[CODE4LIB] Subject: Re: NEcode4lib?

2011-12-19 Thread Stern, Randall
Welcome to Cambridge, Tito! There are many folks in the Harvard libraries who would also like to help now or in the future to organize and attend a regional event. - Randy Stern Office for Information Systems, Harvard Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject: Re: NEcode4lib?

2011-12-19 Thread Friscia, Michael
I guess if we can nail down a list of people willing to help plan so we can get past the three basics, planning committee list, when and where this will happen. So to get the ball rolling, please respond to say if you are willing to help plan and can commit to at least two hours a week

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject: Re: NEcode4lib?

2011-12-19 Thread Mark A. Matienzo
Mike - I'm interested, but I'm not sure if I can commit two hours per week at the moment. Mark On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Friscia, Michael michael.fris...@yale.edu wrote: I guess if we can nail down a list of people willing to help plan so we can get past the three basics, planning

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject: Re: NEcode4lib?

2011-12-19 Thread Sprague, Katherine
Hi Mike, I'd like to pitch in, and can work on the committee. - Kalee -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Friscia, Michael Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:08 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject: Re:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Jon Gorman
I had planned to come to code4lib and knew it filled up fast. I joined the mailing list so I could find out about the registration as soon as it happened. It came out in mid-morning and I happened to be in a meeting until 12 or so and by the time I tried to register it was sold out. This

[CODE4LIB] Getting Started with Drupal-at ALA Midwinter!

2011-12-19 Thread Nina Mchale
***Apologies for cross-posting*** *Nina McHale of Arapahoe Library District, CO and Rachel Vacek of University of Houston* will present* Getting Started with Drupal.* This workshop will provide a thorough introduction to the Drupal content management system. Presenters will guide attendees as

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject: Re: NEcode4lib?

2011-12-19 Thread Friscia, Michael
Cool, thanks Kalee, -mike ___ Michael Friscia Manager, Digital Library Programming Services Yale University Library (203) 432-1856 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sprague, Katherine

[CODE4LIB] LITA Mobile Computing IG 'Virtual' Meeting: 1/11 Noon EST

2011-12-19 Thread Bohyun Kim
*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Not going to Midwinter? You can still attend and participate in the LITA Mobile Computing IG Virtual Meeting. All you need to do is register for the web meeting below~! ++ LITA Mobile Computing IG Virtual Meeting ++ Meeting Title: LITA Mobile IG Meeting

Re: [CODE4LIB] site vulnerabilities

2011-12-19 Thread Eric Hellman
By the way, who ever decided it would be fun to reply by checking the gluejar website for XSS vulnerabilities, by all means, tell everyone about it! Eric On Dec 16, 2011, at 10:14 PM, Michael J. Giarlo wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 21:42, Eric Hellman e...@hellman.net wrote: You'll be

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete!     Not sure the bigger is worse dictum holds. Do Code4Libbers suddenly get trolly when you have more of them about? Sure, a larger conference is a different experience, but I wonder if what the organisational toll is for not honouring folks' frustration in being left out in the

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib?

2011-12-19 Thread Tania Fersenheim
I agree - I'd prefer to keep it on the main list - we'll pick up more participants that way. Tania -- Tania Fersenheim Manager of Library Systems Brandeis University Library and Technology Services 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110) Waltham, MA 02454-9110 Phone: 781.736.4698 Fax:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I would be against making C4L any bigger. There are already bigger conferences one can attend to. Not only because it will lose the feel, but it will become more expensive, limit locations, and harder to host. Being involved with a conference that attracts 500+ people, I can tell yo that it is a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Ross Singer
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Edward M. Corrado ecorr...@ecorrado.us wrote: I would be against making C4L any bigger. There are already bigger conferences one can attend to. Not only because it will lose the feel, but it will become more expensive, limit locations, and harder to host. One

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Nate Vack
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com wrote: One of the founding concepts of the conference had been no spectators. That is, everyone has an opportunity to participate and is encouraged to do so. I'm not saying we need to limit the conference to 80 seats or so, but

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Cary Gordon
My honest opinion is that we should get closer to this model. I think that even 250 is larger than optimum. For a couple years, I ran DrupalCon, which in five years grew from just over 30 folks to a North American event with about 3,000 and a European event with almost 1,800. Originally,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Ross Singer
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: My honest opinion is that we should get closer to this model. I think that even 250 is larger than optimum. For a couple years, I ran DrupalCon, which in five years grew from just over 30 folks to a North American event

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Kaplan, Deborah
David Fiander wrote: so, from Monday to Thursday, each day at noon Eastern, 50 registration slots open. I think this is a fantastic idea -- especially if you shift around the timeslot so that it is beneficial to people in different time zones. E.g. newly Eastern Monday, noon Central

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Kaplan, Deborah
Roy Tennant wrote: I'm not saying we need to limit the conference to 80 seats or so, but I think we should at least mark the passing of this concept with some regret. The more C4L becomes like every other conference the less it is the kind of unique event it was created to be. There is

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 14:05, Kaplan, Deborah deborah.kap...@tufts.edu wrote: The tricky part for the old guard to do is how do you manage preserving as much of the original vibe as you can while not putting up a wall that keeps out scary strangers. It's hard work, but not impossible.

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib?

2011-12-19 Thread Tom Keays
Just a reminder that there is a NE Code4Lib space on the wiki -- http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/NEC4L (or http://ne.code4lib.org ) that was used as part of the planning for a 2008 meeting in Boston. On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Joseph Montibello joseph.montibe...@dartmouth.edu wrote:

[CODE4LIB] Share your best work in an ALA Annual Conference Poster Session

2011-12-19 Thread Luke D. Vilelle
**Please excuse cross postings** Dear colleagues, As another year comes to a close, and you reflect on all you accomplished over the past twelve months, the ALA Poster Session Committee hopes that you will consider sharing your best work and ideas with the library community at the ALA Annual

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Cary Gordon
I don't know that folks would need to what Code4Lib is about in the sense that they know what Code4Lib has been about or used to be about. They very well might dream up an about that is more about us than we have ever been. BTW, some of my best friends and role models are scary strangers. On