[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Minutes of the resource allocator summit

[Ben Hyman]

Ben and Galen; synchronized typists ;)

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> Both funding and sweat equity were discussed.  Regarding the latter,
> one point that was brought up by Elizabeth McKinney was that PINES
> staff members' job responsibilities explicitly include spending time
> on Evergreen community work, and that PINES employees are evaluated on
> it.  

Completely forgot about Elizabeth's approach here - agree that formalizing contribution in kind is a powerful model.

> This is a practice that I think is great, and which I encourage
> other consortia and service agencies to consider adopting if they have
> the means.
> 
>>> Brilliant ideas identified:
>>> 
>>> -coffee fund for developers (incentive)
>> 
>> Huh. Did the developers in the room confirm this would be more of an
>> incentive than recognition?
> 
> As I recall, the notion of a coffee fund as such was a jocular
> suggestion.

Jocular +1

>  However, the broader context was on finding ways to
> recognize contributors for their efforts, and I think it fair to say
> that suggestions for doing that would be welcomed.
> 
+1
> Regards,
> 
> Galen
> -- 
> Galen Charlton
> Manager of Implementation
> Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
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