[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Hashtag

Thu Mar 17 15:43:49 EDT 2011

I agree completely!  Share that on the IRC channel too!

Current vote count:

evgils - 9
egils - 11

I'm counting votes in IRC channel, this list and Twitter....

Lori

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>wrote:
>
>> By my count, the vote is 5 for #evgils and 7 (8 if you count someone on
>> twitter) for #egils as a preferred hashtag for Evergreen.
>>
>> Anyone else want to chime in or throw a wrench in the works?  Nothing is
>> set in stone obviously since we have no way to actually make it official but
>> to ensure we COULD use egils, I registered it at twubs.com.
>>
>> More opinions please!
>>
>>
> I have almost always seen others shorten Evergreen to EG, with very few
> exceptions (only one I can think of before this thread started).  The "v",
> in the rare cases I've seen it use, has always put me off and caused a
> mental stumble because if its rarity.  At least in the EG (heh) dev
> community, "eg" has 6 years of history and precedent, so I'm strongly in
> favor of that.
>
> --miker
>
>
>> Lori
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Deborah Lipoma <lipomad at santacruzpl.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I prefer #egils also.  In fact, I'm starting to abbreviate my referrals
>>> to Evergreen as just EG.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Michele Montague <mmontagu at grpl.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Another vote for #egils.  It's shortest and easier to say (for those of
>>>> us who remember hashtags by their sound).
>>>>
>>>> On 3/16/2011 3:13 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I like egils better than evgils.  evgils looks too much like
>>>> evil....whereas egils makes me think more about equality and other lofty
>>>> things.  And egils is short.  And it will go nicely with the egconf11
>>>> hashtag.
>>>>
>>>>  Can I get some feedback on #egils?
>>>>
>>>>  Lori
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Amy Terlaga <terlaga at biblio.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  On this:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >I'm assuming for this year's conference we'll use #evg11,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope, no can do.  Tried evg11 and so many variations on it, it made me
>>>>> dizzy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally found success with egconf11.  Not the best, but trust me – so
>>>>> many other combinations ended in failure.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And by the way, the Grand Rapids conference crew transferred the
>>>>> Twitter account over to us, including all those users who had signed up to
>>>>> follow the 2010 conference.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We’ve posted here and there and there’s a feed on the front page of the
>>>>> conference website so sign up:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> egconf11
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We’ll post more frequently as we inch ever closer to the April
>>>>> conference.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Amy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Kate Sheehan" <ksheehan at biblio.org>
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Hashtag
>>>>>
>>>>> To: "'Evergreen Discussion Group'"
>>>>>
>>>>>                 <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
>>>>>
>>>>> Message-ID: <008b01cbe3ff$b39c1f30$1ad45d90$@biblio.org>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for bringing this to the list, Lori!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On twitter, I've found that #evergreen by itself isn't distinct enough,
>>>>> and #evgils has worked well (and is patterned off of #kohails).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be open to #evergreenoss or #evergreenils, but they are very long
>>>>> in the
>>>>>
>>>>> 140 character world. #openils works, but is it too broad (without the
>>>>> context of the history of Evergreen's name, this could easily apply to any
>>>>> open source ILS, which is fine, but is that what we're going for in our
>>>>> common-law marriage hashtag)? I'm assuming for this year's conference we'll
>>>>> use #evg11, which brings up another argument for extreme brevity.
>>>>>
>>>>> Conferences are often when folks want to add more than one hashtag to
>>>>> an update. I'm thinking of sessions at ALA like Top Tech Trends, which
>>>>> usually has its own hashtag, along with the conference hashtag and
>>>>> sometimes, just for fun, a LITA hashtag. It can leave very little room to
>>>>> actually say anything about the session!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd vote for #evgils or #openils (or if you have room, both).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
>>>>>
>>>>> Amy Terlaga
>>>>>
>>>>> Assistant Director, User Services
>>>>>
>>>>> Bibliomation, Inc.
>>>>>
>>>>> 32 Crest Road
>>>>>
>>>>> Middlebury, CT  06762
>>>>>
>>>>> www.biblio.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
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>>>>  Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant
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>>>> Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
>>>>
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>>>> workflow optimization, and materials handling
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Deborah Lipoma
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>> Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant
>> The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com
>>  <%28707%29%20763-6869>(707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
>>
>> <Lori.Ayre at galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID,
>> filtering,
>> workflow optimization, and materials handling
>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>
>>
>
>
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> Mike Rylander
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>
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