Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-02-02 Thread Nick Ruest
+1 for me.

-nruest

On Jan 29, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Walter Lewis wrote:

 On 29 Jan 10, at 5:34 PM, Wendy Huot wrote:
 
 +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May
 
 The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston.  
 Bill: librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the 
 clear.
 
 +1 for me too.
 
 I should note that while the standard librarian-hunting seasons overlap for 
 public and academic librarians, there is a special sitting duck hunt that 
 co-incides with the municipal budgeting process.  In some communities, like 
 ours, it is actually televised  (think the worst bass-fishing show you've 
 ever flipped past).
 
 Walter 


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-29 Thread Wendy Huot

+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May

The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston.  Bill: 
librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the clear.

Wendy


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-29 Thread Walter Lewis
On 29 Jan 10, at 5:34 PM, Wendy Huot wrote:

 +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May
 
 The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston.  
 Bill: librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the clear.

+1 for me too.

I should note that while the standard librarian-hunting seasons overlap for 
public and academic librarians, there is a special sitting duck hunt that 
co-incides with the municipal budgeting process.  In some communities, like 
ours, it is actually televised  (think the worst bass-fishing show you've ever 
flipped past).

Walter 


Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-28 Thread John Fereira

MJ Suhonos wrote:

+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May here as well.

As long as things don't get started until late afternoon or early 
evening on Thursday that would give those close enough to drive the 
option of driving to Kingston on Thursday morning or even working part 
of the day on Thursday.   Other than that, Thu-Fri 6-7 sounds fine.


Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-28 Thread David Fiander
I concur. Thursday afternoon/evening and all day Friday works for me.

+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May


On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 06:45, John Fereira ja...@cornell.edu wrote:
 MJ Suhonos wrote:

 +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May here as well.

 As long as things don't get started until late afternoon or early evening on
 Thursday that would give those close enough to drive the option of driving
 to Kingston on Thursday morning or even working part of the day on Thursday.
   Other than that, Thu-Fri 6-7 sounds fine.



Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-28 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Well, the 6'th is bad for me because I have a meeting that I might not 
be able to get out of that is scheduled to end at 5:00 PM. However, I 
could still show up for drinks about 9:00 PM on the 6th, and make the 
7'th. I might miss out on the beginning but as long as Friday is a full 
day (vs. ending at lunch time) it would be worth it for me to drive up there


And who knows, maybe by the time May 6 comes around this meeting won't 
be all that important. If that is the case, it would be best for me if 
it didn't start until after, say 3:00 or 3:30 PM so I could work a half 
day if need-be.


Edward





David Fiander wrote:

I concur. Thursday afternoon/evening and all day Friday works for me.

+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May


On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 06:45, John Fereira ja...@cornell.edu wrote:
  

MJ Suhonos wrote:


+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May here as well.

  

As long as things don't get started until late afternoon or early evening on
Thursday that would give those close enough to drive the option of driving
to Kingston on Thursday morning or even working part of the day on Thursday.
  Other than that, Thu-Fri 6-7 sounds fine.




Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-28 Thread Warren Layton
+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May

Warren


[CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-27 Thread William Denton
I went through all the mail about this and counted a + for each of the top 
two choices people made (if they made two; otherwise just one + for their 
single vote).  The results:


Kingston +++
Montreal +++
Ottawa   +
Toronto
Sudbury
Hamilton

(No-one really came out as wanting it in Toronto, though obviously it's 
there and it seems to be a fallback for everyone.)


Kingston came out on top, as a nice city, in the middle of everything, 
with people ready to help, and easy to get to my bus/train/car, if not by 
plane---but then it's expected, being a local chapter, that people will be 
coming from nearby, so that's not really a problem.


So unless people see a need for a more definite vote, it seems like we're 
OK with Kingston.  Is that cool?


Next we need to decide dates.  We had these comments:

  April/May
  not 16 April - 16 May
  not end of April
  not end of April
  after April
  May/June
  second half of May
  not 10-11 May (Canadian ETD and Open Repositories in Ottawa)
  not 9 May-13 May (ELUNA, Fort Worth, Texas)

And there are two long weekends to avoid because people will be busy:

  not Monday 31 May (Memorial Day in US)
  not Monday 24 May (Victoria Day in Canada)

Assuming it will be in Kingston, Wendy, are there any dates to avoid 
because of something happening there, like Annual Everything Is Closed 
Day or a special Hunt the Librarian event?


`cal may 2010` tells me:

  May 2010
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
   1
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8Monday 3?  Thursday-Friday 6-7?
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22Monday 17?
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 
30 31


Thursday-Friday 6-7 May (perhaps Thursday night and Friday all day?) seems 
like it fits almost all but one date range.  Two Mondays would also work, 
3 May and 17 May.  If we want to keep it to one working day that could 
mean doing it all on Monday, or configuring ourselves Sunday night and 
being around Monday.  I think a Thursday-Friday seems better, 
though---people can travel back Friday night or Saturday, as they want, 
and that means more time for hanging out on Friday night.


How should we do the dates?  Given the April/May range, and the suggested 
restrictions, I think these are the days that work.  Can we vote on the 
list, or should we do a Doodle thingie?


If we can vote here then I say

+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May

Bill
--
William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org www.frbr.org openfrbr.org


Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-27 Thread MJ Suhonos
+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May here as well.

MJ

On 2010-01-27, at 10:50 PM, William Denton wrote:

 I went through all the mail about this and counted a + for each of the top 
 two choices people made (if they made two; otherwise just one + for their 
 single vote).  The results:
 
 Kingston +++
 Montreal +++
 Ottawa   +
 Toronto
 Sudbury
 Hamilton
 
 (No-one really came out as wanting it in Toronto, though obviously it's there 
 and it seems to be a fallback for everyone.)
 
 Kingston came out on top, as a nice city, in the middle of everything, with 
 people ready to help, and easy to get to my bus/train/car, if not by 
 plane---but then it's expected, being a local chapter, that people will be 
 coming from nearby, so that's not really a problem.
 
 So unless people see a need for a more definite vote, it seems like we're OK 
 with Kingston.  Is that cool?
 
 Next we need to decide dates.  We had these comments:
 
  April/May
  not 16 April - 16 May
  not end of April
  not end of April
  after April
  May/June
  second half of May
  not 10-11 May (Canadian ETD and Open Repositories in Ottawa)
  not 9 May-13 May (ELUNA, Fort Worth, Texas)
 
 And there are two long weekends to avoid because people will be busy:
 
  not Monday 31 May (Memorial Day in US)
  not Monday 24 May (Victoria Day in Canada)
 
 Assuming it will be in Kingston, Wendy, are there any dates to avoid because 
 of something happening there, like Annual Everything Is Closed Day or a 
 special Hunt the Librarian event?
 
 `cal may 2010` tells me:
 
  May 2010
 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
   1
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8Monday 3?  Thursday-Friday 6-7?
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 16 17 18 19 20 21 22Monday 17?
 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
 
 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May (perhaps Thursday night and Friday all day?) seems 
 like it fits almost all but one date range.  Two Mondays would also work, 3 
 May and 17 May.  If we want to keep it to one working day that could mean 
 doing it all on Monday, or configuring ourselves Sunday night and being 
 around Monday.  I think a Thursday-Friday seems better, though---people can 
 travel back Friday night or Saturday, as they want, and that means more time 
 for hanging out on Friday night.
 
 How should we do the dates?  Given the April/May range, and the suggested 
 restrictions, I think these are the days that work.  Can we vote on the list, 
 or should we do a Doodle thingie?
 
 If we can vote here then I say
 
 +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May
 
 Bill
 -- 
 William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org www.frbr.org openfrbr.org