[Koha] Thoughts on volunteering

[Fred King]

I'm coming in a bit late to the conversation due to yesterday's holiday in
the States, but I'd like to add my thanks to everyone as well. Koha is a
wonderful system, and I'm glad to be using it. Not only is it saving our
hospital a lot of money, my job has gotten a lot more interesting as well.
:-)

Fred King
kohauser at phred.us
(My personal e-mail, so I don't have to add ten lines of disclaimer.)


> Good day Jared and to all volunteers,
>
> In Filipino saying "Maraming Salamat" (Thank you very much).
>
> Manny
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 18:34:32 -0400
> From: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins at cpbibliography.com>
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> Greetings, fellow members of the Koha community,
>
> My name is Jared Camins-Esakov. There are two reasons that name might
> sound
> familiar. The first is that in my day job I do a lot of work with Koha
> (hosting, support, bespoke development, and all that jazz). The second is
> that just over a month ago I finished my term as Release Manager for Koha
> 3.12. I am very proud of what we did during my six month term. Koha has
> more
> features and works better for more libraries than ever before. I think
> that's a big deal. During those six months, I spent a lot of time working
> on
> Koha, as my wife can attest. I think I could count on my fingers the
> number
> of days in the entire release cycle (more than six months!) that I didn't
> do
> _anything_ related to the Koha release. I did this because I believe that
> Koha is important, and a better Koha is better for all of us.
>>From a business point of view, volunteering my time was a good
>>investment
> because I am now selling and supporting a better system.
>
> But you know what? I don't expect to be paid for all that time I spent
> volunteering my time for the community. Volunteering my time to build Koha
> 3.12 was its own (sometimes frustrating) reward. That's what Open Source
> is
> all about*, and I am proud to be a member of a community that understands
> this.
>
> Regards,
> Jared Camins-Esakov
>
> *Not to say that you can't or shouldn't make money from working on Open
> Source projects. I believe strongly that you can and should (and, of
> course,
> my company does), but contributing to an Open Source project like Koha is
> about more than just money.
>
>
> P.S. Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to ask everyone in the Koha
> community to take a moment to thank your friends and family for sharing
> you
> with us.
>
> --
> Jared Camins-Esakov
> Bibliographer, C & P Bibliography Services, LLC
> (phone) +1 (917) 727-3445
> (e-mail) jcamins at cpbibliography.com
> (web) http://www.cpbibliography.com/
>
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