So far on the wiki the proposals for the location range from the
center of known space to let's all visit Dan!:
- Toronto
- Kingston
- Ottawa
- Sudbury
- Montreal
Given some of the far-flung people who have expressed interest in the
meeting, including some people in Wisconsin (!), it would be
I agree that the sooner a space and date can be decided the better.
While Sudbury would probably be nice, it would be a tough sell because
of the distance from me (9.5 hrs). The others are all doable. Any ideas
on how we should decide? Some sort of ranked list? I personally would
enjoy going
I just wanted to chime in from downtown Toronto -- I certainly welcome meeting
outside of my fair city, and prefer locales that can be reached via train
(Ottawa, Montreal, Kingston, Sudbury). Porter airlines is also good, but sadly,
they don't fly to Sudbury.
Kim
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Here are my personal musings from my perspective as one of those on the
periphery (Indiana). Thanks for moving this forward!
Sudbury seems too remote; I vacation near there each summer, and even in
April that can be a challenging drive, and is generally expensive to fly
into.
For folks
On 20 Jan 10, at 10:16 AM, MJ Suhonos wrote:
I think mode of transportation is something to consider; for those of us in
South/Eastern Ontario, most of the cities are relatively reachable within a
few hours by ground (excepting Sudbury, unfortunately).
However, for those out-of-province
BaseX is actively developed (6.0 came out about two weeks ago), but I
understand your concern. It seems like they are moving towards building more
of a community around it (mailing lists and such), but yes, the core is pretty
much the university team.
eXist has more plug-ins and specialty
Walter, once again, has made up for my impetuousness -- I had completely
forgotten about Norman Rogers airport (YGK). Apologies.
It's a bit expensive compared to ground transport ($350 from Pearson vs. $40
Megabus or $120 Greyhound; via Ottawa?) but certainly an option for those
flying in
Train travel gives you a smaller carbon footprint than air travel!
Anna
who maybe just leveled in hippie
MJ Suhonos wrote:
Walter, once again, has made up for my impetuousness -- I had completely
forgotten about Norman Rogers airport (YGK). Apologies.
It's a bit expensive compared to
Hi,
I just chatted with a person at McGill (i.e. Amy Buckland), and we would be
glad to host the event in Montreal. So, you can consider Montreal as a viable
option in the choices.
I also know people at U.Montreal and other organizations that could and would
probably help us with logistics
If Hamilton would make logistical sense, I'm quite happy to do some
exploratory poking around.
jf
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Patrick M. Lozeau pmloz...@inlibro.comwrote:
Hi,
I just chatted with a person at McGill (i.e. Amy Buckland), and we would be
glad to host the event in
+1 for Montreal
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Although Kingston is closest to me...
+1 for Ottawa
+1 for Montreal
I just checked airfare for both cities from Ithaca, NY (where several
people within 50 miles that are on the list are from) and it's running
about $540 US r/t. Fortunately all of the cities (except Sudbury) are
less than a
I vote for Montpelier :-).
Seriously though, I do think if it is within driving distance, John is
correct that there will be some sort of central NY contingent and it
most likely will involve automobiles.
Edward
John Fereira wrote:
Although Kingston is closest to me...
+1 for Ottawa
+1
On Jan 20, 2010, at 12:49 PM, John Fereira wrote:
Although Kingston is closest to me...
+1 for Ottawa
+1 for Montreal
Agreed on the above. Any reason to return to Montreal is a good one, but I'd
consider heading up for any of these locations. I'll be busy in late April so
if you end up
Hello all,
Chiming in a bit late but my vote would be for Kingston. Also for those
driving it would be possible to arrange some ride sharing, ala code4lib 2009...
I'd find the link on the wiki but the code4lib site is running pokey right now.
Tim
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From: Code for
Hmmm. No one has brought up how increasingly onerous it has become to
travel to the U.S., as a Canadian or non-U.S resident (and
particularly for non-Canadian, non-US residents who are fingerprinted
on each visit!). This should should not be discounted, as much as I
enjoy visiting place like
Ottawa (first choice). If it's in Ottawa anytime soon, and someone
volunteers a location, I will help organize.
Order of preference from there: Kingston, Montreal, Toronto.
John
Tim Ribaric wrote:
Hello all,
Chiming in a bit late but my vote would be for Kingston. Also for those
Of course, as a corollary to the fact that all the locations being
discussed are Canadian (well, except for Montreal), any Americans
resident in the USA on the list do need to make sure that their
passports will be valid through to the end of May, at least, in order
to ensure you will be able to
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On 2010-01-20 12:10, Thomas Dowling wrote:
On 01/20/2010 02:03 PM, Glen Newton wrote:
Hmmm. No one has brought up how increasingly onerous it has become to
travel to the U.S., as a Canadian or non-U.S resident (and
particularly for non-Canadian,
On 20 Jan 10, at 2:30 PM, David Fiander wrote:
Of course, as a corollary to the fact that all the locations being
discussed are Canadian (well, except for Montreal), any Americans
resident in the USA on the list do need to make sure that their
passports will be valid through to the end of
I'm glad to help with the logistics of meeting Kingston, if that's the
city we choose. I'd definitely prefer to meet after April (say May or
June), as that's when our winter academic term ends and the Canadian
weather is best.
There are lots of free wireless-enabled spaces on the Queen's
I'm not sure, but everybody entering the US is required to present a
passport or other enhanced ID, so if the Americans don't have
passports, it's more that they can't go home without.
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 14:36, Walter Lewis lew...@hhpl.on.ca wrote:
On 20 Jan 10, at 2:30 PM, David Fiander
BTW, Montreal IS a Canadian city.
P. Avendano
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of David
Fiander
Sent: Wednesday, 20 January, 2010 14:30
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North
On 20 Jan 10, at 2:39 PM, Wendy Huot wrote:
Regarding travel to Kingston:
* For an interesting drive from upstate NY, you can get from Cape Vincent, NY
to Kingston by way of Wolfe Island + ferry.
Driving across the Thousand Islands Bridge is faster, but the interesting
quotient goes way
Americans can no longer get into Canada without passports, even driving
accross the border. Not even a birth certificate will do anymore.
Officially this went into effect last spring sometime, but they had a
delayed grace period, which I'm guessing is up, or at least I wouldn't
want to risk
Walter plans on going to Kingston by way of Buffalo and Cape Vincent,
just so he can take the ferries.
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 14:45, Walter Lewis lew...@hhpl.on.ca wrote:
On 20 Jan 10, at 2:39 PM, Wendy Huot wrote:
Regarding travel to Kingston:
* For an interesting drive from upstate NY,
On 20 Jan 10, at 2:53 PM, David Fiander wrote:
Walter plans on going to Kingston by way of Buffalo and Cape Vincent,
just so he can take the ferries.
I've done just that, ... taking in a few lighthouses and harbours along the
way! (and special collections at Cornell and Syracuse).
Walter
And the benefits of coming to Kingston don't end with the well connected
meeting spaces, there's also an excellent collection of shivs on display at
the local prison museum.
http://www.penitentiarymuseum.ca/
Really, what more incentive do you need?
-Michael
My ranked ordering:
Kingston
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
It may easier to fly to the non-Kingston cities, but train/bus is easy and
it's in the middle of the Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal hub. Ridesharing would
be easy and people could get there after work for the next
On 01/20/2010 03:39 PM, William Denton wrote:
For time, I prefer May/June. What about the weekend of Friday 14 May -
Sunday 16 May, maybe starting Friday night and happening Saturday, or
starting Thursday night and happening Friday? That's the weekend before
Victoria Day. (The 24th of May is
I think Pascal is correct that the only US holiday to worry about in May
or June is Memorial Day.
The other thing to worry about is other conferences. I know some
Code4Lib types go to ELUNA, for example. This year ELUNA is, Sunday, May
9--Thursday, May 13. Since I'm on the ELUNA SC (as is
Further for days that might not be good in May...
It might be best to avoid May 10 and 11 as that is the date of the 'Canadian
ETD and Open Repository Workshop'
http://conferences.uvic.ca/index.php?conference=etdschedConf=etd_May_2010
I'm sure some code4libers will probably be at that one.
I guess I am also thinking that I wouldn't worry too much about flight
patterns/prices for a local Code4Lib. With all of the hassles and
expense of flying, it is not typically a good option for someone nearby.
While it would be great to get people from a distance (and I am still
considering
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