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Ross++ the less formal, the better. On Feb 23, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Ross Singer wrote: > I think we're down to some real questions here. > > One question is certainly, "Who will this journal serve?" (which has > already been asked, but I don't know if we've gotten consensus on it). > > I think a more important question, however, is "What is it about > Code4Lib that attracts you/makes you desire a published output of it?" > > We had ~85 people in Corvallis (at various times). What peaked their > interest? Was it the "established community"? The potential of > meeting > with like minded geeks? The hope for a professional organization that > speaks their language? > > The question of "what is your perception of 'Code4Lib'?" needs to be > addressed. > > I guess since I raise the question, I should be the first to answer. > > I view Code4Lib as an informal community of developers that combine > wits > to solve real and perceived problems happening in libraries. I > like its > lack of "professional tone" - it was less intimidating to participate > that way. > > I also note that I didn't start thinking of Code4Lib as "community" > until I entered the IRC channel. The mailing list didn't instill me > with that connection (although I still found it useful). I don't > think > #code4lib == Code4Lib, but I'm not sure you'd see the current energy > around the community without it. > > -Ross.