[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web site updates: Copyright notice and Donation links

[Jim Craner]

Hi all,

First, congratulations to all of you in the community who have been working on the fiscal sponsorship and 
organizational sustainability issues -- I think that's a huge milestone, so way to go!

The copyright/intellectual property status of website content is something that the Website Planning Team 
(http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam) has started discussing recently.  We want to 
encourage creation and contribution of content from as many community members as possible and 
encourage distribution and sharing of that content in the most user-friendly manner possible while 
respecting existing copyright and Creative Commons licensing provisions.  Currently, we've bounced this 
issue to the greater Communications Committee for further discussion.  If you have any thoughts or 
questions or would like to get involved, you can check out our Website Planning Team home page linked 
above or contact me off list.

The donation button/content/process is great news and it's not something that the Website Team has 
discussed *at all* yet, but I have some conversation starters that I'd like to share.

* We don't just want to slap a Donate button up on the site, tell folks *how* to donate, and call it a day.  
We need to tell folks *why* they should donate, *what* the EG community will do with the donations, and 
recognize *who* is donating.

* With donors comes the need for donor management.  Donor recognition, donor cultivation, etc. are all  
issues that may not be recognized as important now, but will be in the future, so we should be careful to 
preserve as much information about our donors and their donations as we can.

* A "donate" button gets better results if it's part of a larger call to action.  Maybe it's one part of an overall 
drive to have "everyone contribute as they can" - whether that's code, money, documentation, testing 
time, etc.  Maybe it's a drive for a specific fundraising target -- pre-paying for ten years of "evergreen-ils.org" 
and related domain registrations, or paying the internship salary for a Google Summer of Code intern.  
Maybe it's just telling the story of an awesome scrappy open source ILS project that is growing rapidly and is 
seeking funds to build a solid organizational infrastructure to support future growth.  Maybe it's a way folks 
can get a free T-shirt and a warm fuzzy feeling for a $30 PayPal donation.

Anyway, congrats again to all of you who have worked on the organizational issues!

Thanks,
Jim

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Steve Wills <steve.wills at lyrasis.org>
>  To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
>  Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web site updates: Copyright notice and Donation links
>  Sent: 16 Jun '11 13:24
>  
>  I too am anxious to help test the donate button.  My cats have offered some of their kibbies as well!  
>  
>  A link to a donation page with the various options makes the most sense to me for sure.
>  
>  Happy to help flush out links as needed!
>  
>  Congratulations you Evergreenies
>  ________________________________________
>  From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [open-ils-general-
bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre [lori.ayre at galecia.com]
>  Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:24 PM
>  To: Evergreen Discussion Group
>  Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web site updates: Copyright notice and Donation links
>  
>  Thanks, Dan.  I'm in favor of the footer changes you recommend. And I'd like to see the same thing on 
the Evergreen OPACs.
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>  Shall we have one "Donate" button link to a webpage that provides all of the options available for 
donating (with an explanation of why one might choose one option over another).
>  
>  Lori
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>  On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net<mailto:dan at coffeecode.net>> 
wrote:
>  Hi, I'd like to suggest the following changes to the Evergreen web site.
>  
>  1) Change the footer of the web site from "© 2008 GPLS | Partially
>  funded by the Library Services & Technology Act through the Institute of
>  Museum and Library Services." to "© 2008-2011 GPLS and others" as there
>  have been many contributors from outside of GPLS to the current web
>  site - at the same time, this enables us to recognize GPLS for
>  originating the Evergreen project.
>  
>  Ideally "and others" would actually list who holds copyright over the
>  website content, but that's probably a crazy pipedream that only a
>  lawyer would chase :)
>  
>  2) Now that the fiscal sponsorship agreement with the Software Freedom
>  Conservancy is official, replace the getting-long-in-the-tooth
>  Conference logo with "Donate" links, per the following information from
>  Bradley Kuhn, director of the Software Freedom Conservancy:
>  
>  """
>  You can begin soliciting donations via your website (and
>  elsewhere).
>      Here are the methods we support:
>  
>        (a) Online services: PayPal and Google Checkout
>            There are custom HTML for each at the bottom of this email;
>            please place them anywhere you like on our project's website.
>            Please note that fees are high for PayPal and Google Checkout,
>            so if you can, encourage your donors to send checks.
>  
>        (b) Donations by check.
>              We can accept check donations drawn in USD from banks in
>              the USA. (Donations from banks outside of the US or not in
>              USD should be handled by wire).
>  
>              Ask donors to make the check payable to
>              "Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc."
>              and to place "Directed donation: PROJECT NAME" in the memo
>              field.  Checks should then be mailed to:
>                    Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.
>                    137 Montague ST  STE 380
>                    BROOKLYN, NY 11201             USA
>  
>        (c) Donations by wire.
>              We can accept donations via wire, but we usually send the
>              the instructions on a case-by-case basis as they are
>              different depending on the country of origin.  Please just
>              note that donors wishing to send a wire contact
>              <accounting at sfconservancy.org<mailto:accounting at sfconservancy.org>>.
>  """
>  
>  The complete content for donating problem deserves its own (short!)
>  page so that we can add "Donate" under the now-ambiguous "Contribute"
>  drop down header.
>  
>  Also, please find the HTML for the donate links attached.
>  
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