[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] next DIG meeting

[Deborah Luchenbill]

Thank you, Joe, for volunteering to facilitate and for getting the next
meeting started!!

-Debbie

Debbie Luchenbill
Evergreen Coordinator
MOBIUS
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Columbia, MO  65203
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On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Joe Knueven <joe at gtownlibrary.net> wrote:

> Good day everyone,
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> Well, having heard two positive responses and no counter arguments, let’s
> go ahead and plan the next DIG meeting.
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> I have setup a doodle poll here:  https://doodle.com/poll/zhetisre9rzkvi45
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> I have left the time for each day at 2pm Eastern for now, since that is
> the historical time that has been used, seems reasonable for allowing
> members on both coasts to participate.  As with a permanent date, we can
> discuss what time works best for the largest number of us as the meeting as
> well.
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> So, with that in mind, please go ahead and fill out the poll.  In the next
> couple of days one of us will get an agenda started on the wiki.  Once it’s
> up, feel free to add items to it or email me if you don’t have access and
> I’ll see that it gets added.
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> Have a good day.
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> Joe
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> Joseph Knueven, Director
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> Germantown Public Library
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> 51 North Plum Street
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> Germantown, OH 45327
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> 937-855-4001 <(937)%20855-4001>
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> *From:* OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION [mailto:open-ils-
> documentation-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Kathy
> Lussier
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 15, 2017 12:32 PM
> *To:* open-ils-documentation at list.georgialibraries.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] DIG facilitator
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> Hi Joe!
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> Many thanks for volunteering to facilitate DIG! It's a great group to work
> with, and I agree that we do better when there is a facilitator on hand to
> keep us focused. I also believe the "fine art of cat herding" is much more
> important in this role than understanding the ins and outs of
> documentation. What we need is someone to keep the meetings going and to
> keep us focused on whatever goals we are working on at a particular point
> in time. There are many of us on hand who can help bring you up to speed on
> the documentation processes.
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> Would you be willing to put out a Doodle poll to schedule the next
> meeting? We had traditionally met on the first Thursday of the month, but I
> think it's a good time to also consider what the best regular meeting date
> is for current participants. I'm sure one of the current DIG participants
> (Jane, Remington, or me) could help you pull together the meeting agenda,
> and we could further discuss the position then.
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> Thanks again for volunteering your time!
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> Kathy
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> On 06/05/2017 03:26 PM, Joe Knueven wrote:
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> Good day DIG members,
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> I am writing to volunteer as a potential DIG facilitator.  There are a
> couple of different reasons why I am interested.
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> First, I recently completed my responsibilities as chair of the 2017
> conference local arrangements committee, and would like to stay active in
> the broad Evergreen community.  Second, between my work with that committee
> as well as other collaborative projects I have worked on more locally, I
> have some experience in the fine art of cat herding, that such a role no
> doubt requires.  Finally, I personally believe that good documentation is a
> critical part of the long term success of a project like Evergreen, and I
> believe that that cause will be advanced more effectively with someone in
> the community facilitating the interest group.
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> I will admit, that I make this offer coming from a place of having only
> limited experience writing documentation, reformatting documentation or
> committing in git, but these are skills that I am interested in acquiring
> anyway, so it would dovetail nicely with that goal.
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> With this in mind, how would you all like to proceed?
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> My thought is that it would be worthwhile for the DIG to hold a meeting
> this month, discuss the situation and decide if I can provide a useful
> contribution for DIG in this manner.
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> Thank you and have a good day.
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> Joe
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> Joseph Knueven, Director
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> Germantown Public Library
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> 51 North Plum Street
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> Germantown, OH 45327
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> 937-855-4001 <(937)%20855-4001>
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> Kathy Lussier
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