Thank you to everyone who provided information!
Blake

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hey Blake,
>
> On 11/6/15 11:41 AM, Blake Galbreath wrote:
>
>> Dear Code4Lib,
>>
>> I am co-chairing the Online Northwest conference committee, which is going
>> through a transition year. Our originating body, the Oregon University
>> System library board, officially closed this summer. We’re left with some
>> questions about how the conference can continue, legally and financially
>> as
>> well as in terms of its mission.
>>
>> We’re contacting leaders at other library organizations to learn how their
>> library conferences are run, hoping to learn more.
>>
>> Would anyone from Code4Lib be willing to respond to such a query off-list?
>> I have looked on the website, but could not find the appropriate person to
>> contact.
>>
>
> Sorry to hear about the demise of Online NW but hopeful it can rise from
> the ashes. My first conference as a professional was Online NW.
>
> In any event there really isn't any one person who can adequately stand
> for Code4lib Conferences. The Conferences are run from the same template[0]
> and the results vary from year to year. 2015 lesson here [1]
>
> I for example can tell you my experience on the planning for 2013 but I'm
> willing to bet people in other years will have variations of the same theme
> to say about getting the conference going.
>
> Cheers
> ./fxk
>
> [0] http://wiki.code4lib.org/How_To_Plan_A_Code4LibCon
> [1] http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Lessons_Learned
>
> --
> "Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of
> course, living in a state of sin."
> -- John Von Neumann
>



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Blake L. Galbreath
Systems Librarian
Eastern Oregon University
One University Boulevard
La Grande, OR 97850
(541) 962.3017
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