Hi All<div><br></div><div>We got some feedback from the folks participating on the IRC Community Meeting today. Based on that feedback, I'm proposing the following modified guidelines:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
Participation Guidelines for Evergreen Communication Channels.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Ask <b>questions of general interest</b> to the community or to a specific group on one of the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank">Evergreen mailing lists</a>. <b>If your question is more specific</b>, like “I’m installing this and I have a particular error message,” try asking your question on the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/irc.php" target="_blank">IRC channel</a>. Always make a point of reporting back to the mailing lists when you've gotten answers to your questions off-list.<u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u><a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/irc.php" target="_blank">The IRC channel</a> is a synchronous channel where people are logged in and available for asking questions. Sometimes the channel is very quiet. Other times it is very busy like when a <b>community meeting </b>is being held. If there’s a community meeting in progress, please refrain from comments unrelated to the meeting topic at hand until the meeting is over. . </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Add <b>events of general interest to the community</b> on the <b><a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=calendar:start" target="_blank">Evergreen calendar</a></b>, especially any meetings that are going to use the IRC channel.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u><b>Propose ideas and ask for feedback</b> on one of the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank">Evergreen mailing lists</a>. Some proposals may ask for feedback by a certain date, and if there’s no objections, the proposed solution will move forward.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Use <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank">the general mailing list</a> to <b>announce events</b> of general interest to the community or to the group that subscribes to the list. If there’s more of a story consider a <a href="http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/" target="_blank">blog posting</a>. Or, you may participate in one of the Evergreen related blogs that are aggregated at <a href="http://planet.evergreen-ils.org/" target="_blank">Planet Evergreen</a>. Or, start your own blog!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Use the <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen" target="_blank">Evergreen Launchpad</a> to post <b>bugs</b>. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Post information about <b>committees and working groups</b> meeting notes and other working documents on the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_committees" target="_blank">Wiki</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><u></u>Use the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_committees" target="_blank">Evergreen Wiki</a> to post <b>member contributed documentation</b> of all kinds<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span> Use the <b> </b><a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank">Evergreen mailing lists</a> to share <b>details about a development project </b>you are pursuing or to provide updates on a development project in progress. <u></u></p>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Rayner, June <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raynerj@einetwork.net">raynerj@einetwork.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi folks<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a draft for discussion. Does this capture what we’re trying to do? I was trying to keep it reflecting the norms, and not a “how to” or a duplicate of what already on the Evergreen web site.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Participation Guidelines for Evergreen Communication Channels.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Ask <b>questions of general interest</b> to the community or to a specific group on one of the
<a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank">Evergreen mailing lists</a>.
<b>If your question is more specific</b>, like “I’m installing this and I have a particular error message,” try asking your question on the
<a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/irc.php" target="_blank">IRC channel</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/irc.php" target="_blank">The IRC channel</a> is also used
<b>for community meetings</b>. If there’s a meeting in progress, please refrain from comments unrelated to the meeting topic at hand until the meeting is over.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Add <b>events of general interest to the community</b> on the
<b><a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=calendar:start" target="_blank">Evergreen calendar</a></b>, especially any meetings that are going to use the IRC channel.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><b>Propose ideas and ask for feedback</b> on one of the
<a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank">Evergreen mailing lists</a>. Some proposals may ask for feedback by a certain date, and if there’s no objections, the proposed solution will move forward.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Use <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" target="_blank">
the general mailing list</a> to <b>announce events</b> of general interest to the community or to the group that subscribes to the list. If there’s more of a story consider a
<a href="http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/" target="_blank">blog posting</a>. Or, you may participate in one of the Evergreen related blogs that are aggregated at
<a href="http://planet.evergreen-ils.org/" target="_blank">Planet Evergreen</a>. Or, start your own blog!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Use the <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen" target="_blank">
Evergreen Launchpad</a> to post <b>bugs</b>. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Post information about <b>committees and working groups</b> meeting notes and other working documents on the
<a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_committees" target="_blank">
Wiki</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p>
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Use the <a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_committees" target="_blank">
Evergreen Wiki</a> to post <b>member contributed documentation</b> of all kinds<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Add <b>details about a development project in progress</b> to a
<b><a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/evergreen" target="_blank">Launchpad</a> </b>blueprint.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script"">June Rayner<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ILS Application Team<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="tel:%28412%29%20622-1941" value="+14126221941" target="_blank">(412) 622-1941</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:raynerj@einetwork.net" target="_blank">raynerj@einetwork.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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