Howdy, so how are we getting on for nominations to the key post of Koha Dictator. I notice a certain amount of shyness at the moment, so how about some nominations from the floor? Oh look - I made some :-) /me hereby appologises in lieu of asking permission to nominate people The candidates are .... Me - well had to be really: Con's - am a Katipo person, haven't got a huge amount of time, am neither techy nor library, am likely to be influenced by what people are paying us (katipo) to do, have OOS so not fab at massive amounts of flame waring etc, can't spell (and this is important it seems). Pro's - good at being bossy and delegating, focused on getting things that matter done, have resources if necessary, have clear (in own head anyway) objectives for Koha, used to mediating between developers etc. Pat - Con's - probably busy, Pro's - not an active developer, seems fairly organised (if you can judge these things off a few e-mails), not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project. Rosalie - Con's - busy, public library focus, has had some time off with a broken wrist and may already be over committed, also a bit prone to OOS so not good at flame wars etc, not techy. Pro's - is good public "face" not at all open-source rabid hacker (appologies again to all who are offended :-), actually runs Koha in a live library, already answers lots of queries from libraries about koha, is a library person, has vested interest in Koha's sucess, also has resources behind her if necessary. Nick - Con's, Probably busy; Pro's - does simple documents for users (FAQ etc) , so knows Koha well but isn't actually a developer, not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project. Sorry - Nick I feel I should know more but them's the breaks. Roger - Con's, Probably busy (well who isn't :-); Pro's - documents stuff for techys (install file etc), so knows Koha well but isn't actually a developer, not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project, has been "point man" on the koha list helping people with their install probs, in touch with novice uses. Roger again sorry - you do such a lot and I know so little but please embelish. Anyone else - sorry I don't know everyone that well - so "proper" pro and con statements would be a great addition, and anyone else keen to throw their hat in would be welcome I'm sure. PEOPLE NOT NOMINATED I haven't nominated anyone who's actually working on the code (I think). It seems too much for someone to work on the code and be the dictator and hold down a day job IMHO. Let the campaigning or furious backpeddling begin :-) Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 17:56, Rachel Hamilton-Williams wrote:
Howdy,
so how are we getting on for nominations to the key post of Koha Dictator.
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Pat - Con's - probably busy, Pro's - not an active developer, seems fairly organised (if you can judge these things off a few e-mails), not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project.
Hmm, Pat does do development work on koha, but i wouldnt count that as a con, so perhaps Pro: Active developer. :) [snip]
Roger - Con's, Probably busy (well who isn't :-); Pro's - documents stuff for techys (install file etc), so knows Koha well but isn't actually a developer, not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project, has been "point man" on the koha list helping people with their install probs, in touch with novice uses.
Roger has done a bit of hacking on koha to get it working the way he wants it to. Im not sure whether he wants to be counted an active developer or not tho :)
Roger again sorry - you do such a lot and I know so little but please embelish.
Anyone else - sorry I don't know everyone that well - so "proper" pro and con statements would be a great addition, and anyone else keen to throw their hat in would be welcome I'm sure.
PEOPLE NOT NOMINATED
I haven't nominated anyone who's actually working on the code (I think). It seems too much for someone to work on the code and be the dictator and hold down a day job IMHO.
Probably a fair call. Chris -- Chris Cormack chris@katipo.co.nz Programmer 025 500 579 Katipo Communications www.katipo.co.nz
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Rachel Hamilton-Williams wrote:
Howdy,
so how are we getting on for nominations to the key post of Koha Dictator.
Well, this is the first announcement I've heard since the irc meeting which probably explains the shyness noted below ;) In an case, thanks for starting the process.
I notice a certain amount of shyness at the moment, so how about some nominations from the floor? Oh look - I made some :-)
/me hereby appologises in lieu of asking permission to nominate people
The candidates are ....
Me - well had to be really: Con's - am a Katipo person, haven't got a huge amount of time, am neither techy nor library, am likely to be influenced by what people are paying us (katipo) to do, have OOS so not fab at massive amounts of flame waring etc, can't spell (and this is important it seems). Pro's - good at being bossy and delegating, focused on getting things that matter done, have resources if necessary, have clear (in own head anyway) objectives for Koha, used to mediating between developers etc.
OOS? A significant other Pro is that you have significant influence over and history with Koha. This is something that no one (except Rosalie) can touch.
Pat - Con's - probably busy, Pro's - not an active developer, seems fairly organised (if you can judge these things off a few e-mails), not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project.
hmm, I'd hoped to stay in the shadows, but I guess since I was one of the folks bringing up the idea it's only fair that I be nominated as well. I'll try to post a candidacy statement in a bit. I will mention a possible katipo-like conflict of interest. I'm mulling over the idea of a US based Koha support and development company. (It's not serious yet, but it may happen.) Along similar lines, I'd like to see the koha community have other commercial members (individual consultants and/or companies), I think having a local source for support will help more organizations adopt koha.
Rosalie - Con's - busy, public library focus, has had some time off with a broken wrist and may already be over committed, also a bit prone to OOS so not good at flame wars etc, not techy. Pro's - is good public "face" not at all open-source rabid hacker (appologies again to all who are offended :-), actually runs Koha in a live library, already answers lots of queries from libraries about koha, is a library person, has vested interest in Koha's sucess, also has resources behind her if necessary.
I think Rosalie is a good candidate for the same reasons I like Rachel's self-nomination.
Nick - Con's, Probably busy; Pro's - does simple documents for users (FAQ etc) , so knows Koha well but isn't actually a developer, not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project.
Sorry - Nick I feel I should know more but them's the breaks.
Roger - Con's, Probably busy (well who isn't :-); Pro's - documents stuff for techys (install file etc), so knows Koha well but isn't actually a developer, not a Katipo person, so better "neutrality" and sense of Koha moving beyond being a Katipo project, has been "point man" on the koha list helping people with their install probs, in touch with novice uses.
Roger again sorry - you do such a lot and I know so little but please embelish.
I wish I could speak more to Nick and Roger. From what I've seen, both are very committed, very capable, and care about the success of Koha.
Anyone else - sorry I don't know everyone that well - so "proper" pro and con statements would be a great addition, and anyone else keen to throw their hat in would be welcome I'm sure.
PEOPLE NOT NOMINATED
I haven't nominated anyone who's actually working on the code (I think). It seems too much for someone to work on the code and be the dictator and hold down a day job IMHO.
This is a good point. I think that the person needs to be able to at least speak developer though, because their constituency is going to be made up (largely) of developers.
Let the campaigning or furious backpeddling begin :-)
I may campaign for someone else to be elected, but I shant back out ... I helped start this boulder rolling, I feel obligated to stick with it. -pate
Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________
Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org
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