John Yokley, our CEO, posted the following message to the main
Koha list. He is not subscribed to koha-devel, so he asked me to forward it to
this list.
I have been subscribed to the various Koha lists for some time,
since I joined PTFS. I have 20 years’ experience in the ILS world, 13 of them
as a Sirsi system administrator and programmer at the U.S. Courts, NASA, and
University of Virginia Health Sciences Library. Several of you already know me
from that environment. I haven’t posted anything yet because I am still
learning the system. I thought it would be a courtesy to do my homework before
posting newbie questions either here or to the main Koha list. However, I
certainly plan to actively participate in the community, as do our developers.
>From my years in the Sirsi world, I know how valuable a resource a good user/developer
community can be, and I look forward to building some good friendships with
you. When I was a brand-new Sirsi admin, I got a lot of help from the older sites,
and I have always tried to pay that debt forward by helping other sites in
turn. I think personal relationships will be even more valuable in the open
source world than in the vendor world.
I look forward to a lot of good conversations!
Jane Wagner, PMP
Library Systems Analyst
PTFS Inc.
Content Management and Library Solutions
6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20817
(301) 654-8088 x 151
From:
koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On
Behalf Of Yokley, John
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 12:56 PM
To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: [Koha] PTFS Support for the Koha Community
Dear
members of the Koha user community. Please note that the press release
posted to the Koha.org site on January 29th was inappropriate and
deceptive. Here are the facts: PTFS submitted an application to be
included on the Koha support list Web page on 11/03/2008 and we fully complied
with the policies posted at that time. The rules to allow a company to be
listed on that page were subsequently changed after our application was
submitted and we received a rejection email on 11/06/2008. PTFS sent another
email on 1/15/09 indicating that we were now ready to resubmit our application
and asking for clarification on the latest policies. We are now able to
comply with the revised rules that now include client contracts, references and
a working Koha installation. We fully intend to resubmit our application.
Note
that PTFS is well equipped to support this marketplace and we are just
beginning to gear up to do so. We currently employ over twenty librarians
on staff who implement, configure, train and support software management
solutions for libraries. We also have a software development group
well suited to support Koha development. I have been advised that there
are community concerns over code submission. While we have not yet
completed a Koha development project, we fully intend to provide the source
code to our customers for submission to the community.
PTFS,
Inc.
is a company that has been in the information industry since 1995. We
have been installing and supporting commercial ILS systems for over a dozen
years and are now focusing our expertise to provide high quality support and
development to the Open Source ILS community. We also think we can add
significant value to the library community by integrating our ArchivalWare
content management system with the Koha Open Source ILS. See press
release from SLA, June of last year http://www.ptfs.com/company/press_releases_current.aspx.
I
do not typically post notes to lists but felt I needed to respond to this issue
personally. In addition, I do not think this list is the forum for this
type of conversation. If you want more information on PTFS or this issue
we would be happy to talk to you directly by phone or email.
John
Yokley
CEO
Please
contact Patrick Jones
301-654-8088x127
John Yokley
P | T | F | S
Content Management and Library Solutions
6400 Goldsboro Road Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20817
(301) 654-8088, ext. #111
FAX: 301-654-5789
Cell: 240-447-8970
jyokley@ptfs.com
www.ptfs.com