Re: [Koha-devel] Kudos.koha.org up and running!

[MJ Ray]

Tina Burger <address@hidden> wrote:
> Indeed, KUDOS was always intended to be a US-specific group because (I feel
> like a broken record here-- so sorry about that) that's what the Koha
> developers and creators said they wanted at the KohaCon in France-- for each
> region or continent to have their own user group and no 'worldwide' one.

Was it?  I thought the initial plan was to have a US-based worldwide
organisation and a local organisation in France (known as Koha-F at
the time).  7 March 2006 seems a good summary, a few months before
KohaCon Paris, if anyone wants to read the IRC logs, or there's
http://www.nabble.com/Koha-Foundation-td3448780.html generated from
the email lists around the same time.

It's now 2009, KohaLA has been formed in France for more than a year
(and soon its treasurer may tell me how I can pay my membership fee
from the UK ;-) ), but we don't appear to be much closer to having
anything in the US, let alone the worldwide hub organisation.

I remain of the belief that we need to organise internationally to
make it harder for people to divide and conquer our Koha community.
We could still maybe have regional chapters, but forming and running
KohaLA, KUDOS, KSF, TTLLP (yes, we are open to new members, but are
developer-only and not Koha-specific, so it's not automatic and we
probably have to exist anyway for other reasons) and other distinct
groups in each area is wasting our supporters' time and money in
needless administration.

I suggest that KohaLA is given money to become the internationalised
hub because it exists and can represent all sectors.  However, this is
a minority view for reasons I don't fully understand.

Regards,
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