Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Chris Cormack
I still think shifting it to the wiki is fine. Shift to the wiki, just like the list of libraries. Then it can still be of use for the vast majority of the active community, and if one subsection want to play silly games with their area, it doesn't impact the rest. But whatever we do can we ple

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Tompsett
Greetings, Steve Sowder wrote: How about a list of providers that is recommended by _customers_? With a provider being removed one year after the last recommendation. I hate to sound pessimistic, but anyone can pretend to be a customer. The only easy to maintain list that can't be misundersto

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Tompsett
Greetings, Mirko Tietgen wrote: Do you think they will lie to git? How will they do that? :) I have various bugs submitted. For example, bug 5010. That was a major contribution I feel. However, I also have tiny contributions, like bug 14112. It's a contribution, but does that 2 byte patch ca

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Steve Sowder
How about a list of providers that is recommended by _customers_? With a provider being removed one year after the last recommendation. Steve sow...@andrews.edu On 7/1/2015 1:44 PM, Mark Tompsett wrote: > Greetings, > >> It would be nice if people could find out I am contributing >> stuff witho

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mirko Tietgen
Mark Tompsett schrieb am 01.07.2015 > A list like "Name/Organization, Country, Date of Last Accepted > Patch" capped since old stable initial release would be nice, but it > opens it back up to this stupidity which we want to avoid, because > marketing people may hype and lie. No list provides no

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Tompsett
Greetings, It would be nice if people could find out I am contributing stuff without learning to understand bugzilla. Sadly, if a person's name continues to appear on a list in the same place, those requesting quotes for proposals will not pay attention and learn what the list is. The learni

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Tompsett
Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote: 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. Nothing is a little harsh. A tombstone would be better. For example, "We no longer lis

Re: [Koha] Import Records - Inventory Number

2015-07-01 Thread Elaine Bradtke
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx) $i is designated for inventory or stock number. I don't believe Koha will auto generate these numbers. However, you should be able to add them in before you upload. Perhaps one of the MARC Edit wizards out there can help with this.

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Mirko Tietgen
Tomas Cohen Arazi schrieb am 01.07.2015 > 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). A place to send libraries to that are looking for support. A place for (at best communit

Re: [Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread glaws
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

[Koha] Proposal to remove the 'Paid support' list

2015-07-01 Thread Tomas Cohen Arazi
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 me

[Koha] Organize National Seminar on Koha In India 'IndKoha'

2015-07-01 Thread Bengal Library Association
Dear all, You may know that the Bengal Library Association was established in West Bengal, India in 1925 under the presidentship of nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore to promote library movement in the country. Since its establishment it has been engaged to develop libraries in the state as we

Re: [Koha] Request to be enlisted as Koha Support Provider (Paid)

2015-07-01 Thread Indranil Das Gupta
Hi Arka, On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Via Vitae Solutions wrote: > Arka writes: [snipped] > Dear all, > By technical mistake we had posted a wrong name list as reference. Please > find the following list as corrected one - [snipped] > > You can call / mail this persons to verify our works. A

Re: [Koha] Request to be enlisted as Koha Support Provider (Paid)

2015-07-01 Thread Via Vitae Solutions
Arka writes: > > Dear All, > > First of all we like to thank you for reviewing our request. > > One thing Mr. Mishra pointed out right that in our webpage there were > several points those could be considered as default features of Koha - but > those were not for misleading anyone but to give