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

[David Schuster]

Vicki is going to bring a few paper copies as well.  Please read through the
bylaws as they have been posted for quite some time found at: 
http://kudos.koha.org/?s=bylaws - The Mission and Section 5 membership are
changing, but those are included in this email.

ALA—Boston Public Library at 3 PM on Saturday, January 16.  Proposed Agenda

   1. Welcome
   2. Introduction of officers
   3. General information sharing (need to have time limit)
   4. How we got here/history presentation
   5. Report on minutes from today’s meeting
   6. Present Bylaws (Mission statement,  membership categories and dues
structure) - should   a     vendor employee be allowed to be an officer of
the organization?
   7. Approval of bylaws - for you to read through - I am working to get the
modification added 
   8. Status of 501 c3 filing with IRS
   9. Discussion of membership services (what do they want?)
  10. Virtual conference program suggestions
  11. Future meetings

·       Mission: The purposes of the Corporation are educational, literary,
and scientific, specifically: to promote the study, improvement and support
of the Koha Integrated Library System for the benefit of North American
libraries and to foster cooperation with the global Koha community.

o       Library/Consortia based on a single installation of Koha.  Dues and
number of votes will be based on number of bibliographic records, TBD
(suggestion is to start at $5/50,000 bibs/1 vote and go up from there with a
cap)

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


o       Membership should be for installations of Koha in North America

o       Membership benefits: vote on administrative budget, vote to appoint
members to board, vote to appoint members to development committee, annual
meeting, newsletter and website access to shared member services

o       A non-voting membership will be available with access to same
resources, but no voting rights.  This will typically be for vendors
supporting Koha.  Dues will be based on the highest dues assigned a
Library/Consortia member. 

Non-voting membership

Member Type	Annual cost   
Individual Developer	$10
Small company (2-4 developers)	$30
Large company (5+ developers)	$50

David Schuster
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