Here are the results of the Koha Foundation Desires poll at http://doodle.com/bubb4xrqs54qgpwx
More than 75% of respondants support the Koha foundation/association doing these things:- 1. ensure the ongoing shared governance of the project = 32 out of 35 = 91.43% 2. owning koha.org = 16 out of 18 = 88.89% 3. secure the Koha name = 31 out of 35 = 88.57% 4. Kaitiaki (guardianship) role = 29 out of 35 = 82.86% 5. be owner of the copyright = 27 out of 35 = 77.14% More than half want to see it do something about these six:- 6. user/developer conferences/user group meetings = 24 out of 35 = 68.57% 7. funding non sexy but highly necessary jobs such as revamping and optimising old code = 24 out of 35 = 68.57% 8. networking local associations (such as KUDOS, KohaLA) = 12 out of 18 = 66.67% 9. managed democratically by its member (Association more than Foundation) = 11 out of 18 = 61.11% 10. promote OSS solutions in libraries = 21 out of 35 = 60% 11. further development of features = 19 out of 35 = 54.29% Less than half want these five tasks:- 12. usability/ accessibilty studies = 16 out of 35 = 45.71% 13. opensearchportal for all koha installs = 12 out of 35 = 34.29% 14. translations/localisation = 10 out of 35 = 28.57% 15. provide open source solutions for all tasks a library does daily = 10 out of 35 = 28.57% 16. back up your library technically. Local company/volunteers would do the rest = 9 out of 35 = 25.71% Minority activities:- 17. selling an idea to libraries = 6 out of 35 = 17.14% 18. deployment/adoption in developing countries = 5 out of 35 = 14.29% 19. foster new businesses = 4 out of 35 = 11.43% 20. sure up old ones that might be in dire straits = 3 out of 35 = 8.57% You can see the names given by the voters and who voted for what in the Koha Foundation Desires poll at http://doodle.com/bubb4xrqs54qgpwx I hope we'll see the other, wider survey response before the general meeting tomorrow morning (for me). The agenda for it is at http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:events:meetings:irc_meetings:meetingnotes09oct07 Hope to see you there! -- MJ Ray (slef) LMS developer and webmaster at | software www.software.coop http://mjr.towers.org.uk | .... co IMO only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html | .... op _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel