[Koha-devel] FW: [Koha] PTFS Support for the Koha Community

[Wagner, Jane]

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

jwagner at ptfs.com <mailto:jwagner at ptfs.com> 

 

From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz
[mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Yokley, John
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 12:56 PM
To: koha at 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
<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

pjones at ptfs.com <mailto:pjones at ptfs.com> 

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 at ptfs.com 
www.ptfs.com

 

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