Welcome! On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, J. Kenneth Riviere wrote:
Seeing the request for people to introduce themselves, I thought I'd de-lurk. I've only just joined the list and haven't really gotten started with Koha, but I'm interested in learning. I've been a programmer and systems analyst for more than 20 years.
cool. it sounds like you're poised to make a contribution ;) [much elision occurs here]
My current company looks to be getting ready to go belly up. I've been thinking of going back for that MLS and trying to get back into the library systems market. I just discovered the Koha package and it sounds like an exciting endeavor. It occurs to me that if there are any libraries in the southeast USA that are considering Koha then I might be able to get some consulting work or even a Systems Librarian job in such a setting. I don't know how much help I'll be since I'll be working on my own time and am not yet familiar with the system, but I'll probably continue to lurk for awhile and see what I can pick up. In the meantime I'll boot up my Linux box and see about getting Koha installed so that I can see what it can do.
Sounds good. As you get things in place, let us know and we can start coordinating some work -- or at least pointing at interesting bits for you to hack on. As soon as you're ready, we'll get you developer access on SourceForge as well.
-JoKeR (J. Kenneth Riviere)
-pate Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org