Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread scott.tho...@sparkpa.org
Hi Jason, It is now much more prominent and therefore much better for those of us with short attention spans. Thank you! Scott -Original Message- From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Jason Etheridge Sent: Tuesday, May 10,

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread Jason Etheridge
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Rogan Hamby wrote: > I think an additional factor is that a lot of participants like IRC Way back when, I wanted to embed IRC into the staff client, but was vetoed. ;) Inserting an IRC web gateway as an experiment was easy; trying to get

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread Rogan Hamby
I think an additional factor is that a lot of participants like IRC. I know that some folks find face to face communication more natural and nuanced but I think there is a population that is very comfortable with and prefers textual. This isn't to dismiss the value of face to face but just to

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread scott.tho...@sparkpa.org
Thank you, everyone, for your responses. Regarding the cost of another solution, I am sure, if all of the larger consortia contributed, we could come up with something. Having said that, the other reasons everyone gave for using IRC are indeed compelling. Who hasn’t been burned by a Java

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread Joan Kranich
Hi, IRC was new to me and I have found it to work well and I think it is easy to participate. Joan Joan Kranich Member Services Supervisor C/W MARS, Inc. 508-755-3323, ext. 321 or ext. 1 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: Fwd: Texas Linux Fest 2016 CFP

2016-05-10 Thread Kathy Lussier
Hi all, I'm forwarding this message on behalf of one of the organizers of the Texas Linux Fest whom we met at the Google Doc Sprint a few years ago. He is reaching out to see if there is any interest from the Evergreen community in participating in the upcoming Linux Fest in Austin, Texas.

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread Rogan Hamby
Yamil has converted a number of folks to IRC over time (IMO). On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Remington Steed wrote: > Scott, > > > > Thanks for your willingness to try IRC again. Yamil’s practice sessions > are very good and will hopefully get you past any barriers. > > > >

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread Remington Steed
Scott, Thanks for your willingness to try IRC again. Yamil’s practice sessions are very good and will hopefully get you past any barriers. Regarding Documentation Interest Group (DIG) meetings, you can find full meeting logs, as well as the rough minutes, at this link:

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread scott.tho...@sparkpa.org
Jason, When I tried to access the session, I clicked on the #Evergreen hyperlink on this page: https://evergreen-ils.org/communicate/irc/ I was then prompted to use an application called Mibbit to start the session, and things went downhill from there. I never bothered to read further down

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: Fwd: Texas Linux Fest 2016 CFP

2016-05-10 Thread Geoff Sams
Thanks for sending this information on to the list! Unfortunately I’ll be pretty busy at that time, I really do wish I could attend though. I’ll see if someone else from NTLC might be able to attend, but I’m one of 2 people that tend to venture from the main state and national conferences in

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread Yamil Suarez
Jason and others, Should we re-word those links that mention the "web gateway." I originally would not have understood that it meant I could just use a web browser without any additional software. Of course the term is correct, but I would like us to consider being more intuitive for new users.

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Should we schedule another IRC practice time?

2016-05-10 Thread Jason Etheridge
>When I tried to access the session, I clicked on the #Evergreen hyperlink > on this page: https://evergreen-ils.org/communicate/irc/ I was then prompted > to use an application called Mibbit to start the session, and things went > downhill from there. I never bothered to read further down