I have mixed feelings on the subject, but I think there is some merit in somebody maintaining a list somewhere. As now, it should not be any type of certification by the Koha community or a partner program, but for non-users researching Koha, a link to a list would be quite helpful, and better than relying on Google (which promotes paid listings). I just googled "koha" and the first item on the list? koha.org.
A pie diagram unfairly penalizes smaller companies, perhaps with only a few individuals who could still provide excellent installation and support services, but don't have the staff to have 1,000 commits. While I realize I have left dangling "somebody maintaining a list somewhere", a list of Koha providers associated with the broad Koha community has value. Greg ------------------------------------ On 07/01/2015 09:06 AM, Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote: > The subject is self-explanatory. But I'll try to explain my position a bit > further. > > The project doesn't have a partner program, so being listed there only > means you are listed. > > What is the benefit for people listed? I would say marketing and/or some > SEO advantage (Liz told me there are counter measures applied so it is not > used for SEO). Some places, notably India and others, expect some kind of > official certification for service providers, and people are referring to > being listed on the site as a way to certify their validation as service > providers. > > I think this hurts the project, because people tend to trust some quality > degree is assured if companies are listed, which we cannot certify; and > also makes community members spend a lot of time reviewing people's sites, > with try/error iterations very often [1]. > > I propose we replace the current listing with (a) nothing or (b) some pie > diagram with companies/institutions contributions (git log, or what best > addresses the need) to the project. > > I would vote (a). If there is some consensus that contributing > companies/institutions should have some public recognition by the > community, then we can do (b). How companies position themselves on the > market is not something the community needs to address, but the company's > challenge. [2] > > Kind regards > Tomas > > [1] I'm pretty sure we can write a script that generates different valid > sites that should be accepted for the list, so I find depressing that > people doesn't even do the effort to comply with the simple rules we have > put. > [2] Unless we start an official partner program, but I'm sure we are still > far from that. If you want to actually be part of the Koha community and be > recognized, do something for the project, write a valuable article for the > newsletter, contribute an enhancement, actively report and/or fix bugs, > organize Koha promoting events: Get involved. > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha