I believe last year there was also a separate conference organizing
list, where those who wanted to participate in decision making about the
conference could sign on and discuss it?
Me,I'm perfectly happy to leave things like preconferences to those who
are interested in thinking about it.
But I recall that opinion of mine was controversial too, and someone
(jaf? :) ) thought that everyoen attending the conf shoudl be
participating on the conf organizing list. Either way, not everyone on
the code4lib list will even be attending the conf, of course.
Jonathan
Frumkin, Jeremy wrote:
Last year we had a somewhat mixed process - I'll have to go back and look at
the email archives, but I believe we had a somewhat informal vote after folks
volunteered to host pre-conference topics. After the vote, there was at least
one group that decided to run an 'unofficial' pre-conference as well, which was
also well attended.
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jean rainwater
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2009
Alexis - I'm posting your question to the list because I don't have
the answer.
We have a pre-conference room which will hold 80 people reserved for
Monday, 2/23. We could book a second (and third?) room if necessary.
I'm not sure if the pre-conference topics go to popular vote or if
anyone willing to organize one gets a green light. Jeremy or others
- how did work last year?
Jean
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Alexis Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Jean,
I sent you an email a couple of months ago regarding having an
OpenLibrary.org pre-conference next year. I'm sure I was jumping the gun a
bit timing-wise, but would now be a better time to start discussing whether
this will be possible?
Three people from our project spoke at the 2008 conference - Aaron Swartz,
our tech lead; Brewster Kahle, founder of Internet Archive; and Karen Coyle,
our metadata czarina. We also held a small meeting prior to the conference,
which I'm told was well attended. We'd like to do a whole day
pre-conference in 2009 if that will work out schedule-wise.
What do you think, is this a possibility?
Thanks,
Alexis Rossi
Internet Archive
jean rainwater wrote:
Mark the dates!
Brown University is hosting code4lib 2009 which will take place at the
Renaissance Providence Hotel from Monday, Feb 23 (preconference day)
to Thursday, Feb 26.
It's time to start a discussion of potential keynote speakers. Ideas?????
Jean
Jean Rainwater
Co-Leader, Integrated Technology Services
Brown University Library
Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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