Chris echoes my feelings about the tag. I also vote for #evgils , but defer to greater community input = omg, more polls and surveys! :)
-- Ben On 03/16/2011 04:04 PM, Sharp, Chris wrote: > I'm afraid I'm reading #egils as "e-gills". eeevil or not ;-), I vote for > #evgils, because it reads EVerGreen ILS to me. > > Just my two cents! > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Grace Dunbar" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:50:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Hashtag >> Lori, I agree that egils just sounds/looks better than evgils. >> egils++ >> >> Grace >> >> On 3/16/11 3:13 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre wrote: >> >> I like egils better than evgils. evgils looks too much like >> evil....whereas egils makes me think more about equality and other >> lofty things. And egils is short. And it will go nicely with the >> egconf11 hashtag. >> >> >> Can I get some feedback on #egils? >> >> >> Lori >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Amy Terlaga < [email protected] > >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On this: >> >> >> >> >>> I'm assuming for this year's conference we'll use #evg11, >> >> >> Nope, no can do. Tried evg11 and so many variations on it, it made me >> dizzy. >> >> >> >> Finally found success with egconf11. Not the best, but trust me – so >> many other combinations ended in failure. >> >> >> >> And by the way, the Grand Rapids conference crew transferred the >> Twitter account over to us, including all those users who had signed >> up to follow the 2010 conference. >> >> >> >> We’ve posted here and there and there’s a feed on the front page of >> the conference website so sign up: >> >> >> >> egconf11 >> >> >> >> We’ll post more frequently as we inch ever closer to the April >> conference. >> >> >> >> Amy >> >> >> >> From: "Kate Sheehan" < [email protected] > >> >> >> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Hashtag >> >> To: "'Evergreen Discussion Group'" >> >> >> < [email protected] > >> >> Message-ID: <008b01cbe3ff$b39c1f30$1ad45d90$@ biblio.org > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> >> >> >> Thanks for bringing this to the list, Lori! >> >> >> >> On twitter, I've found that #evergreen by itself isn't distinct >> enough, and #evgils has worked well (and is patterned off of >> #kohails). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I'd be open to #evergreenoss or #evergreenils, but they are very long >> in the >> >> 140 character world. #openils works, but is it too broad (without the >> context of the history of Evergreen's name, this could easily apply to >> any open source ILS, which is fine, but is that what we're going for >> in our common-law marriage hashtag)? I'm assuming for this year's >> conference we'll use #evg11, which brings up another argument for >> extreme brevity. >> >> Conferences are often when folks want to add more than one hashtag to >> an update. I'm thinking of sessions at ALA like Top Tech Trends, which >> usually has its own hashtag, along with the conference hashtag and >> sometimes, just for fun, a LITA hashtag. It can leave very little room >> to actually say anything about the session! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I'd vote for #evgils or #openils (or if you have room, both). >> >> >> >> >> >> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ >> >> Amy Terlaga >> >> Assistant Director, User Services >> >> >> Bibliomation, Inc. >> >> 32 Crest Road >> >> Middlebury, CT 06762 >> >> www.biblio.org >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >> Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant >> The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com >> (707) 763-6869 // [email protected] >> >> >> Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, >> workflow optimization, and materials handling >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >> -- >> Grace Dunbar >> COO >> Equinox Software, Inc. [email protected] 1-877-OPEN-ILS x5579 >> www.esilibrary.com
