[Evergreen-web-team] [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] adding a page to the wiki

Fri Mar 30 18:48:20 EDT 2012

Thanks for jumping in Alexey! Glad to have you aboard.

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Lori Bowen Ayre //
Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group
Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen
(707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
Availability:  http://tungle.me/lori.ayre

<Lori.Ayre at galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID,
filtering,
workflow optimization, and materials handling
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich <
alexey.lazar at mnsu.edu> wrote:

> Hello, everybody.  My name is Alex (Alexey) Lazar.  I recently started at
> PALS, located at Minnesota State University in Mankato, MN, USA.  I will be
> involved with our Evergreen initiatives.  Previously, I worked as a website
> developer responsible for various aspects of design, code and information
> architecture of www.mnsu.edu.
>
> In my experience, there are always several ways to present information,
> based on intended audience, topic or other schemes.  For example,
> developing code for Evergreen is certainly a contribution, and developers
> are members of the community and they communicate.
>
> I signed up for this mailing list just in the last couple of days.  It was
> easy to find the information I needed under "Communicate".  It would have
> been just as easy to find it under "Community", which is a more broad term.
>  Same would probably be true if I was looking for user group information.
>
> For what my input is worth at this point, changing the term sounds like a
> good idea, if not for any reason other than it's a familiar, standard term
> commonly used on open-source project websites.
>
> Alexey Lazar
> PALS
> Information System Developer and Integrator
> 507-389-2907
> http://www.mnpals.org/
>
> On Mar 30, 2012, at 11:29 , Kathy Lussier wrote:
>
> > Hi Lori,
> >
> > I like using community and contribute.
> >
> > However, I would be inclined to put Chat under community rather than
> contribute. Also, I prefer the old language “chat” to calling it a
> “Developer Chatroom”. There are non-developers who participate or just lurk
> in IRC, and I wouldn’t want to discourage other non-developers from doing
> the same. It’s also used for DIG, reports task force, and community
> meetings, so I would say the audience goes beyond developers.
> >
> > Otherwise, it looks good to me!
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > Kathy Lussier
> > Project Coordinator
> > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> > (508) 756-0172
> > (508) 755-3721 (fax)
> > klussier at masslnc.org
> > IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo)
> > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
> >
> >
> > From: evergreen-web-team-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org [mailto:
> evergreen-web-team-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org] On Behalf Of Lori
> Bowen Ayre
> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 12:20 PM
> > To: Evergreen Discussion Group; Evergreen Community Web Team Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Evergreen-web-team] [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] adding a page to
> the wiki
> >
> > Here's what I propose for changing the Menus on the Evergreen Home page.
>  Instead of Communicate and Contribute, we make them Community and
> Contribute.
> >
> > Here's what I think should be under Community:
> >
> > Mailing Lists
> > Official Blog
> > Community Blogs
> > Users Groups  (note new addition)
> > Calendar
> >
> > Under Contribute:
> >
> > Develop Code
> > Report Bugs
> > Developer Chatroom (note new language and new position on menu)
> > Donate to Evergreen (note this is slightly different language)
> > Committees and Working Groups
> > Request Feature (note new language)
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Lori
> >
> >
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> > Lori Bowen Ayre //
> > Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group
> > Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen
> > (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
> > Availability:  http://tungle.me/lori.ayre
> >
> > Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering,
> > workflow optimization, and materials handling
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> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Gordana Vitez <gvitez at niagaracollege.ca>
> wrote:
> > Drupal has a section called "community" and under that:
> >
> > Online and local groups
> > Events and Meetups
> > Chat (IRC)
> > Planet Drupal
> > Community Spotlight
> > Commercial Support
> > Forum
> > Mailing Lists
> >
> > Maybe the "Community" would encapsulate what we are trying to do as well?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Gordana
> >
> >
> > >>> On 3/27/2012 at 5:16 PM, in message
> <CAJcoVMj=53WVyt-SYjii-qBU7MyaYm-YXe=JQQAN+PhgiO+d9A at mail.gmail.com>, Dan
> Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:
> > I love the idea to have user group info in the wiki!
> >
> > I'm a little concerned about moving from "Communicate" to
> > "Participate", because the latter seems closer in meaning to
> > "Contribute" and thus muddies the navigation a bit to my mind. But I
> > guess one could argue that to communicate is to contribute, so things
> > are already muddy.
> >
> > Has anyone checked what other projects (that we admire for their
> > community support & clarity of their web site) do? Drupal.org &
> > Fedoraproject.org have some interesting similarities in their
> > navigation wording choices...
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
> wrote:
> > > Yep, Ben. That's the idea.  Some of the Web Team folks have also
> already
> > > +1'd the idea.  Anyone object?
> > >
> > > Lori
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Ben Shum <bshum at biblio.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi Gordana,
> > >>
> > >> Just to clarify, you and Lori are referring to the navigation menu
> options
> > >> on the main Evergreen website?
> > >>
> > >> I think it's a great idea to modify those areas to include references
> to a
> > >> User Group page including the one you've started up.
> > >>
> > >> Curious to hear feedback from others on this.
> > >>
> > >> -- Ben
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 03/27/2012 04:25 PM, Gordana Vitez wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi there,
> > >>
> > >> The Evergreen libraries in Niagara have been hosting a number of user
> > >> group meetings for Evergreen users in Southern Ontario. Of course,
> it's not
> > >> limited to the geographic area...we'd love to see everyone from all
> over!
> > >>
> > >> Nevertheless, we'd like to add our info to the wiki and Lori Bowen
> Ayre
> > >> suggested that we change the main menu from "Communicate" to
> "Participate"
> > >> and add a "User Group" page off that dropdown.
> > >>
> > >> Does anyone mind that change?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >> Gordana
> > >>
> > >> Gordana Vitez
> > >> Library Services & Systems Coordinator
> > >> NC Libraries and Learning Commons
> > >> Niagara College
> > >> 300 Woodlawn Rd
> > >> Welland Ontario
> > >> L3C 7L3
> > >> Phone: (905) 735 2211 ext 7404
> > >> Fax: (905) 736 6021
> > >> gvitez at niagaracollege.ca
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Benjamin Shum
> > >> Open Source Software Coordinator
> > >> Bibliomation, Inc.
> > >> 32 Crest Road
> > >> Middlebury, CT 06762
> > >> 203-577-4070, ext. 113
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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