Good morning, I wanted to thank everyone who responded on this thread and let you know that the Consortium Leaders breakfast meetings are a "go" for the conference next week. The breakfast sessions will be held on Thursday and Friday from 7:30-9:00 in the Gorge room. The Gorge room is the same room that the main Evergreen breakfast will be held in but we will have separate, reserved tables set up for this group.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Cheers! Grace On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Grace Dunbar <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning, > > The conference team received some inquiries this year regarding what could > be done to make the conference more relevant for leaders of large consortiums > . Several of us discussed how we could facilitate some discussions without > creating a completely insular standalone track of programing. > > With some last minute magic from Beth Longwell, we think we can fit in > "director's > breakfast sessions" on Thursday and Friday mornings. We envision these > would be open roundtable sessions that would be focused on the issues > primarily facing large consortiums using Evergreen. > > Some ideas for topics to cover each morning would be: > attracting new libraries/retaining membership; ongoing training; managing > upgrades and expectations; budgeting for IT and development; how to talk > about open source to the people who control your budget, etc. > > In order to ensure we have satisfactory space, please indicate your > interest by replying to this email or emailing me directly. > > Thanks! > Grace > > -- > Grace Dunbar, Vice President > Equinox Software, Inc. - The Open Source Experts > [email protected] > 1-877-OPEN-ILS www.esilibrary.com > -- Grace Dunbar, Vice President Equinox Software, Inc. - The Open Source Experts [email protected] 1-877-OPEN-ILS www.esilibrary.com
