"picking the name of another open source project seems like a bit of a stink move."
+1 wor dat. kugona (ku-go-na) Koha User Group Of North America KohaUGona (Koha - you - 'Gonna ) Koha NA Kohana (KNAK) (k-nak) On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Scott Kushner <skush...@mplmain.mtpl.org> wrote: > At first, I thought this was a rant about splinter groups, regionalism, > and exclusionary tactics and was going to be a bit snarky and say "what is > the problem with people in regions getting together to discuss Koha?" "Why > does it have to be world-wide?" > > After all, it's hard for some people to travel-especially librarians on > limited or strapped budgets these days. Wouldn't more information sharing > and the opportunity for non-koha libraries to libraries to learn things > without having to travel half-way around the world be a good thing? > > Then when I realized that it was really just about the name, I thought, > "hey...what about REALLY regional groups like the old CODI (Customers of > Dynix) used to do, and break out into Koha Users group Northeast, or Koha > Users Southwest, etc., etc? > > As long as everyone shares the information at the end, what is the > problem? Maybe more libraries would jump to Koha bandwagon if they had > access to more information. > > Anyway...here's my .02 cents.... > > KohAmerica > > KohaAmerica > > KohaAmerican Users Group > > KohAmerican Users Group Northeast... > > KohaAmerican Users Group....well, you get the picture. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Koha [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Alford, > Paul > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 1:49 PM > To: Stebbings, Wade; Christopher Davis; Koha; partners; KohaNA > Subject: Re: [Koha] [ByWater Partners] Your suggestions for a new name of > Koha NA > > "Kohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten" > > - Lilo > > -----Original Message----- > From: partners-boun...@bywatersolutions.com [mailto: > partners-boun...@bywatersolutions.com] On Behalf Of Stebbings, Wade > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 11:24 AM > To: Christopher Davis; Koha; partners; KohaNA > Subject: Re: [ByWater Partners] Your suggestions for a new name of Koha NA > > Just run the letters together: Kohana > This is also the name of a PHP-based web development framework, but that > shouldn¹t be too confusing. > > <wade > Walker Art Center > > > On 12/18/15, 10:19 AM, "partners-boun...@bywatersolutions.com on behalf > of Christopher Davis" <partners-boun...@bywatersolutions.com on behalf of > cgda...@uintah.utah.gov> wrote: > > >Good Day Everyone, > > > >During its first annual meeting, the scope of the Koha North America > >Users Group (Koha NA) was to form an organization to discuss and > >support Koha issues native to the U.S. Although everyone is cordially > >invited to every Koha NA meeting, all face-to-face meetings will be > >held within the contiguous U.S. to ensure that U.S. Koha users have a > >better chance to attend them (for many, travel outside of the U.S. is > >prohibited). > > > >In light of recent discussion on the Koha listservs regarding its > >extent, the Koha NA has voted to change its name to reflect its scope > >and we are asking for your help. Please reply to this message with your > >name suggestions and then join us at our next online meeting to vote > >for them (Wed, Jan 13th, 2016 @ 11 am Central Time). > > > >All the best, > > > >Christopher Davis > >Secretary, Koha NA > >_______________________________________________ > >Partners mailing list > >partn...@lists.bywatersolutions.com > >http://lists.bywatersolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/partners > > _______________________________________________ > Partners mailing list > partn...@lists.bywatersolutions.com > http://lists.bywatersolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/partners > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha