[Koha] Koha Fundraising Committee Draft Terms of Reference

Sat Jul 4 12:53:55 NZST 2015

Hi All -

Just a reminder - the general IRC meeting is in a few days - we (the
committee) need your comments and thoughts on the bylaws before that
meeting.  We're going to be voting on the bylaws at that meeting as we've
had more than a month with the bylaws.  We are all ready to move forward
with getting money ready for the project and we've got tons of innovative
ideas for fund raising!

The American Library Association meeting was just last weekend - and there
are tons of librarians and libraries that are interested in Koha and know
of Koha.   Let's keep the momentum going and show them we're a large and
active group.

Thanks,
Brendan

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Brendan Gallagher <
info at bywatersolutions.com> wrote:

> Done.  If anyone has more please send them along.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Brendan Gallagher <
> info at bywatersolutions.com> wrote:
>
>> I will add in those thoughts to the doc tomorrow (I will be returning to
>> full time work then).  If others have other suggestions let's hear them :)
>>
>> Thanks Jo - hopefully you got the ball started in the right direction we
>> all needed.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Brendan
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Joann Ransom <JoannR at tetakere.org.nz>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have had some thoughts:
>>>
>>> 1. Structure: I see no reason why a person should be limited to 3 years
>>> of service. I am happy for people to offer themselves up for election as
>>> many times as they like; the community will decide if they are still adding
>>> value to the committee;
>>>
>>> 2. Meetings: In addition to monthly formal meetings, my expectation is
>>> that the committee will make heavy use of email for discussion and debate
>>> in order to accommodate a globally disbursed committee straddling many
>>> timezones. This includes the ability to pass motions via email PROVIDED
>>> THAT such decisions and resolutions are recorded in the minutes of the
>>> monthly meetings;
>>>
>>> 3.   Quorum: how about at least 50% of the membership. The reason being
>>> that 3 is only 30% of a 9 member committee. If the committee is 7 then you
>>> require 4 for a quorum. I am loath to support a 'miniority' rules situation.
>>>
>>> I have not considered what might be missing  so I may well come back for
>>> second bite at this!
>>>
>>> Cheers Jo
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of
>>> Brendan Gallagher
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2015 9:33 a.m.
>>> To: Mirko Tietgen
>>> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>>> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Fundraising Committee Draft Terms of Reference
>>>
>>> Great anyone have more thoughts?
>>>
>>> BTW nothing has been done "behind the scenes"...  All discussions have
>>> been posted to the mailing lists and talked about and presented at
>>> conferences / hackfests.  Nothing has or will be hidden.  I just want to
>>> make sure that we're clear on that :)
>>>
>>> Has anyone reviewed the document at all?  And there was no push to get
>>> the bylaws voted on at the last meeting because we fell short of a long
>>> enough review period (but since we had finished the doc we wanted to make
>>> sure it was available for some discussion at the general meeting)...  Not
>>> to vote on.
>>>
>>> Mirko we need more volunteers - are you willing to help here?  You have
>>> good opinions.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brendan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Mirko Tietgen <
>>> mirko at abunchofthings.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I don't know how to say this without stepping on anyone's toes, but I
>>> > think this discussion is taking a problematic direction. I don't think
>>> > it is good to tie the general discussion and decision on all things
>>> > fundraising to the personal situation of people that may be funded
>>> > once all is settled.
>>> >
>>> > I refuse to agree I »have put somebody in a difficult situation«
>>> > because I opposed voting on things that were made public on very short
>>> > notice before meetings. I was not informed I was discussing anyone's
>>> > situation. A situation I knew nothing about.
>>> >
>>> > It seems like behind the scenes it has already been agreed to
>>> > 1) put money into the fund
>>> > 2) pay somebody with that money
>>> >
>>> > so I have a simple proposal for the parties involved. Please consider
>>> > contracting people directly until the fundraising stuff is actually up
>>> > and running and everybody is happy.
>>> >
>>> > Hope that does not anger anyone,
>>> >
>>> > Mirko
>>> >
>>> > PS. Yes, I would like to see Jonathan continue his fine work on Koha.
>>> > Just to make that clear.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > Mirko Tietgen
>>> > mirko at abunchofthings.net
>>> > http://koha.abunchofthings.net
>>> > http://meinkoha.de
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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