[Koha] [ByWater Partners] Your suggestions for a new name of Koha NA

[Scott Owen]

"picking the name of another open source project seems like a bit of a
stink move."

+1 wor dat.



kugona (ku-go-na)

Koha User Group Of North America


KohaUGona (Koha - you -  'Gonna )


Koha NA Kohana
(KNAK) (k-nak)



On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Scott Kushner <skushner at mplmain.mtpl.org>
wrote:

> At first, I thought this was a rant about splinter groups, regionalism,
> and exclusionary tactics and was going to be a bit snarky and say "what is
> the problem with people in regions getting together to discuss Koha?" "Why
> does it have to be world-wide?"
>
> After all, it's hard for some people to travel-especially librarians on
> limited or strapped budgets these days. Wouldn't more information sharing
> and the opportunity for non-koha libraries to libraries to learn things
> without having to travel half-way around the world be a good thing?
>
> Then when I realized that it was really just about the name, I thought,
> "hey...what about REALLY regional groups like the old CODI (Customers of
> Dynix) used to do, and break out into Koha Users group Northeast, or Koha
> Users Southwest, etc., etc?
>
> As long as everyone shares the information at the end, what is the
> problem? Maybe more libraries would jump to Koha bandwagon if they had
> access to more information.
>
> Anyway...here's my .02 cents....
>
> KohAmerica
>
> KohaAmerica
>
> KohaAmerican Users Group
>
> KohAmerican Users Group Northeast...
>
> KohaAmerican Users Group....well, you get the picture.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Alford,
> Paul
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 1:49 PM
> To: Stebbings, Wade; Christopher Davis; Koha; partners; KohaNA
> Subject: Re: [Koha] [ByWater Partners] Your suggestions for a new name of
> Koha NA
>
> "Kohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten"
>
> - Lilo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: partners-bounces at bywatersolutions.com [mailto:
> partners-bounces at bywatersolutions.com] On Behalf Of Stebbings, Wade
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 11:24 AM
> To: Christopher Davis; Koha; partners; KohaNA
> Subject: Re: [ByWater Partners] Your suggestions for a new name of Koha NA
>
> Just run the letters together: Kohana
> This is also the name of a PHP-based web development framework, but that
> shouldn¹t be too confusing.
>
> <wade
> Walker Art Center
>
>
> On 12/18/15, 10:19 AM, "partners-bounces at bywatersolutions.com on behalf
> of Christopher Davis" <partners-bounces at bywatersolutions.com on behalf of
> cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov> wrote:
>
> >Good Day Everyone,
> >
> >During its first annual meeting, the scope of the Koha North America
> >Users Group (Koha NA) was to form an organization to discuss and
> >support Koha issues native to the U.S. Although everyone is cordially
> >invited to every Koha NA meeting, all face-to-face meetings will be
> >held within the contiguous U.S. to ensure that U.S. Koha users have a
> >better chance to attend them (for many, travel outside of the U.S. is
> >prohibited).
> >
> >In light of recent discussion on the Koha listservs regarding its
> >extent, the Koha NA has voted to change its name to reflect its scope
> >and we are asking for your help. Please reply to this message with your
> >name suggestions and then join us at our next online meeting to vote
> >for them (Wed, Jan 13th, 2016 @ 11 am Central Time).
> >
> >All the best,
> >
> >Christopher Davis
> >Secretary, Koha NA
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