egils ++ I tend to abbreviate eg= EverGreen, and prefer gills to evil.
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:04:38 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Hashtag > > 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 > > -- > Chris Sharp > PINES Program Manager > Georgia Public Library Service > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 > Atlanta, Georgia 30345 > (404) 235-7147 > [email protected] > http://pines.georgialibraries.org/
