Good summary Jo :) On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Joann Ransom <joa...@tetakere.org.nz> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Can I just clarify my understanding of the situation: > > * The Koha community have decided to establish a Koha Fund for developing > Koha, > * Te Horowhenua Trust have agreed to be the 'banker' and umbrella for a > Fundraising and a Grants subcommittee, > * The Koha Community is developing operating guidelines for the two > committees, > * Johnathan is willing and available to work on Koha under contract to THT > and paid from the Koha fund, > * A number of potential donors to the fund are supportive of this plan, > * Johnathan has made a decision to resign from BibLibre. > > My take on this is that the Koha community is not responsible for > Jonathan's decision to resign from Biblibre and be in the difficult > situation he now finds himself. > > Our responsibility is to collectively establish the 2 Koha fund committees. > > Have I over-simplified that or is that about right? > > Regards > > Jo. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Koha [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Mirko > Tietgen > Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2015 5:43 a.m. > To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Fundraising Committee Draft Terms of Reference > > I don't know how to say this without stepping on anyone's toes, but I > think this discussion is taking a problematic direction. I don't think it > is good to tie the general discussion and decision on all things > fundraising to the personal situation of people that may be funded once all > is settled. > > I refuse to agree I »have put somebody in a difficult situation« because I > opposed voting on things that were made public on very short notice before > meetings. I was not informed I was discussing anyone's situation. A > situation I knew nothing about. > > It seems like behind the scenes it has already been agreed to > 1) put money into the fund > 2) pay somebody with that money > > so I have a simple proposal for the parties involved. Please consider > contracting people directly until the fundraising stuff is actually up and > running and everybody is happy. > > Hope that does not anger anyone, > > Mirko > > PS. Yes, I would like to see Jonathan continue his fine work on Koha. Just > to make that clear. > > > -- > > Mirko Tietgen > mi...@abunchofthings.net > http://koha.abunchofthings.net > http://meinkoha.de > > > > ##################################################################################### > This e-mail message and any attached files may contain confidential > information, and > may be subject to legal professional privilege. If you are not the > intended recipient, > please delete. Unless formally stated, this e-mail and any attachments do > not > necessarily reflect the views of the the The Horowhenua Trust. > > The Horowhenua Trust takes extensive precautions with the aim of detecting > and removing any > virus or defects from its e-mail system but accepts no liability for loss > or damage > should this e-mail not be virus or defect free or should there be any > errors in > transmission. > > > ##################################################################################### > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan A. Gallagher ByWater Solutions CEO Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Installation, Data Migration, Training, Customization, Hosting and Complete Support Packages Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA - Office: Redding, CT Phone # (888) 900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com i...@bywatersolutions.com _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha