Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L17 - Potential Venue Shift to LA and Call for Proposals

Thanks for sharing Jason. As someone who has been involved in planning a number of conferences, I can relate to the author's rant. Edward On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Jason Griffey wrote: > Given all of the sturm und drang with this process now, and the > organizational

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L17 - Potential Venue Shift to LA and Call for Proposals

Given all of the sturm und drang with this process now, and the organizational question, this rant resonated with me: http://www.rebeccamiller-webster.com/2016/06/the-realities-of-organizing-a-community-tech-conference-an-ill-advised-rant/ Enjoy. :-) Jason On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:20 AM

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L17 - Potential Venue Shift to LA and Call for Proposals

+1 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sarah H Shealy Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 12:52 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L17 - Potential Venue Shift to LA and Call for Proposals +1 I think the timeline

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L17 - Potential Venue Shift to LA and Call for Proposals

Given what I remember just from the work it took for the program committee to do our little section I cannot imagine a local planning committee pulling it off in less time than Brian has outlined, and it is probably tricky to do it even in that time-frame. Thanks Brian and the Chattanooga folks

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L17 - Potential Venue Shift to LA and Call for Proposals

I support the timeline proposed by Brian. Edward On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Sarah H Shealy wrote: > +1 > > > I think the timeline provided by Brian is reasonable. > > > But it's TN, not NC. > > > Sarah > > > From: Code for Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L17 - Potential Venue Shift to LA and Call for Proposals

I wouldn't have even done a vote at all -- I think when we vote on conference hosts, we are choosing people to steward the conference and make sure it happens, as good as it can be using their judgement for what that looks like and how to make it happen. The fact that the NC folks are attempting

[CODE4LIB] C4L17 - Potential Venue Shift to LA and Call for Proposals

Greetings once more from the Chattanooga Local Planning Committee - We come with another update regarding the annual Code4Lib conference. After the announcement of our survey, two other groups immediately reached out about the possibility of hosting the conference. Of those two, the one that is