Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [clir]
On Jun 7, 2016, at 10:11 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: >>> Alas, the Code4Lib mailing list software will most likely need to be >>> migrated before the end of summer, and I’m proposing a number possible >>> options for the lists continued existence... >> >> Our list — Code4Lib — will be migrating to the Digital Library Federation >> (DLF) sometime in the near future. > > This is a gentle reminder that the Code4Lib mailing list will be migrating to > a different address sometime in the very near future. Specifically, it will > be migrating to the Digital Library Federation. I suspect this work will be > finished in less than thirty days, and when I know the exact address of the > new list, I will share it here. > > Thanks go to the DLF in general, and specifically Wayne Graham and Bethany > Nowviskie for enabling this to happen. “Thanks!” Yet again, this is a reminder that the mailing list will be moving, and I think the list's address will be associated with CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources), which is the host of the DLF (Digital Library Federation). [1, 2] Wayne Graham & I (actually, mostly Wayne) have been practicing with the migration process. We have managed to move the archives and the subscriber list (complete with subscription preferences) to a new machine. We — Wayne & I — now need to coordinate to do the move for real. To do so we will put the mailing list on “hold”, copy things from one computer to another, and then “release” the new implementation. The only things that will get lost in the migration process are messages sent to the older implementation. Consequently, people will need to start sending messages to a new address. I’m not sure, but this migration might start happening very early next week — June 20. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming (all puns intended). [1] CLIR - http://clir.org [2] DLF - https://www.diglib.org — Eric Lease Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
I have some experience being on the fiscal agent side of an MOU arrangement and hammering those out, and would like to help. Beatrice Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 14, 2016, at 4:42 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > >> On Jun 14, 2016, at 8:01 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess >> wrote: >> >> Now, there kind of is. By my count, we have 4 volunteers. Chad, Tom, Galen, >> and me. Anyone else? > > Coral, please sign me up. I’d like to learn more. —Eric Lease Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
On Jun 14, 2016, at 8:01 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess wrote: > Now, there kind of is. By my count, we have 4 volunteers. Chad, Tom, Galen, > and me. Anyone else? Coral, please sign me up. I’d like to learn more. —Eric Lease Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
On 6/14/16 12:43 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: I'm rather surprised that nobody has suggested contacting: - the American Library Association (particularly the LITA division) - the Internet Archive Or... the Tides Foundation (tides.org in San Francisco) has been known to act as fiscal agent and "umbrella" for small non-profit projects/groups. Or... maybe even the Apache Software Foundation or FSF. Even if another organization is willing to serve in this capacity, it is essential to understand exactly what that means. How independent would c4l be under the arrangement? Would the relationship alter the nature of c4l itself? For example, if LITA steps up, would people need to be LITA members to attend events? Even if they don't have to be, would there be a shift in participation? How much say would LITA have over format, policies, etc? One of the challenges of fundraising for c4l meetings is a lot of people and companies (understandably) want to earmark their donation regardless what is actually needed. Presumably anyone willing to take on to take on much greater financial and administrative headaches will attach some strings. There are real advantages to working with other organizations, but there are downsides as well. If the major concern is to open a bank account & take donations to sponsor meetings, conferences, etc. - the obvious move is to ask another organization to be fiscal agent and co-sponsor for the meetings/events - with a clear, written agreement about who does what to whom. Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra
[CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
LITA is potentially willing, but I didn't dig into details at all, figuring I'd wait until there was a committee to talk it all over with. Now, there kind of is. By my count, we have 4 volunteers. Chad, Tom, Galen, and me. Anyone else? - Coral On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, Miles Fidelman > wrote: > I'm rather surprised that nobody has suggested contacting: > - the American Library Association (particularly the LITA division) > - the Internet Archive > > Or... the Tides Foundation (tides.org in San Francisco) has been known to > act as fiscal agent and "umbrella" for small non-profit projects/groups. > > Or... maybe even the Apache Software Foundation or FSF. > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. Yogi Berra >
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > I'm rather surprised that nobody has suggested contacting: > - the American Library Association (particularly the LITA division) > - the Internet Archive > > Or... the Tides Foundation (tides.org in San Francisco) has been known to > act as fiscal agent and "umbrella" for small non-profit projects/groups. > > Or... maybe even the Apache Software Foundation or FSF. Even if another organization is willing to serve in this capacity, it is essential to understand exactly what that means. How independent would c4l be under the arrangement? Would the relationship alter the nature of c4l itself? For example, if LITA steps up, would people need to be LITA members to attend events? Even if they don't have to be, would there be a shift in participation? How much say would LITA have over format, policies, etc? One of the challenges of fundraising for c4l meetings is a lot of people and companies (understandably) want to earmark their donation regardless what is actually needed. Presumably anyone willing to take on to take on much greater financial and administrative headaches will attach some strings. There are real advantages to working with other organizations, but there are downsides as well. kyle
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
Sorry about that! SO. MANY. THREADS. Anyway, sign me up on being on board with exploring that route, as well. -Ross. On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Kari R Smith wrote: > See again my post from 6/8 on this idea. > > Kari Smith > > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Ross Singer > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:51 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib? > > I kind of agree with Shaun's point: why on earth would some organization > want to assume this? > > In the interest of not limiting ourselves to one solution to this problem, > I'll throw another possibility that I haven't seen raised (and definitely > has downsides, but they all do): what if we to set aside the > organizational aspects of the annual conference and try to find an existing > conference that Code4Lib could be a track or sub-conference or whatever > within? I'm not suggesting these conferences, per se, but using them for > analogy: what would the downside of existing *within* ALA or CIL or an > established conference be? Are there advantages? Are there conferences > that would be particularly good fits? Would we just be pushing our current > headaches into other compartments? > > I guess for me, I'm not so hell-bent on the annual conference being it's > own exclusive event as much as being able to have it at all. > > -Ross. > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Galen Charlton > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess > > wrote: > > > Does anyone else want to self-nominate, to join a group to > > > investigate making Code4Lib fiscally sustainable? > > > > I am interested in joining such a group. I have some relevant > > experience to share, including stints as a member and chair of the > > Evergreen project's oversight board. The Evergreen project became a > > member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy in 2011; since > > then, its conferences have been organized with Conservancy acting as > > fiduciary and fiscal agent. > > > > -- > > Galen Charlton > > Infrastructure and Added Services Manager Equinox Software, Inc. / > > Open Your Library > > email: g...@esilibrary.com > > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > > skype: gmcharlt > > web:http://www.esilibrary.com/ > > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > > http://evergreen-ils.org > > >
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
I'm rather surprised that nobody has suggested contacting: - the American Library Association (particularly the LITA division) - the Internet Archive Or... the Tides Foundation (tides.org in San Francisco) has been known to act as fiscal agent and "umbrella" for small non-profit projects/groups. Or... maybe even the Apache Software Foundation or FSF. -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
See again my post from 6/8 on this idea. Kari Smith -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ross Singer Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:51 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib? I kind of agree with Shaun's point: why on earth would some organization want to assume this? In the interest of not limiting ourselves to one solution to this problem, I'll throw another possibility that I haven't seen raised (and definitely has downsides, but they all do): what if we to set aside the organizational aspects of the annual conference and try to find an existing conference that Code4Lib could be a track or sub-conference or whatever within? I'm not suggesting these conferences, per se, but using them for analogy: what would the downside of existing *within* ALA or CIL or an established conference be? Are there advantages? Are there conferences that would be particularly good fits? Would we just be pushing our current headaches into other compartments? I guess for me, I'm not so hell-bent on the annual conference being it's own exclusive event as much as being able to have it at all. -Ross. On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess > wrote: > > Does anyone else want to self-nominate, to join a group to > > investigate making Code4Lib fiscally sustainable? > > I am interested in joining such a group. I have some relevant > experience to share, including stints as a member and chair of the > Evergreen project's oversight board. The Evergreen project became a > member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy in 2011; since > then, its conferences have been organized with Conservancy acting as > fiduciary and fiscal agent. > > -- > Galen Charlton > Infrastructure and Added Services Manager Equinox Software, Inc. / > Open Your Library > email: g...@esilibrary.com > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > skype: gmcharlt > web:http://www.esilibrary.com/ > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > http://evergreen-ils.org >
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
I kind of agree with Shaun's point: why on earth would some organization want to assume this? In the interest of not limiting ourselves to one solution to this problem, I'll throw another possibility that I haven't seen raised (and definitely has downsides, but they all do): what if we to set aside the organizational aspects of the annual conference and try to find an existing conference that Code4Lib could be a track or sub-conference or whatever within? I'm not suggesting these conferences, per se, but using them for analogy: what would the downside of existing *within* ALA or CIL or an established conference be? Are there advantages? Are there conferences that would be particularly good fits? Would we just be pushing our current headaches into other compartments? I guess for me, I'm not so hell-bent on the annual conference being it's own exclusive event as much as being able to have it at all. -Ross. On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess > wrote: > > Does anyone else want to self-nominate, to join a group to investigate > > making Code4Lib fiscally sustainable? > > I am interested in joining such a group. I have some relevant > experience to share, including stints as a member and chair of the > Evergreen project's oversight board. The Evergreen project became a > member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy in 2011; since > then, its conferences have been organized with Conservancy acting as > fiduciary and fiscal agent. > > -- > Galen Charlton > Infrastructure and Added Services Manager > Equinox Software, Inc. / Open Your Library > email: g...@esilibrary.com > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > skype: gmcharlt > web:http://www.esilibrary.com/ > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > http://evergreen-ils.org >
Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
++ interesting recording of their talk on youtube, including a (brief) one on 501c3 vs. 501c6 vs. no profit corp entity Carol Carol Bean beanwo...@gmail.com On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 5:55 AM, BWS Johnson wrote: > Salvete! > > Anyone thinking about this might want to plug in 0wn the Con + > Shmoocon into the Google Machine.[TM] If anything, that's a larger > Conference. They can be very granular with technology needs. Just don't > copy their fanboy atmosphere, please. > > > Cheers, > Brooke >
[CODE4LIB] edUi Schedule Live
Code4Lib, Hey, just a quick note to let you know the edUi 2016 schedule is now live! edUi is a UI/UX conference that caters to higher ed, libraries, and museums. It's taking place Oct. 24-26 in Charlottesville, VA. The opening keynote this year is Steve Krug! http://eduiconf.org -Trey
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
Salvete! Anyone thinking about this might want to plug in 0wn the Con + Shmoocon into the Google Machine.[TM] If anything, that's a larger Conference. They can be very granular with technology needs. Just don't copy their fanboy atmosphere, please. Cheers, Brooke
