Thank you Rogan, Equinox, and Indiana!
Terran McCanna
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, GA 30345
404-235-7138
tmcca...@georgialibraries.org
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Rogan Hamby
wrote:
> Extremely eagle eyed wiki watchers may notice that a new page was just
> created for the 2018 Hack-A-Way: https://wiki.
> evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=hack-a-way-2018
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> That's right, details are there! Links are on the page but some of the
> most pertinent information is that it will be November 5th - 7th and use a
> meeting space at the Infinite Energy Forum in NE Atlanta. Nearby hotels
> are listed. It's an excellent meeting site close enough to walk to hotels
> and dining. More details will come out as we get closer. Minor things I
> will simply post on the WIKI page but larger announcements will be posted
> on the list and social media. Feel free to go ahead and sign up on the
> attendees page and if you're planning to attend and don't have a WIKI
> account I'll be glad to add you. Similarly, feel free to go ahead and add
> topics of discussion to the agenda.
>
> After some discussion and a resounding lack of objection (and quite a bit
> of praise for the idea) we are going to go ahead and announce that the 2019
> Hack-A-Way will be in Indiana again thanks to the gracious hosting of
> Evergreen Indiana and the Indiana State Library. Choosing them in advance
> allows them to incorporate the event into their budget cycle.
>
> In that spirit of choosing our locations far enough out to give hosts
> plenty of time to plan I am also opening the floor to proposals to host the
> 2020 Hack-A-Way at this point. All I need at this point is an informal
> "we're interested." Right now Mobius has their hat in the ring and although
> I'd love to see more of MO in fairness to everyone I'll keep informal
> offers open until November 1st. If more than one entity is interested in
> hosting I will then ask everyone for more formal proposals and go through
> the selection process.
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> If anyone has any questions, let me know. Thanks!
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> Rogan Hamby, MLIS
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> Data and Project Analyst
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> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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> phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
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> email: ro...@equinoxinitiative.org
> web: http://EquinoxInitiative.org
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