Reasonable membership dues, for either individuals or libraries, are supported here at our library, and I'm sure my director would give it positive consideration. I have my ALA membership paperwork tacked to the board in front of me, and I see we're paying $106 yearly for ALA ($40) + LITA ($60) for me, and I've only ever been to one LITA conference. I suspect some many tech people aren't high enough in the food chain to make it to ALA conferences. Just some of my random pre-2 Dec comments. The same comment also holds true for whatever organization might come from the nascent "Koha-HLT" effort. Greg Lawson Rolling Hills Consolidated Library 1912 N. Belt Highway St. Joseph, MO 64506 ------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Schuster" <dschust1@tx.rr.com> To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:41:31 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [Koha] KUDOS online Discussion KUDOS - Koha Users and Developers of Open Source - is a group of individuals that are interested in promoting how we use of Koha in the United States. John Brice of Crawford County has registered it as a legal entity in the Common Wealth of PA, and is preparing paperwork to set up a 501(c3) status in order to handle dues to cover organization expenses. Several of us would like to have a virtual meeting on Dec 2, at 2 pm central time using a java chat service available from Plano ISD. If you are interested in this please watch the listservs - and or contact David.schuster@pisd.edu - so that he can send out the link when it is available. I will also post the link on the listserv Koha-Discuss and Koha-Dev. Things to discuss at the meeting on Dec 2 1 - ALA - KUDOS meeting gathering 2 - How to get officers for KUDOS - proposed individuals for 3 offices - John Brice - President - 1 year - Open - VP/president elect - 1 year - Vicki Teal Lovely - Secretary - 1 year - David Schuster possible Treasurer unless someone else wants it - 2 years This slate could change if others are willing to serve and be active for regular chats to get KUDOS up and running. These are just individuals that have offered to be involved. Several committees would be established at the onset as well to get things moving. - bylaws - communication - conference With a possible election in 2010 after a membership has been established to put in place an officer rotation. 3 - KUDOS conference for 2010. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/KUDOS-online-Discussion-tp26498553p26498553.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha