Hi Rogan, First, yay Evergreen Indiana, thanks for hosting a Hack-A-Way!
Next, I do not have any strong opinion on the proposal. For myself, I do not mind if we want to consider Indiana for two years in a row as hosting site. While it's nice to have it move around and see different places, I think it is also equally nice to know that we will definitely have a place to meet up and hack on Evergreen. So, for my two cents, I say please proceed and with thanks to all those involved. -- Ben On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Rogan Hamby <[email protected]> wrote: > I have two sections to this email - first to announce the selected site for > the Hack-A-Way in 2016 and secondly to bring up a question to the community > about the 2017 selection process. > > > First, the good news! Evergreen Indiana will be hosting the Hack-A-Way in > 2016! As everyone knows, Indiana is home to some wonderful community > members and they are excited to be hosts. They did a wonderful job with the > conference a few years ago so I know we will be in excellent hands. > > > The host location is Indianapolis, which is central to the US (and fairly > north for our Canadian brethren). They have three international airports > within a few hours drive and is a popular conference city with budget > friendly options for our participants (an ongoing goal is to keep the event > relatively cheap). > > > Evergreen Indiana will fully sponsor the site and two meals plus snack each > day of the event for all participants and work with negotiating hotel > discounts. They will also arrange for shuttles to and from travel hubs and > help coordinate some evening events. > > > Yay! So, what comes next? As usual we need to arrange dates, hotel plans, > etc... but the extended time line allows for a more deliberat pace. > > > And that leads us into talking a bit about the 2017 process. We changed the > process this year for selection to provide for a longer time line. The > feedback I'd had from potential hosts and participants who reached out to me > was that they wanted more time for making decisions than the old (admittedly > very low key) process allowed. This is something that we will continue to > follow in the years that follow, 2017 and beyond. > > > Specfically in regard to 2017, however, Indiana would like to have thier bid > considered for 2017 as well as 2016 and host it for two years. I want to > continue moving the Hack-A-Way around for the same purposes that we move the > conference but I also appreciate all the effort they have put into their > proposal and there would be some definite virtue to this. I don't mind the > idea of doing the Hack-A-Way in Indiana for two years but a) don't want it > considred a precendent that it will always be in the same places for two > years at a time and b) want to put it up to the developers for feedback as > this event is to facilitate thier activity. > > > Thoughts? > > > > -- > > Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA > Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, > York County Library System > > “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit > me.” > ― C.S. Lewis -- Benjamin Shum Evergreen Systems Manager Bibliomation, Inc. 24 Wooster Ave. Waterbury, CT 06708 203-577-4070, ext. 113
