Ditto Ben's comments. I see no reason they (or anyone) can't bid every year, assuming we go through the usual selection process to choose the best site. If we agree (and I think we do) that moving the site each year is a good thing, we could stipulate up front that a site gets bonus points for being different than the previous year's site and make that part of the selection process.
-b On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Ben Shum <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
