[Evergreen-web-team] draft for irc report

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Jim,

I'm not in on the meeting, but just wanted to mention you'll need to 
correct the http://drupal.evergreen-ils.com URL.

Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
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On 9/13/2012 3:00 PM, Jim Craner wrote:
> For the past two years, members of the Evergreen Community Web Team 
> have been working on planning for the future of the Evergreen 
> website.  We've conducted community surveys, analyzed the existing 
> website's usage statistics, consulted with key community groups such 
> as developers and oversight board members, and issued repeated 
> requests for feedback, comments, and volunteer assistance.
> ---
> You can learn more about the work that we've done, as well as see the 
> results of our surveys and documentation efforts, at the Evergreen Web 
> Team page:
>
> http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam
> ---
> Most recently, we've been working on a prototype website, located at 
> http://drupal.evergreen-ils.com, which we'll use as a foundation for 
> building the future Evergreen website.  This prototype is based on the 
> very popular Drupal content management system, chosen because of its 
> broad feature set, widespread support, and existing Drupal skill set 
> in the Web Team.
> ---
> Right now, we're building a website that will help community members 
> find the information they need easily.  On the back end, we're 
> building a system that will allow as many community members as 
> possible to become active contributors and easily keep Evergreen info 
> up-to-date.  We're also exploring systems that will allow community 
> members to communicate and collaborate with each other via the website.
> ---
> And we need your help!  We're working on making the first phase of our 
> new website live this winter and the website is fairly large. If you'd 
> like to help us work on building a great new website for this 
> community, just join the Evergreen Web Team mailing list here and 
> introduce yourself:
>
> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-web-team
> ---
> Questions?  Thoughts?  Concerns?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 09/12/2012 05:21 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre wrote:
>> Jim and Alexey,
>>
>> Do you have a plan for the IRC meeting on Friday?  I'd like to make 
>> sure we have some blocks of text ready to deliver so the meeting goes 
>> quickly.
>>
>> And FYI, at the Oversight Board meeting there was a general feeling 
>> that we should move this project along quickly.  Meaning...there 
>> isn't really any doubt about people wanting this to be the future of 
>> the Evergreen website.  So we probably need to think strategically 
>> about how we can most effectively move forward, get the bones of this 
>> website as close to ready as can, involve more people as much as 
>> possible, and start moving content.  The sooner this can be the face 
>> of Evergreen, the better....that's my impression.
>>
>> Given that....what do we want to say, ask for, promise at the meeting?
>>
>> Lori
>>
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