry!)--Somehow I missed before--Blake's last name is
> hyphenated: Graham-Henderson (on the 3.11 Release Team list).
>
>
> Debbie Luchenbill
> Associate Director, Open Source Initiatives
> MOBIUS
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> Columbia, MO 65201
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>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 9:07 PM <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I waited a bit to see if we'd have more changes, but we haven't, so here
>> is an update with the requested changes. I'm not a member of team Oxford
>> comma (its just a fad) but I'm not interested in fighting that fight (as I
>> don't care that much) but when in doubt I'm going with past annual report
>> and wider project consistency ... which is an elusive goal but still a goal.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 5:10 PM Andrea Buntz Neiman <
>> abneiman at equinoxoli.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Looking good!
>>>
>>> I disagree about the hyphenations - "standalone" could be one word
>>> though. A quick glance through our existing website shows that we're not
>>> actually consistent with this at all.
>>>
>>> Anyway, not the hill to die on.
>>>
>>> I like the addition of the caffeinated cookies, but maybe label the
>>> picture? Otherwise it's not clear what those are, even with the text on the
>>> facing page.
>>>
>>> I can give it a more careful read if needed but I am on the road.
>>>
>>> ABN
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM Deborah Luchenbill via
>>> evergreen-outreach <evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This looks awesome! Great job!
>>>>
>>>> I have a few nitpicky punctuation suggestions, though some may just be
>>>> personal preferences or differing opinions on something being an adjective
>>>> or a noun...
>>>>
>>>> In the "Our Mission" section:
>>>> 1. While either way is acceptable, we hyphenate open-source everywhere
>>>> else, so we probably should here also, for consistency
>>>> 2. Same paragraph, hyphenate back-end
>>>> 3. Next paragraph, hyphenate stand-alone
>>>> 4. Third paragraph, I'm a proponent of the Oxford comma ;-) (Also, we
>>>> use it elsewhere.)
>>>>
>>>> In Ruth's section:
>>>> There should be commas around "hosted by CW Mars and the Worcester
>>>> Public Library" (also the MARS should be all-caps)
>>>>
>>>> In the Release Trees section:
>>>> 1. I'm not a fan of using the "th" or whatever after dates when also
>>>> using the year...so, for instance, May 30th or May 30, 2023, but not May
>>>> 30th, 2023
>>>> 2. Hyphenate Multi-Word in "Multi Word Search Suggestions"
>>>>
>>>> That's all I have! :-)
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Debbie
>>>>
>>>> Debbie Luchenbill
>>>> Associate Director, Open Source Initiatives
>>>> MOBIUS
>>>> 2511 Broadway Bluffs, Ste. 101
>>>> Columbia, MO 65201
>>>> debbie at mobiusconsortium.org <deborah at mobiusconsortium.org>
>>>> 573-234-4914
>>>> https://mobiusconsortium.org <http://mobiusconsortium.org>
>>>> MOSS Help Desk: help at mobiusconsortium.org / 877-312-3517
>>>> Pronouns: She/Her or She/They (see https://pronouns.org/ to learn more)
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 7:51 PM Rogan Hamby via evergreen-outreach <
>>>> evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9t6sit1adlzadlf8wgvwg/Annual-Report-2023-Draft-2024-04-01.pdf?rlkey=ckokdwcyhz0edctf4f3jorp6e&dl=0
>>>>>
>>>>> Many small changes but everything is ready for feedback now. The
>>>>> content is there now so it's polishing now.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 7:22 PM Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at equinoxoli.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Feedback incorporated except for the acronym conventions, but not
>>>>>> ignored. My rule of thumb is this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use acronym and name where space allows. If space does not allow both
>>>>>> use full name. If spaces does not allow full name use only acronym. I'll
>>>>>> check again towards the end to see if i'm being consistent with that but it
>>>>>> is indeed a compromise with layout.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fixes for hair are now available in exchange for cookies ....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 9:20 AM Lussier, Kathy <klussier at noblenet.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK, here come my initial nitpicky copy edits.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - In Ruth's article, I think we need to add a word in this
>>>>>>> sentence, "To all of you *who* participated..."
>>>>>>> - Hack-a-way (Hackaway?) should be consistent in the report. In
>>>>>>> the title for the hack-a-way article, it uses hyphens. In Ruth's article
>>>>>>> and in the body of the hack-a-way article, it's one word without hyphens. I
>>>>>>> believe the community convention has been to use hyphens.
>>>>>>> - Under our mission, easy-to-use should be hyphenated because
>>>>>>> it's being used as an adjective.
>>>>>>> - Westchester is spelled incorrectly in the 3.11 section.
>>>>>>> - We don't seem to have a consistent way of dealing with the
>>>>>>> acronyms for organizations. In some cases (CW MARS, PINES, ECDI), just the
>>>>>>> acronym is used. In other cases, we use the full name with the acronym
>>>>>>> followed by parentheses. For PaILS, we use the full name without an
>>>>>>> acronym. I don't think we need to make it consistent across the board as it
>>>>>>> also may affect spacing issues, but maybe we can have consistency for each
>>>>>>> organization. In the 3.11 and 3.12 sections, NOBLE and KCLS are handled
>>>>>>> differently for each release. I'm okay with NOBLE just being the acronym
>>>>>>> without the full organization name (I think this will be easier to fix).
>>>>>>> Perhaps KCLS could be King County Library System in both places?
>>>>>>> - My hair is mussed in one of the photos. Can you fix that?
>>>>>>> Also, I appear to be the color of Violet Beauregarde in another photo, but
>>>>>>> I'm okay with that since purple is my favorite color.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, the correction that I'm not making is the name for development
>>>>>>> meetings. For years, it had been called developer meetings, and I thought
>>>>>>> it needed to be corrected. But it looks like Galen updated the name to
>>>>>>> development back in 2017 to be more inclusive (gmcharlt++). Developer
>>>>>>> meeting is still used in many places in the community. Would somebody be
>>>>>>> willing to update the calendar to development meeting? I'll take a stab at
>>>>>>> updating wiki pages that refer to the meeting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As usual, it looks great!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kathy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Kathy Lussier
>>>>>>> she/her
>>>>>>> Executive Director
>>>>>>> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
>>>>>>> Danvers, MA
>>>>>>> 978-777-8844 x201
>>>>>>> www.noblenet.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 8:38 PM Rogan Hamby via evergreen-outreach <
>>>>>>> evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Okay, this is as far as I'm getting tonight. Highlights:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> New seeds has more stuff thanks to Ruth gathering info.
>>>>>>>> Also thanks to Ruth the Hack-A-Way page has text but still needs
>>>>>>>> all the laying out of things done.
>>>>>>>> Interest groups page has information for UI group, board members
>>>>>>>> added, a graphic to avoid strange white space and a title.
>>>>>>>> Committing pages has new core committers listed (pics good idea?)
>>>>>>>> and text on facing page.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/66w99x199lwe8w25918hh/Annual-Report-2023-2024-03-26-Draft.pdf?rlkey=hgjdp8u918v41mi33zd9o85am&dl=0
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 7:11 PM Rogan Hamby via evergreen-outreach <
>>>>>>>> evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I prefer the colorful versions over greenscale. I think you sent
>>>>>>>>> me new versions, looking for the. I'm adding a box with the new core
>>>>>>>>> committers. How do we feel about small photos of them on the page?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wording change made.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Words added.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM Andrea Buntz Neiman <
>>>>>>>>> abneiman at equinoxoli.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> More feedback:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -- for Committing / Code pages, there are "greenscale" versions
>>>>>>>>>> of the images if those are preferred
>>>>>>>>>> -- words here for commit page (maybe to go with the new authors
>>>>>>>>>> graphic?):
>>>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14zMlE-WI0jpCyNbhQveCl2rwsydhGnS_j11PULrVR-8/edit?disco=AAABHij8HO4
>>>>>>>>>> -- for release 3.11, please change "single class search
>>>>>>>>>> suggestions" to "multi word search suggestions"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:03 AM Andrea Buntz Neiman <
>>>>>>>>>> abneiman at equinoxoli.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I will give you some more content for committing and see if I
>>>>>>>>>>> can fix that svg.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> My feedback on the release pages is that the font kerning looks
>>>>>>>>>>> off to me?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ABN
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 8:52 AM Rogan Hamby via
>>>>>>>>>>> evergreen-outreach <evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Excellent!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 8:41 AM Frasur, Ruth via
>>>>>>>>>>>> evergreen-outreach <evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a pretty good list of new seeds that I’m hoping to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> compile in the next two days.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ruth Frasur Davis (she/they)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Coordinator
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Evergreen Community Development Initiative*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Indiana State Library
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 140 N. Senate Ave.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Indianapolis, IN 46204
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (317) 232-3691
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *From:* evergreen-outreach <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> evergreen-outreach-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org> *On Behalf
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of *Rogan Hamby via evergreen-outreach
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 24, 2024 8:59 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *To:* Evergreen Outreach Committee <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Subject:* [evergreen-outreach] annual report draft
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> **** This is an EXTERNAL email. Exercise caution. DO NOT open
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is the promised updated draft of the annual report.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Below is a page by page break down of where we are;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cover, Mission Page, Board President's Letter - Complete and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ready for feedback.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> New Seeds - A message went out from Ruth asking for libraries
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to tell us about their additions. We can add those fairly late so I'm not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> worried about it. The ones I have personal knowledge of are already added.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Interest Groups pages - We need to add the Bibframe and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Accessibility groups. Any remaining space may be taken by a very small
>>>>>>>>>>>>> feature or graphic. I looked for info on the web site and it looks like it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> needs the Bibframe group added and Accessibility updated and perhaps
>>>>>>>>>>>>> renamed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Conference Page - ready for feedback
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hack-A-Way - awaiting text so I can do layout
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Committing Code and Docs - we need a bit more content here so
>>>>>>>>>>>>> put thinking caps on. Also,something happened with the SVG for one of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> graphics so we need to deal with that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Release pages are done and ready for feedback.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Evergreen After Hours page is ready for feedback.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The credits page and back cover are complete and ready for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> feedback.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I will produce another draft by next weekend. It will have at
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a minimum:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> · A draft page with graphics for Hack-A-Way. I believe Ruth
>>>>>>>>>>>>> volunteered to provide the text, is that correct Ruth?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> · A further edited version of the interest group pages.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> · Adjusted Committing pages.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zc9xc818khayhjah39a44/Annual-Report-2023-2024-03-24-Draft.pdf?rlkey=wo69s52n2qoayao07wv8rphob&dl=0
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-43f73e2e362a76c7&q=1&e=3a08f502-2ff6-493a-a793-deba8df7a0fe&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fscl%2Ffi%2Fzc9xc818khayhjah39a44%2FAnnual-Report-2023-2024-03-24-Draft.pdf%3Frlkey%3Dwo69s52n2qoayao07wv8rphob%26dl%3D0>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
>>>>>>>>>>> Project Manager for Software Development | Product Specialist
>>>>>>>>>>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
>>>>>>>>>>> abneiman at equinoxOLI.org <abneiman at equinoxoli.org>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>>>>>>>>>>> Direct: 770-709-5583
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>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> Project Manager for Software Development | Product Specialist
>>>>>>>>>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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>>>>>>>>>> Direct: 770-709-5583
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>>> Project Manager for Software Development | Product Specialist
>>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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