[Evergreen-web-team] draft for irc report

Fri Sep 14 09:56:10 EDT 2012

Hi folks,

There's quite a lot on the overall agenda for the community meeting,
so we'll need to stick to some time limits.  Do you feel 15 minutes is
sufficient for your presentation and allowing time for initial
commentary.

Regards,

Galen

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com> wrote:
> Alexey,
>
> This is mostly great!  I do find the last part about the Phase 1 tasks,
> features and pages confusing.  You say:
>
> Following is an approximate list of tasks, features and pages for the Phase
> 1 rollout:
> * Design: colors, graphics, typography, layout. What you see on the current
> prototype is just a pre-canned template that ships with Drupal, not our
> recommendation. Alexey Lazar agreed to be primary on that, will work closely
> Jim Craner fro Drupal-specific needs.
> * Features: news/blog, possibly the calendar and maybe site search.
> * Content: main landing page, about, downloads, documentation (just top
> level), FAQ, community/communicate/contribute.
>
> Can I suggest we say instead:
>
> For our Phase 1 rollout (hopefully in time for the conference), we are
> shooting for having the following areas ready: :
>
> * Design: colors, graphics, typography, layout. What you see on the current
> prototype is just a pre-canned template that ships with Drupal, not our
> recommendation. Alexey Lazar agreed to be primary on that, will work closely
> Jim Craner fro Drupal-specific needs.
> * Content: all the basic landing pages and any sub-pages that have content
> already written on the current site.  In other words, no new content.
> * Features: news/blog aggregator, possibly the calendar, site search.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich
> <alexey.lazar at mnsu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Web team and others, please review the draft for the web prototype report
>> for the community meeting tomorrow. I added a couple of sections to Jim's
>> draft:
>>
>> 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 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.org/, 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.
>>
>> ---
>> In the past few months, we discussed some of the issues with the current
>> Evergreen web presence, and how we might want to start addressing those
>> issues with the new site. For example, we want to eliminate orphaned content
>> and make sure that content is updated and maintained in a timely way. To
>> help achieve that, we agreed to create the role of "Content Editor" to:
>> * Actively seek out and/or add content for their sections
>> * Assist folks who want to contribute
>> * Keep an eye on any updates to their section and, as needed, improve any
>> updates supplied by another contributor
>> * Handle any periodic or time-sensitive updates (for example, the person
>> or persons who edit the downloads section would be on point whenever a
>> release is cut)
>> (Galen, thanks for formulating the role)
>>
>> We also agreed that any new features will be dependent on availability of
>> volunteers to maintain those features.
>>
>> ---
>> Our next step is to firm up a roll-out date for the initial (we are
>> calling it "Phase 1") release of the new site and recruit some volunteers to
>> help with migrating content and other work. What we can deliver in the end
>> will depend on how many volunteers we get and what we can reasonably
>> accomplish within the time period.  We think that it is feasible to populate
>> the new site with content from the current site, review and update that
>> content (with some exceptions) and have the new site go live in April of
>> 2013.
>>
>> ---
>> Following is an approximate list of tasks, features and pages for the
>> Phase 1 rollout:
>> * Design: colors, graphics, typography, layout. What you see on the
>> current prototype is just a pre-canned template that ships with Drupal, not
>> our recommendation. Alexey Lazar agreed to be primary on that, will work
>> closely Jim Craner fro Drupal-specific needs.
>> * Features: news/blog, possibly the calendar and maybe site search.
>> * Content: main landing page, about, downloads, documentation (just top
>> level), FAQ, community/communicate/contribute.
>>
>> ---
>> We need your help!  If you are currently responsible for maintaining any
>> of the areas we want to tackle for Phase 1, or are new and want to get
>> involved, or just have some wishes or ideas, use the Web Team mailing list
>> to let us know how/where you would like to help:
>>
>> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-web-team
>>
>> ---
>> Questions? Thoughts? Suggestions? Concerns?
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Alexey
>>
>>
>> On Sep 13, 2012, at 15:53 , Lori Bowen Ayre wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks, Kathy!  Will you be at the IRC meeting tomorrow?
>> >
>> > Also, if you (or any other Web Team folks!) get a chance to edit any of
>> > the pages on drupal.evergreen-ils.org with an explanation of what will go
>> > there....that would be useful.  I think it will help people understand where
>> > we're are trying to go with the site.
>> >
>> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>> > 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
>> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>
>> > wrote:
>> > 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
>> >
>> > Twitter:
>> > http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
>> > 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
>> >>>
>> >>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>> >>> 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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>> PALS
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