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Evergreen Committees
Two committees and one taskforce were formed at the 2010 Evergreen Conference in Grand Rapids: Governance Committee, Communication Committee, and Reports Taskforce. The Cataloging Working Group was formed at the 2012 Evergreen Conference in Indianapolis.
If you are interested in any of the following committees or working groups, send an email to feedback@evergreen-ils.org and someone will put you in touch with the right individual.
Evergreen Oversight Board
Goal: Serve as official representatives of the Evergreen project to its fiscal sponsor, the Software Freedom Conservancy, to safeguard and to govern the interests of the larger Evergreen user and developer communities.
History: The Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement was signed by members of the Evergreen community, called the Evergreen Oversight Board, who were part of the Governance Committee that formed at the 2010 Evergreen International Conference (Grand Rapids, MI).
Official Web Page: Evergreen Governance
Regular Meeting Time: 3rd Tuesday of every month at 13:00 Eastern.
Mailing List:
Contact: Galen Charlton oversight@evergreen-ils.org
Evergreen 2014 Conference Organizing Committee
Members:
- Amy Terlaga, Bibliomation, Conference Co-Chair
- Kathy Lussier, MassLNC, Conference Co-Chair
- Ron Gagnon, NOBLE
- Joan Kuklinski, C/W MARS
- Larry Rungren, MVLC
- Ben Shum, Bibliomation
- Tim Spindler, C/W MARS
- Yamil Suarez, Berklee College of Music
- Carol Yarrison, Bibliomation
2014 Evergreen International Conference Web Page: http://evergreen-ils.org/conference/eg14/
Evergreen Documentation Interest Group (DIG)
Goal: Develop a single-source, standards-based set of documentation for Evergreen.
History: Established at the 2009 Evergreen International Conference (Athens, GA).
Official Web Page: Documentation
Regular Meeting Time:
Mailing List: http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-documentation
Contact: Yamil Suarez ysuarez@berklee.edu or documentation@evergreen-ils.org
Evergreen Web Team
Goal: The Web Team is currently focused on a long-term vision of the Evergreen Web ecosystem. The Web Team used a formal process of needs analysis and content inventory to develop a web-based framework for the growing Evergreen community.
Please note that the Oversight Board handles the higher level communication policy issues.
History: The Web Team was originally formed as a task force for the Communications Committee (Communications Committee Archive: Evergreen Communications Committee).
Official Web Page: Evergreen Web Team
Regular Meeting Time: Generally held the third Thursday of each month
Mailing List: http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-web-team
Evergreen Reports Interest Group
Goal: Establish a framework for sharing reports and improving the reporting system in Evergreen.
History: Formerly the Evergreen Reports Taskforce, which was established at the 2010 Evergreen International Conference (Grand Rapids, MI).
Official Web Page: Reports Interest Group
Regular Meeting Time: The third week of Sept, Nov, Jan, March, [April Conference], and May from 1500 - 1600 Eastern.
Mailing List: http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-reports
Contact: Jessica Venturo jventuro@biblio.org or reports@evergreen-ils.org
Evergreen Cataloging Working Group
Goal: To share information about cataloging workflows in Evergreen and to work together to coordinate cataloging related development for the benefit of the community.
This group has its own mailing list to discuss cataloging issues. Sign up on the Mailing List page at http://www.evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php.
Official web page: Cataloging Working Group