Evergreen ILS

Open Source Library Software

Galen Charlton

OpenSRF 2.3.0 released

Version 2.3.0 of OpenSRF is now available for download.

This is a functionality release that introduces a new control script, osrf_control, and significantly improves one’s ability to stop, start, reload, and manage OpenSRF services. It also adds the ability to run multiple OpenSRF instances simultaneously on a single server.

Full release notes are available.

Version 2.3.0 is the minimum required version of OpenSRF for the upcoming release of Evergreen 2.6. It can also be used when installing or upgrading previous versions of Evergreen, including Evergreen 2.4.x and Evergreen 2.5.x.

Evergreen Oversight Board election results

The election for new members of the Evergreen Oversight Board closed at noon EDT on Wednesday, 19 March 2014. The two winners are:

  • Grace Dunbar, Equinox Software
  • Ben Shum, Bibliomation

The election was run by the Software Freedom Conservancy.  A total of 73 ballots were cast.

The raw results are available on the Conservancy voting website, as are a summary of the ballots cast.

The term of the following board members ends at the end of the 2014 Evergreen conference.

  • Galen Charlton
  • Stephen Elfstrand
  • Elizabeth McKinney
  • Steve Wills

The board also held elections for board officer positions on Wednesday.

The board members for the 2014-2015 year are:

  • Shauna Borger
  • Grace Dunbar
  • Rogan Hamby
  • Ben Hyman (chair)
  • Kathy Lussier (vice-chair and project representative)
  • Chauncey Montgomery
  • Andrea Buntz Neiman
  • Ben Shum
  • Yamil Suarez

Preparing for the 2014 Evergreen Oversight Board elections

The nomination and voter registration periods for the 2014 Evergreen Oversight Board elections are now underway.

Two seats on the board are open this year for a three-year term.

Email nominations and self-nominations can be sent to the Evergreen Oversight Board mailing list. If you have questions or would like information about what it means to be on the board, you are welcome to contact the Nominating Committee by sending an email to Elizabeth McKinney, Galen Charlton and Andrea Bunz Neiman . After confirming the nominees, the committee will announce the nominee’s names to the Evergreen Community general discussion list. The Software Freedom Conservancy will host this year’s election process using Single Transferable Vote (STV) ballot selection system.

The deadline for nominations is 5pm Sunday, March 9th, 2014.

The election software requires a list of voters before the election starts, and we are using SurveyMonkey to collect that list.

To be eligible to vote, you must either be an individual who has contributed code, documentation, or other work to the Evergreen Project, or you must be employed by an institution that is contributing to the project by virtue of running Evergreen.

If you wish to vote in the election, please submit a response to the voter registration survey.

The deadline for registering to vote in the election is 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time on Monday, March 10th, 2014.