[Evergreen-web-team] draft for irc report
Galen Charlton
gmc at esilibrary.com
Fri Sep 14 11:32:11 EDT 2012
Great, thanks --gmc
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com> wrote:
> Galen,
>
> We have prepared four or five blocks of text we plan to paste in so it
> really depends on how much people want to talk about the site. But I think
> 15 minutes is probably sufficient.
>
> Lori
>
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> Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen
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> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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>> >>
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