Hi all, The web team has recently been discussing ways that the community can share ideas of enhancements they would like to see in Evergreen. We are pursuing the implementation of an "idea percolator" where these ideas can be shared and where people with similar interests can perhaps find each other to fund the enhancements. We see this as a mechanism that will primarily be used by non-developers from the Evergreen community who may have particular use cases for enhancements but don't necessarily know the technical details of how to make it happen. We would like to make sure that whatever process is developed dovetails nicely with the current development workflow. We've come up with a preliminary workflow for the idea percolator working that is available at http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:idea_percolator_wo rkflow. The team is now in the process of reviewing implementation options to determine which will best support the workflow we developed. We've had discussions with SITKA to learn about their implementation of IdeaTorrent, and we're also looking at using the wiki, using Launchpad, or developing a custom Drupal app. We welcome any comments or questions from the community on the workflow we've developed thus far. If there are any factors we may not have considered or if there is anything that would help this workflow fit more easily into the current development process, let us know. Thank you! Kathy Lussier ------------------------------------------------------------- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 756-0172 (508) 755-3721 (fax) [email protected] IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
