We also oppose financial disincentives for institutions who choose to have stand-alone Endeavor systems. The group would like to have explicit explanations on how CPE expects to support libraries migrating to Endeavor included in the final budget proposal to be mailed to DLAC 6. It now contains a scenario suggested by Sue Moore to make our proposal easier to visualize by DLAC members. Jim reminded members about our ground rules-focus on issues not personalities. We need to focus on our common goal and try to have the big picture in mind at all times.
Civility needs to be observed to cut down unnecessary frustrations.
He stated that there'll be more food for everyone if all sit at the same table. We all need to work at the traditional ownership-oriented frame of mind in order to achieve what we need to do here in Kentucky. He would like to see CVL succeed so he could take it to the field and showcase how collaboration can benefit everyone. With his experience with VIVA, the Virginia Virtual Library, Gordon considers CVL a very important project. Again, the CVL items being transferred to CVU budget need to be carefully tracked.