On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:18 PM, Ziso, Ya'aqov wrote: > Many institutions would consider Canada an international conference, and most > likely would allow (if any!?) one. My 5 cents (and that's all left in the > budget), Ya'aqov
Yeah, exactly, I might run into the same thing. In the past few years I've taken vacation for c4lc and gone on my own dime... and it can be quite pricey for a US federal employee to fly outside the country (see "Fly America Act") so I don't do it often. Seriously, you don't want to know how bad it can be. I could probably take time off again and cobble together a train ride (empire builder!) and a rental car in seattle and do it all on the cheap, which is how I got to Access '03 in Vancouver, but, yeah, none of you care about my problems. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Jonathan Rochkind > Sent: Tue 3/2/2010 8:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals > > Why would the fact that they are both in Canada make you (or anyone > else) have to choose between them? I'm not following. One is in Feb, > one is in (what?) September. If you can go to two confs one in Feb and > one in Sep when one is in somewhere in Canada and one is in somewhere in > the US... why can't you go to two when they're both in Canada? I'm not > following. > > Dan Chudnov wrote: >> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Michael J. Giarlo wrote: >> >> >>> Should be long enough after C4LN and between Access conferences so as >>> not to interfere. >>> >>> I'd encourage the Vancouver contingent to put forward its proposal; if >>> it gets the most votes, the community has spoken. >>> >> >> I agree about putting forward the proposal, and the voting, and not >> conflicting with C4LN, but not about Access. I have a few concerns about >> the idea of code4libcon in Vancouver. When the vote comes, though, if it's >> the only option, well, there we'll be. >> >> Just to air said concerns... maybe this should be on the conf list but the >> thread's here, so, whatever. >> >> (a) I don't want to have to choose between code4lib and Access and if >> they're both in Canada I might have to choose; Access would win. This >> concern is one of the reasons we didn't try a code4libcon before 2006, >> though maybe the number of us who share this concern is small. >> >> (b) of the five code4libcons we've had, the ones that have been the most fun >> to me have been the ones in smaller towns (corvallis, athens, asheville) >> where we're more likely to stumble into other attendees as the evening... >> uh... "progresses". Vancouver would be the biggest host city yet. It's a >> great town and I'd love to return there but it's not small by any measure. >> >> (c) in early years we emphasized keeping code4libcon cheap and have >> continued to succeed at that by using sponsorships to keep the registration >> fee low. It's good to be able to draw in students and people who are >> interested but not directly supported or who might choose to go on their own >> dime. These past two years the conf hotel rate has crept up some, with a >> good block rate but still well over $100/night. Vancouver's a more >> expensive town than any we've been in before, so I'd worry we'd be shutting >> some people out. I think there's been some kind of lower cost hotel or >> hostel option in every town, and surely there would be in Vancouver, but in >> a bigger town that means people are spread out more and then my concern (b) >> gets amplified, too. >> >> >> All that said, it's not like I'm putting in a hosting proposal, so, right, >> go VANOC^H^HC4LC! >> >> -Dan >> >> >> p.s. if we could try out a "lightning talk cross" session where four people >> talk all at the same time, i'm in for sure.
