[Koha] Koha Fundraising Committee Draft Terms of Reference

Paul A paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
Mon Jul 6 09:56:11 NZST 2015 

At 05:58 AM 7/5/2015 -0700, Brendan Gallagher wrote:
>Hi Paul -Â
>
>Yes the bylaws that we are voting on are listing on this page on the wiki.Â
>
>Â 
><http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Fundraising>http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Fundraising 
>(it's the bottom sections)

Brendan -- thanks. The Wiki page seems to call them "terms of reference" 
rather than "bylaws", hence my confusion.

Best -- Paul


>Thanks,
>BrendanÂ
>
>On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Paul A 
><<mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com> wrote:
>At 05:53 PM 7/3/2015 -0700, Brendan Gallagher wrote:
>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.
>
>
>Brendan,
>
>Firstly, thank you for all you are doing.
>
>A couple of points re: the draft MoU at 
><<http://kete.library.org.nz/site/documents/show/368-draft-mou-v2-for-koha-fund>http://kete.library.org.nz/site/documents/show/368-draft-mou-v2-for-koha-fund>:
>
>1) Given recent discussion on this list, I might suggest dropping 6.12 and 
>references to 'Listed Koha Support Company[ies]' in 11.2 and 11.6. (All 
>"companies" are equal, unendorsed by the community.)
>
>2) Is it 4? or 6? "representatives of the Koha Community" (there seems to 
>be some difference between the [current version of the] Wiki page and the 
>draft MoU.
>
>We're going to be voting on the bylaws at that meeting as we've
>had more than a month with the bylaws.
>
>
>Is a draft copy of such bylaws available? And do these correspond to 11.4 
>of the MoU?
>
>Quorum [Wiki page] -- "at least 50% of the membership."Â  I agree with the 
>50% (even 50% + 1 if there are an even number; certainly not a minority), 
>but find the word "membership" confusing.  I'm fairly sure you mean 50% 
>of the representatives elected by the community, but could you be more 
>specific?
>
>Best regards -- Paul
>
>
>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 <
><mailto:info at bywatersolutions.com>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 <
> > <mailto:info at bywatersolutions.com>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 
> <<mailto:JoannR at tetakere.org.nz>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: <mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>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 <
> >>> <mailto:mirko at abunchofthings.net>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
> >>> > <mailto:mirko at abunchofthings.net>mirko at abunchofthings.net
> >>> > http://koha.abunchofthings.net
> >>> > <http://meinkoha.de>http://meinkoha.de
> >>> >
> >>> >
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> > Brendan A. Gallagher
> > ByWater Solutions
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