Hi, I have added Interleaf to the paid support provider list.
Regards, Galen On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Martin McGovern <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all who responded with their helpful suggestions and comments > regarding our Koha page on the Interleaf website. > http://www.interleaf.ie/Products-and-Services/Library-Management-Systems/Koha > > I guess we might have been a bit subtle with our links to the community. > > But there you go - us Irish are a very subtle race :-) > > I have adopted some of the suggestions and made the links to the Koha > community site a bit more obvious. > > Looking forward to getting listed and growing the number of Koha sites in > this part of the world. > > > > > Regards, > > > Martin McGovern > Interleaf Technology > 55-57 Southern Cross Business Park > Bray > Co. Wicklow > > > > Facebook Twitter > [email protected] > www.interleaf.ie > +353-1-2865855 > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. It > is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally > corrupted or intercepted. > For this reason, where the communication is by email, Interleaf Technology > does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may > arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this > email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Koha [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Cook > Sent: 30 June 2014 03:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Koha] FW: Request to be added as Koha Support Provider > > I also struggled to find the link back to the Koha community, although I > notice that it is in the same style as the other links on the page. While I > think this has web accessibility/usability issues, I suppose it's no less > visible than the other links on the page. > > Personally, I don't really like the description of the community or the > history, but that might just be in regard to my own preferences. I would > probably include a reference to the Horowhenua Library Trust as the original > sponsor, and make the reference to the Koha Community a bit more obvious. > Rather than saying "With a large community of active users, the emphasis is > on sharing information across all Koha users", I might say something like > "Koha is developed internationally by the Koha Community [link here] where > the emphasis is on collaboration and cooperation." With the exception of the > late mention of "Over 120 developers world-wide" and an earlier mention of > "support companies", it sort of sounds like the "community" might just be > Interleaf's client base. > > Another idea might be to replace the following "Development is sponsored by > libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies > worldwide. Developed in New Zealand, the first system went live in 2000. > There are over 10,000 systems in operation world-wide" with something like > "Originally developed by Katipo for the Horowhenua Library Trust in New > Zealand, the first system went live in 2000. There are now many systems in > operation in many languages on every continent, except perhaps Antarctica. > The Koha Community [link here] (a global community of libraries of varying > types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies) now develops Koha > collectively and provides two major releases a year and maintenance releases > every month." > > Like I said though, that might just be personal preference. That's what I > think when I think about "Companies must show their support of the Koha > Community". I think Interleaf does add a visible link (even if it is a bit > tough to spot) and genuinely offer Koha services, so it's probably all right > to list them. I'll leave that one up to the volunteers who manage the listing. > > I am curious how it was decided there are 10,000+ Koha systems (I'm sure > there are, and I think I've seen that number before, but the actual number of > Koha systems is a mystery to all, I think) and that there are 120+ developers > (I believe that docs/history.txt states that there have been 246 developers > as of the writing of this email, so while 120+ is true...it just seems an odd > number to choose recently). > > I don't know if it's worthwhile to revisit the rules about what constitutes > support for the community by adding a visible link. After other issues > regarding the Koha support vendor listings, I would be curious to find out > how many people chose their vendor based on that page... > > In any case, +1 for adding Interleaf to the listing based on the existing > rules. > > -David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Koha [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 30 June 2014 10:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Koha Digest, Vol 104, Issue 60 > > Send Koha mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of Koha digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. FW: Request to be added as Koha Support Provider (Martin McGovern) > 2. Re: FW: Request to be added as Koha Support Provider (Paul A) > 3. Re: FW: Request to be added as Koha Support Provider (BWS Johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:17:37 +0000 > From: Martin McGovern <[email protected]> > To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Koha] FW: Request to be added as Koha Support Provider > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > We would like to resubmit our application to be included in the list of Koha > support providers. > > We have been providing Koha support for some time now and have over 75 Koha > customers. > > We have a link to http://www.koha-community.org on our main Koha web page so > we are fulfilling our obligations as per the "How to get listed" page on > koha-community.org. > > Regards, > > Martin McGovern > Interleaf Technology > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin McGovern > Sent: 09 February 2014 18:08 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: [Koha] FW: Request to be added as Koha Support Provider > > Interleaf Technology was established in 1998 and have been providing > technology to libraries since. We provide expertise in all aspects of > technology in libraries from Rfid systems to full Library Management System > support. We have recently switched our focus to Open Source Library systems, > specifically Koha, and are supporting several customers including special, > corporate and academic libraries. And we have a large number of schools > operating on a single Koha consortium system. We have completed many data > conversions to Koha from a selection of legacy LMS and offer support for > hosted or in-house Koha systems. We have development expertise in Koha and > expect this activity to grow as we build our Koha customer base. > > Company Name: Interleaf Technology Ltd > > Contact Person: Martin McGovern > > Contact email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Website: www.interleaf.ie<http://www.interleaf.ie> > > Telephone: +353-1-2865855 > > Address: 55-57 Southern Cross Business Park > Boghall Road, > Bray, > Co. Wicklow > Ireland > > Regards, > > > Martin McGovern > Interleaf Technology > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or > accidentally corrupted or intercepted. > For this reason, where the communication is by email, Interleaf Technology > does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may > arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this > email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses. > > > > ________________________________ > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or > accidentally corrupted or intercepted. > For this reason, where the communication is by email, Interleaf Technology > does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may > arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this > email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses. > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > ________________________________ > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or > accidentally corrupted or intercepted. > For this reason, where the communication is by email, Interleaf Technology > does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may > arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this > email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:26:23 -0400 > From: Paul A <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Koha] FW: Request to be added as Koha Support Provider > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 11:17 AM 6/29/2014 +0000, Martin McGovern wrote: >>[snip] >>We have a link to http://www.koha-community.org on our main Koha web >>page so we are fulfilling our obligations as per the "How to get >>listed" page on koha-community.org. > > On your page > <http://www.interleaf.ie/Products-and-Services/Library-Management-Systems/Ko > ha>, > the link is there, but pretty well hidden... > > In "With a large community of active users..." the word 'community' is just a > hair different (color: #62667a; compared to color: #131342;) than the rest of > the text, and I had to go to "Page source" to find that this was your link. > > The four other "Koha" links on that page are back to yourself. > > I (personally, others may have much better eyesight than I do) would suggest > that you ask your web designer to review the lack of visibility ... > and you could perhaps put an <A HREF> tag around the Koha logo. > > Best -- Paul > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:52:29 -0700 > From: BWS Johnson <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Koha] FW: Request to be added as Koha Support Provider > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Salvete! > > ??? I saw the link just fine and I consider myself to have olde lady eyes on > a crummy monitor at this point. Perhaps you needs turn up the contrast on > your own? > > Cheers, > Brooke > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Koha Digest, Vol 104, Issue 60 > ************************************* > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > ________________________________ > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. It > is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally > corrupted or intercepted. > For this reason, where the communication is by email, Interleaf Technology > does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may > arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this > email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses. > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: [email protected] direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
