Hi David, Any help at all that the American Koha libraries can provide would be gratefully accepted.
Cheers Jo. On 22 November 2011 14:33, Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library < david.w.hart...@disney.com> wrote: > Perhaps a US based group such as ALA - Am Lib Assn - or SLA - Special Lib > Assn - could help? Does anyone have contacts within SLA or ALA? Their > members could apply pressure here. > > Sent from my iPhone! Pardon typos, etc. > > > On Nov 21, 2011, at 8:09 PM, "Mason James" <m...@kohaaloha.com> wrote: > > > > > On 2011-11-22, at 10:31 AM, Joann Ransom wrote: > > > >> As I am sure most of you are aware, Horowhenua Library Trust is the > birth place of Koha and the longest serving member of the Koha community. > Back in 1999 when we were working on Koha, the idea that 12 years later we > would be having to write an email like this never crossed our minds. It is > with tremendous sadness that we must write this plea for help to you, the > other members of the Koha community. > >> > >> The situation we find ourselves in, is that after over a year of > battling against it, PTFS/Liblime have managed to have their application > for a Trademark on Koha in New Zealand accepted. We now have 3 months to > object, but to do so involves lawyers and money. We are a small semi rural > Library in New Zealand and have no cash spare in our operational budget to > afford this, but we do feel it is something we must fight. > >> > >> For the library that invented Koha to now have to have a legal battle > to prevent a US company trademarking the word in NZ seems bizarre, but it > is at this point that we find ourselves. > >> > >> So, we ask you, the users and developers of Koha, from the birth place > of Koha, please if you can help in anyway, let us know. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Jo. > >> > >> -- > >> Joann Ransom RLIANZA > >> Head of Libraries, > >> Horowhenua Library Trust. > > > > > > hi Jo, > > > > sad news indeed, > > expect a cheque in the mail from me > > > > i reckon you should consider posting your email to these other NZ > tech/library mailing-lists, too > > > > NZOSS > > http://lists.nzoss.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/openchat > > > > NZ-LIBS > > http://lists.vuw.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nz-libs > > > > and haaay look - a mailing-list for -=LAW=- librarians in NZ :) > > http://lists.vuw.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/law-lib > > > > > > also, a handy list of library related mailing-lists in NZ > > http://wiki.lianza.org.nz/index.php/Resources/NZLibEmailDiscussionLists > > > > > > i realize that it's a bit of extra effort for you to sign-up to the > lists, etc - but considering how much *wasted* effort this fight is going > to cost everyone... > > its probably well worth it > > > > > > Mason > > <PGP.sig> > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust.
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