Joann,<br><br>In addition to money, if you think a petition signed by members of the community from around the world will help with your appeal then maybe there is a way we can all e-sign one for you.<br><br>I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this :(<br>
<br>Nicole<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/11/21 Joann Ransom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jransom@library.org.nz">jransom@library.org.nz</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi everyone,<br><br>Thank you so much for your speedy and supportive replies ... I'm feeling a little less despairing now :)<br><br>I have set up a PayPal account for gathering funds towards mounting a legal challenge. It is a separate account from the HLT<br>
operating accounts and I am very happy to give a community representative access to the records etc. <br><br>So here it is: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FQ6JH3L48LV5Y" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FQ6JH3L48LV5Y</a><br>
<br>And thanks :)<br><br>Cheers Jo.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 November 2011 12:09, Christopher Nighswonger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.nighswonger@gmail.com" target="_blank">chris.nighswonger@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">By all means setup a donations page... quick! :-)<br><br>Kind Regards,<br>Chris<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/11/21 Liz Rea <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lrea@nekls.org" target="_blank">lrea@nekls.org</a>></span><br>
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It is so sad to see the gift you gave us all fall into unfriendly hands.<br>
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Do please let us know when the kitty is opened up for donations.<br>
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On Nov 21, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Joann Ransom wrote:<br>
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> As I am sure most of you are aware, Horowhenua Library Trust is the birth place of Koha and the longest serving member of the Koha community. Back in 1999 when we were working on Koha, the idea that 12 years later we would be having to write an email like this never crossed our minds. It is with tremendous sadness that we must write this plea for help to you, the other members of the Koha community.<br>
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> The situation we find ourselves in, is that after over a year of battling against it, PTFS/Liblime have managed to have their application for a Trademark on Koha in New Zealand accepted. We now have 3 months to object, but to do so involves lawyers and money. We are a small semi rural Library in New Zealand and have no cash spare in our operational budget to afford this, but we do feel it is something we must fight.<br>
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> For the library that invented Koha to now have to have a legal battle to prevent a US company trademarking the word in NZ seems bizarre, but it is at this point that we find ourselves.<br>
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> So, we ask you, the users and developers of Koha, from the birth place of Koha, please if you can help in anyway, let us know.<br>
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> Regards,<br>
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> Jo.<br>
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> Joann Ransom RLIANZA<br>
> Head of Libraries,<br>
> Horowhenua Library Trust.<br>
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