I can mock up a template page for future conferences to copy over for their
conference landing pages, if that helps :cD
Thanks,
Becky
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So wouldn't this be solved by having one authoritative place to point to
> all of the various pieces related to a particular conference? Perhaps all
> we need to do is to be better about making sure that the Conference page on
> code4lib.org points to *everything* relating to that conference. That
> seems
> achievable to me.
> Roy
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I have no issue with Google Docs or Eventbrite. My point is that it is
> hard
> > for me to find stuff when it is in so many systems, and I am used to it.
> I
> > think that it is time to do something about it.
> >
> > On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, Becky Yoose <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Cary,
> > >
> > > I can speak to the signup for the Newcomer Dinner signup - previous
> years
> > > had the signup on the wiki, but this year we decided to try something
> > > different for the signup that didn't require an additional account to
> > sign
> > > up. This should have given Ryan a bit of a break with people requesting
> > > wiki accounts last minute to sign up for the dinner. The link to the
> > Google
> > > Doc was posted in the wiki, under the Newcomer dinner entry.
> > Communications
> > > to the list and users have linked to the wiki page (though I do count
> one
> > > communication to the group that I directly linked to the Google Doc).
> > >
> > > If folks did not like the Google Docs setup for the dinners this year,
> > > please let me know and I can always bring the signups back to the wiki
> > for
> > > future dinners. Again, it was an experiment for this year :c)
> > >
> > > I cannot speak for the Eventbrite pages, but my understanding that
> > > Eventbrite came with DLF handling registration finances this year.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Becky
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]
> > > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > This really speaks to the c4l who’s-in-charge-here / nobody is in
> > charge
> > > /
> > > > take the ball and run with it zeitgeist.
> > > >
> > > > We have one person — Ryan Wick — who carries most of the load for the
> > > > website and the wiki. I don’t think that he, or anyone else, takes
> > > > responsibility for organizing the content. From here,it looks like
> > > > everything is a mix of tradition and fire prevention. Accordingly,
> this
> > > > year we had:
> > > >
> > > > — The conference web pages on code4lib.org
> > > > — The usual assortment of pages on wiki.code4lib.org
> > > > — The newcomer dinner page on Google Docs
> > > > — Stuff on Eventbrite
> > > >
> > > > Resulting in a mix of the usual symptoms:
> > > >
> > > > — No single place to find stuff
> > > > — Conflicting information
> > > > — Not clear editorial policy
> > > >
> > > > So, what do we do, and who is this “we," anyhow?
> > > >
> > > > The conference organizers have control, in theory, but I think that
> > they
> > > > are understandably loath to mess with the traditional mix. There is
> no
> > > > place for them to ask a question and get a single, cogent,
> > authoritative
> > > > answer.
> > > >
> > > > Code4lib itself isn’t really a thing, just an us, and we have been
> > loath
> > > > to form standing committees, although we have done that after a
> fashion
> > > for
> > > > scholarships and the Journal. I think that the time has come for a
> > > Code4lib
> > > > communications task force —I love that name — to address the
> structure
> > of
> > > > our public-facing resources. Any takers.
> > > >
> > > > In lieu of blessings from an executive structure, the task force can
> do
> > > > something with pasta to confirm its authority.
> > > >
> > > > Any takers?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Cary
> > > >
> > > > > On Feb 13, 2015, at 12:53 PM, Heller, Margaret <[log in to unmask]
> > > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I think Sarah is absolutely right that we should have updated the
> > > > conference information page with information about streaming, as I
> > don't
> > > > think most people not attending the conference would think to look at
> > the
> > > > wiki. Even if everyone forgot to do it during the conference that's a
> > > note
> > > > to the future to remember to do it during the conference, and I've
> > edited
> > > > the page at http://code4lib.org/conference/2015 to give the link to
> > the
> > > > YouTube channel.
> > > > >
> > > > > And thanks so much video team!
> > > > >
> > > > > Margaret Heller
> > > > > Digital Services Librarian
> > > > > Loyola University Chicago
> > > > > 773-508-2686
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> > > <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of
> > > > Sarah Weissman
> > > > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 2:18 PM
> > > > > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon video crew thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]
> > > <javascript:;>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Planning these things is tough work with numerous moving parts.
> > Could
> > > > >> it have been posted once we were underway? Perhaps. That said
> there
> > > > >> was 450 odd people who were there none of whom (the author
> included)
> > > > >> thought to send a message on availability of video to this
> listserv.
> > > > >> (I know for certain it was tweeted and re-tweeted)
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > I see what you are saying. I realize that logistics are tricky. I
> > would
> > > > have probably missed a mailing list message if it had come last
> minute.
> > > And
> > > > I wasn't checking Twitter in a timely manner for updates on a
> > conference
> > > I
> > > > wasn't attending and therefore wasn't all that aware of the exact
> > timing
> > > > of. (Perhaps this is a great time to bump that librarians list to a
> > more
> > > > visible position in my Twitter feed...)
> > > > >
> > > > > And I should say that I'm glad that there is video to watch at all
> > and
> > > > grateful to the volunteer videographers that made it happen.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cary Gordon
> > The Cherry Hill Company
> > http://chillco.com
> >
>
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