I have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the global Koha community and in the space of less than a week we have ourselves a Koha World Tour! The draft itinerary can be seen online here: http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/665664/Round-the-World-Koha-Tour/ While it does circumnavigate the world it misses out on huge chunks which will have to wait for another time. I can't, in all conscience, take more than 3 months away from the workforce and will have to get a real job at some point! I have shown the local hosts or contacts for each leg in case people would like to help or host. I will have 3 topics that I would love to talk about: 1. The Origins of Koha: why we developed it, why Koha, how it has developed and why it is so jolly special; 2. The Koha Community: this is why its so special :) Will talk about how the community works and how to get the best out of belonging; 3. Te Takere: transforming a c1960s library service into a thriving community centre. As leader of this fantastic project it has been a career changing gig and one which has required a whole new approach. With visitor counts rising from 18k a month to over 40k and reported youth crime down 60% after the first year of opening we were doing something right. Once I have firmed up a few more leads and checked the feasibility of this from a booking flights point of view I'll post a firm itinerary. Many thanks - and I can't wait to meet you! -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Chief Executive Te Horowhenua Trust.