[Koha] KUDOS - ALA—Boston Public Library at 3 PM on Saturday, January 16. Proposed Agenda

[vtl at scls.lib.wi.us]

The membership definition got re-worked at the meeting.  The dues structure
is also being revised.  The board if directors is in the process of
reviewing the minutes.


On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know it's too late since this meeting was held already, but I'm with
> Brooke & MJ on this - seems like things are being run a bit too much
> like a proprietary users group - which is what we all know and are
> comfortable with - but which is not how an open source project works.
> Also - the name should be KUG (Koha Users Group) if it's going to just
> be a users group and not include developers - which is also silly
> because many developers are actually users as well ... sorry - I'm
> going around in circles because that's kind of how I feel when reading
> through all of this.
>
> I hope to see that some clarity came out of the meeting.
>
> Nicole
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:19 AM, M. Brooke Helman
> <abesottedphoenix at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Salvete!
> >
> >>>>
> > Standard, voting membership:(sorry these may not line up right via the
> > email.)
> >
> > Number of Biblios    Annual cost      Votes
> > 1 - 49,999      $5                    1
> > 50,000 - 99,999    $10                    2
> > 100,000-149,999 $15                3
> > 150,000-199,999    $20                  4
> > 200,000-249,999    $25                  5
> > 250,000-299,999    $30                 6
> > 300,000-349,999    $35                   7
> > 350,000-399,999    $40                 8
> > 400,000-449,999    $45                 9
> > 450,000-499,999    $50                     10
> > 500,000 - 549,999    $55        11
> > 550,000 - 599,999    $60           12
> > 600,000 - 649,999    $65         13
> > 650,000 - 699,999    $70        14
> > 700,000 - 749,999    $75        15
> > 750,000 - 799,999    $80         16
> > 800,000 - 849,999    $85        17
> > 850,000 - 899,999    $90            18
> > 900,000-                    $100            19
> >>>>
> >
> >         Is a plutocracy based on Library size really the way to go on an
> Open Source project? While it's nice to implement a sliding cost scale so
> that small Libraries can afford a membership (which should probably be free
> with a suggested donation for all Libraries) I can't see a rationale behind
> a Library 18 times as large as the smallest bracket getting 19 votes for a
> payment that is 20 times more costly. About 3/4s of the US Libraries are
> small rural Libraries, and again about 3/4s of those have collections of
> about 10,000, depending on where you get your statistics.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Brooke
> >
> >
> >
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