[Koha] KUDOS 2012

[Joann Ransom]

Hi Greg,

I wasn't trying to be bitchy my friend - it was a 'seriously please
consider KohaCon13 in USA" suggestion :)

Cheers Jo.

PS I imagine a small town USA experience would be pretty unique actually :)

On 10 April 2012 09:07, G. Laws <glawson at rhcl.org> wrote:

> Us host KohaCon13? In St. Joseph, Missouri? After New Zealand, India and
> Scotland?
>
> Tell you what, let's all get together in Bangkok, Thailand, from June 1
> to June 30 for KohaCon 2013. Nothing in the KohaCon charter says it has
> to be held near a Koha library, right? I can get there in mid-May and
> make all the arrangements, and stay till mid-July for cleanup.
>
> Greg
> ------------------
>
> On 04/09/2012 03:52 PM, Joann Ransom wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > One option you could consider is to put in a bid to host KohaCon13. I
> > too cannot afford to go to KohaCon12 because it is in the same
> > financial year as KohaCon11 for us. Depending on when your financial
> > year runs KohaCon13 might be in the right financial period for you.
> >
> > Cheers Jo.
> >
> > On 10 April 2012 04:14, G. Laws <glawson at rhcl.org
> > <mailto:glawson at rhcl.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     We have just been shot down.
> >
> >     Due to lack of budgeting for KohaCon 2012 in our current fiscal year,
> >     our requests here at Rolling Hills Library to attend have been
> >     disapproved. I understand fully that the community is busily
> preparing
> >     to attend the conference in Scotland, and I sincerely wish
> >     everyone the
> >     best fun ever in the world. However, life goes on, and I am are now
> >     working on next year's budget, which for us runs from 1 July - 30
> >     June.
> >     I am preparing line items for conferences my team would like to
> >     attend,
> >     and that would include KUDOS 2012.
> >
> >     Is there any further discussion, noting some emails on the subject
> >     already, we could have about KUDOS 2012 that would facilitate my
> >     budget
> >     input? Hold it at all? Where? When? Is there an EG or regional
> meeting
> >     we could collaborate with?
> >
> >     I guess I can't ask the questions without volunteering something.
> >
> >     1. OK, look, we could hold it here at Rolling Hill, but St. Joseph
> >     isn't
> >     the most exciting place in the world; I can't imagine attendance
> would
> >     be that good.
> >     2. August?
> >     3. I could volunteer to be Sergeant at Arms where ever it's held.
> >     4. I could do a presentation/demo of either RaCHeL, our inhouse
> >     development of a children's playstation, or LibPAC*, our public
> access
> >     computer system.
> >     5. If I do end up attending, either the library proper, or me
> >     personally, will donate $100 USD towards bagels and cool-aid.
> >     6. Riverwalk in San Antonio? Chena Hot Springs**, Alaska? Denver?
> >     Douglas County, Co? New Orleans? (are there any Koha libraries in
> >     any of
> >     these places?)
> >
> >
> >     --
> >
> >     Greg Lawson
> >     Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
> >     1912 N. Belt Highway
> >     St. Joseph, MO 64506
> >     816-232-5479 <tel:816-232-5479>
> >
> >     *probably to be renamed
> >     **http://www.chenahotsprings.com  #bit of a stretch, maybe
> >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Joann Ransom RLIANZA
> > Head of Libraries,
> > Horowhenua Library Trust.
> >
>
> --
>
> Greg Lawson
> Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
> 1912 N. Belt Highway
> St. Joseph, MO 64506
> 816-232-5479
>
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Joann Ransom RLIANZA
Head of Libraries,
Horowhenua Library Trust.