================================================================ #evergreen: Evergreen Oversight Board Meeting, 26 September 2013 ================================================================ Meeting started by gmcharlt at 14:01:15 US/Eastern. The full logs are available at http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergreen/2013/evergreen.2013-09-26-14.01.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * Introductions (gmcharlt, 14:01:27) * gmcharlt = Galen Charlton, Equinox Software (gmcharlt, 14:01:46) * Shauna=Shauna Borger, Indiana State Library (Shauna_, 14:01:57) * RoganH = Rogan Hamby, SCLENDS (RoganH, 14:02:01) * elizabethm = Elizabeth McKinney (elizabethm_, 14:02:09) * Steve Wills, Maine Balsam Consortium (StephenGWills, 14:02:17) * abneiman = Andrea Neiman, Kent County Public Library (abneiman, 14:02:21) * dbwells = Dan Wells, Hekman Library, Calvin College (dbwells, 14:02:33) * montgoc1 = Chauncey Montgomery, Consortium of Ohio Libraries (montgoc1, 14:02:34) * kmlussier is Kathy Lussier, MassLNC (kmlussier, 14:02:43) * George = George Rodgers-Clark, La Conner, WA (public library) (George_, 14:02:55) * Action items from previous meeting (gmcharlt, 14:03:46) * Status of tax rebate for 2013 conference: the conference did not in the end qualify for one (gmcharlt, 14:03:51) * Net gain from the 2013 conference is about $5,900 (gmcharlt, 14:03:56) * For future conferences outside the U.S., tax implications can be considered when deciding whether to have Conservancy subcontract the conference to the host institution that year. (gmcharlt, 14:04:03) * ysboston - Yamil Suarez - Berklee College of Music (yboston, 14:04:20) * Conservancy confirmed that an open Amazon referral link is acceptable http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2013-September/000573.html (gmcharlt, 14:05:05) * RoganH has surveyed community about options for merchandise (gmcharlt, 14:05:33) * Financial summary (gmcharlt, 14:07:04) * Current summary is at http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2013-September/000604.html (gmcharlt, 14:07:09) * Net gain of $5,850.02 from last month, arising from 2014 conference sponsorships (gmcharlt, 14:07:16) * 2.5 Release Manager's report (gmcharlt, 14:08:12) * A few days ago, I finally accepted the fact that 2.5 will be at least a few weeks late. (dbwells, 14:08:51) * Looking back, I think a combination a vacation season ending, plus Hack-a-Way activity, plus general procrastination in a few areas, all conspired together to create a brief but intense whirlwind. (dbwells, 14:09:26) * We ended up with 49 total bugs/features committed for the beta phase, so considering the other phases all had 30-40, it wasn't a /huge/ rush by comparison, but it was noticeable. (dbwells, 14:10:03) * The page hasn't been cleaned up yet, but you can see these as "Fix Committed" here: https://launchpad.net/evergreen/+milestone/2.5.0-beta1 (dbwells, 14:10:27) * I am still hopeful that some of the more methodical activity we accomplished over the summer will result in a better overall release. (dbwells, 14:10:47) * Evergreen 2014 Conference Committee Report (gmcharlt, 14:13:28) * LINK: http://evergreen-ils.org/conference/eg14/ (kmlussier, 14:15:19) * Merchandising (gmcharlt, 14:25:47) * Current proposal is at http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2013-September/000600.html (gmcharlt, 14:25:53) * VOTE: Voted on "Does the Board authorize implementation of the merchandising proposal - http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2013-September/000600.html?" Results are, Yes: 10 (gmcharlt, 14:31:16) * AGREED: The merchandising proposal is accepted. (gmcharlt, 14:31:37) * ACTION: RoganH to work with Conservancy and other EOB as needed to implement the merchandising proposal (gmcharlt, 14:31:42) * ACTION: RoganH to draft a proposal for the Merchandising Committe and start organizational activities, pending EOB approval of the proposal (gmcharlt, 14:41:15) * Evergreen Hackaway update (gmcharlt, 14:41:58) * Future of the Evergreen staff interface - EOB role (gmcharlt, 14:44:36) * EOB mailing list thread on staff interface and resource allocator meeting http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2013-September/000546.html (gmcharlt, 14:48:46) * AGREED: The EOB is in favor of calling a resource allocator summit, and requests a fleshed-out proposal from interested parties, including Ben Hyman (gmcharlt, 14:52:54) * Evergreen testing efforts (gmcharlt, 14:57:40) * Summary of recent activity - http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/eg-oversight-board/2013-September/000601.html (gmcharlt, 14:57:46) * Next meeting (gmcharlt, 15:03:35) * Next EOB meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 17 October 2013 at 14:00 Eastern (gmcharlt, 15:03:58) Meeting ended at 15:04:04 US/Eastern. Action items, by person ----------------------- * RoganH * RoganH to work with Conservancy and other EOB as needed to implement the merchandising proposal * RoganH to draft a proposal for the Merchandising Committe and start organizational activities, pending EOB approval of the proposal People present (lines said) --------------------------- * gmcharlt (75) * RoganH (42) * kmlussier (27) * yboston (24) * afterl (15) * Shauna_ (11) * dbwells (11) * abneiman (10) * elizabethm_ (8) * montgoc1 (8) * pinesol_green (7) * jeff (4) * StephenGWills (4) * George_ (3) * egbuilder (3) * Dyrcona (2) * bshum (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4