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VISION STATEMENT: (approved 4/16/2026)
We envision a growing, healthy international community supporting Evergreen as a flexible, modern, and feature-competitive open-source library software platform suitable for use at many types of libraries and library consortia.		Comments on Vision? Should focus be narrowed, remove adverbs
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MISSION STATEMENT: (approved 4/16/2026)
The Evergreen Project exists to foster the open-source Evergreen Integrated Library System (ILS) software and its community of practice. The Evergreen Project engages in activities to promote, support, and advance the development of the Evergreen ILS software; support and facilitate the growth of the international community of Evergreen ILS software users; and to cultivate, manage, and protect the assets of the Project.		Comments on Mission?
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PROMOTE, SUPPORT, AND ADVANCE DEVELOPMENTSUPPORT AND FACILITATE GROWTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYCULTIVATE, MANAGE, AND PROTECT THE ASSETSAny other comments?
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Funding / Supporting Formal Code ReviewMentoring ProgramSupport for including community work in Job Descriptions, sample job description language
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Improving the release process to free up time / decrease manual workCommunity Onboarding for new LibrariesFighting against FUD and perceptual risk? Targeted comms to dispel myths? Intended for Library Decision Makers
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Installing Evergreen should be easier https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/2086803Monthly newsletter about what's happening in the community ala KohaWhat are each of the documentation stacks for? Where do you look for what?
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Lower barriers for individuals to get access to testing environments.Board role to Broker / Matchmake between needs and resources - identify projects needing support
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Should the board fund development directly? How does it change the community for the Project Board to direct development? Focus on Infrastructure over FeaturesOutreach committee needs people to do things like ALA booths - EVG having a voice at national confs
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Small Bug Bounties backed by BoardOrganized RFP response
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Board focus on Documentation & MaintenanceMarketing to reach funding sources - Benefactors
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Collaborate to promote value of open source software at conference / webinars
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Documentation IS Outreach!
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User Testimonials? Who is the website for?
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Lists of Users by type?
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Helping make the difference between closed / open more clear to decision makers
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Documentation Translations? Outreach to international community?
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