Foundation Forming IRC Meeting 2009-09-15

Where?

#koha IRC channel (IRC server irc.katipo.co.nz)

When?

Tuesday 15 September 2009 at 19:00 UTC+0

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Agenda

Welcome and introductions
Goals
Current situation
Options
- Forming a Koha Foundation
Next steps

Attendees

Brendan Gallagher, ByWater Solutions (brendan)
Chris Cormack, Catalyst, Translation manager (chris)
Chris Nighswonger, FBC (chris_n)
Colin Campbell, ptfs-europe (Colin)
Davi Diaz, worker for software.coop (davi)
David Birmingham, PTFS (dbirmingham)
David Schuster, Plano ISD (schuster)
Galen Charlton, Equniox (gmcharlt)
Garry Collum, Kenton County Public Library (collum)
Greg Lawson, Rolling Hills Consolidated Library ( rhcl )
Ian Walls, NYU Health Sciences Libraries (sekjal)
Irma Birchall, Calyx, Australia (%%IrmaCalyx%%)
J. David Bavousett, PTFS (jdavidb)
Jane Wagner, PTFS (jwagner)
Joann Ransom. Acting Head of Libraries. Horowhenua Library Trust. (jransom)
Katrin Fischer, Germany (cait)
krishnan mani, India (kr1shnan_)
Liz Rea, Northeast Kansas Llibrary System, US (Wizzyrea_)
Magnus Enger, Libriotech, Norway (magnusenger)
Marshall Breeding (breeding)
mason (mason)
MJ Ray, software.coop (slef)
Nate Curulla, ByWater Solutions (Nate)
Nicole C. Engard (nengard)
Owen Leonard, Nelsonville Public Library (owen)
Paul Poulain, BibLibre(paul_p)
Piotr Wejman, CSNE Library, Poland (Ropuch)
Rachel Hamilton-Williams, Katipo, Kaitiaki (rachel)
Ricardo Dias Marques, Portugal (ricardo)
Richard Anderson, Katipo (richard)
Rosalie (rosa)
savitra , Nucsoft (savitra)
Stephanie Chase, Vermont (stephaniechase)
stuart yeates, New Zealand (snail)
Sverre Helge Bolstad, Norway (sh)
Thomas Brevik, Bergen, Norway, Royal Norwegian Naval Academy Library (miromurr)
Thomas Dukleth, Agogme, New York City (thd)
Vicki Teal Lovely, South Central Library System, Madison, Wisconsin (vickiteal)
Zeno Tajoli (CILEA) (tajoli)

Notes

Using the slef's survey at http://doodle.com/mobile/overview.html?pollId=bubb4xrqs54qgpwx, top 4 priorities identified by attendees are:

ensure the ongoing shared governance of the project
secure the Koha name
Kaitiaki (guardianship) role
be owner of the copyright

Rather than immediately forming a new foundation, discussion moved to joining an existing one. This would be a temporary measure until the community could take the time to set up its own foundation properly.

Candidates include:

Pros and cons were discussed for all three organizations.

Concerns that need to be addressed:

International, or based in a specific country?
Stated position on FOSS?
Easy to get our assets back out later?
Clearly laying out expectations placed on the organization
- Possible goal: reclaiming koha.org
- -> Translates to actions: get domain, acquire hosting
**Defining 'we'**.
- Who makes up the Koha Community legally, i.e. who can enter into legal relationships?
What are the organizations' membership requirements?
- Do they limit who can participate?
- Intended for librarians, developers, both?
- Democratically managed by members?

Action items

Create Comparison chart of associations and foundations on wiki
Further research candidate organizations to answer open questions (due in 2 weeks)
Set up preference poll (nengard),
- Vote for Foundation Options (pt 1)
- Discuss for up to two weeks
- Final Foundation Vote
- 1 person, 1 vote, open to anyone interested in Koha. Give name and affiliation.
- Agreed on a minimum 30 votes required
Distribute links to poll in all pipes (Koha lists, Twitter, Facebook, blog posts, etc.)

Transcript

Available at http://stats.workbuffer.org/irclog/koha/2009-09-15