Foundation-forming Meeting, 15 September 2009

#koha IRC channel (IRC server irc.katipo.co.nz)

Tuesday 15 September 2009 at 19:00 UTC+0

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1. Welcome and introductions
2. Goals
3. Current situation
4. Options
   • Forming a Koha Foundation
5. Next steps

• Brendan Gallagher, ByWater Solutions (brendan)
• Chris Cormack, Catalyst, Translation manager (chris)
• Chris Nighswonger, FBC (chris_n)
• Colin Campbell, ptfs-europe (Colin)
• Davi Diaz, worker for software.coop (davi)
• David Birmingham, PTFS (dbirmingham)
• David Schuster, Plano ISD (schuster)
• Galen Charlton, Equniox (gmcharlt)
• Garry Collum, Kenton County Public Library (collum)
• Greg Lawson, Rolling Hills Consolidated Library ( rhcl )
• Ian Walls, NYU Health Sciences Libraries (sekjal)
• Irma Birchall, Calyx, Australia (IrmaCalyx)
• J. David Bavousett, PTFS (jdavidb)
• Jane Wagner, PTFS (jwagner)
• Joann Ransom. Acting Head of Libraries. Horowhenua Library Trust. (jransom)
• Katrin Fischer, Germany (cait)
• krishnan mani, India (kr1shnan_)
• Liz Rea, Northeast Kansas Llibrary System, US (Wizzyrea_)
• Magnus Enger, Libriotech, Norway (magnusenger)
• Marshall Breeding (breeding)
• mason (mason)
• MJ Ray, software.coop (slef)
• Nate Curulla, ByWater Solutions (Nate)
• Nicole C. Engard (nengard)
• Owen Leonard, Nelsonville Public Library (owen)
• Paul Poulain, BibLibre (paul_p)
• Piotr Wejman, CSNE Library, Poland (Ropuch)
• Rachel Hamilton-Williams, Katipo, Kaitiaki (rachel)
• Ricardo Dias Marques, Portugal (ricardo)
• Richard Anderson, Katipo (richard)
• Rosalie (rosa)
• savitra , Nucsoft (savitra)
• Stephanie Chase, Vermont (stephaniechase)
• stuart yeates, New Zealand (snail)
• Sverre Helge Bolstad, Norway (sh)
• Thomas Brevik, Bergen, Norway, Royal Norwegian Naval Academy Library (miromurr)
• Thomas Dukleth, Agogme, New York City (thd)
• Vicki Teal Lovely, South Central Library System, Madison, Wisconsin (vickiteal)
• Zeno Tajoli (CILEA) (tajoli)

Using the slef's survey at http://doodle.com/mobile/overview.html?pollId=bubb4xrqs54qgpwx, top 4 priorities identified by attendees are:

1. ensure the ongoing shared governance of the project
2. secure the Koha name
3. Kaitiaki (guardianship) role
4. be owner of the copyright

Rather than immediately forming a new foundation, discussion moved to joining an existing one. This would be a temporary measure until the community could take the time to set up its own foundation properly.

Candidates include:

• Horowhenua Library Trust (HLT)
• Software in the Public Interest (SPI)
• IFLA

Pros and cons were discussed for all three organizations.

Concerns that need to be addressed:

• International, or based in a specific country?
• Stated position on FOSS?
• Easy to get our assets back out later?
• Clearly laying out expectations placed on the organization
  • Possible goal: reclaiming koha.org
  • → Translates to actions: get domain, acquire hosting
• Defining 'we'.
  • Who makes up the Koha Community legally, i.e. who can enter into legal relationships?
• What are the organizations' membership requirements?
  • Do they limit who can participate?
  • Intended for librarians, developers, both?
  • Democratically managed by members?

• Create comparison chart of options on wiki
• Further research candidate organizations to answer open questions (due in 2 weeks)
• Set up preference poll (nengard),
  • Vote for Foundation Options (pt 1)
  • Discuss for up to two weeks
  • Final Foundation Vote
  • 1 person, 1 vote, open to anyone interested in Koha. Give name and affiliation.
  • Agreed on a minimum 30 votes required
• Distribute links to poll in all pipes (Koha lists, Twitter, Facebook, blog posts, etc.)

Available at http://stats.workbuffer.org/irclog/koha/2009-09-15