Hello All, For those interested in the Voyager Hackfest Collaboration at EndUser, I have created an e-mail list to start planning and discussing it. To subscribe to the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following request on the body: SUBSCRIBE VOYAGER-HACKFEST-L your-name Just substitute, "your-name" with Your name, I.E. Example message body: SUBSCRIBE VOYAGER-HACKFEST-L Edward Corrado You do not need to be registered to the Hackfest to be on the e-mail list. In fact we encourage anybody who works at a Voyager site who is interested in the Hackfest to participate in the list whether or not they are attending. However, if you are attending the Hackfest, please register to the list. I should be able to get a list of e-mails for those who are attending, but it is time delayed, so if you register yourself, it will be more timely. At last count (earlier this week) there was 13 people registered for the Hackfest, so if you want to attend, you should register ASAP. After the Hackfest fills up (it is limited to 20 people), there will be a waiting list. Below is the initial announcement for the Hackfest for those who may have missed it.... Edward Corrado EndUser Board Member and Hackfest Coordinator --------------- EndUser Voyager Hackfest Collaboration: Call for Participation Hello Voyager Hackers, New to EndUser in 2007 is a Voyager Hackfest. A Hackfest is when a group of programmers and developers get together to work on a task. Hackfests have been a popular occurrence at computer-related conferences in years past and have been popularized in the library world by the Access conference [1] held in Canada each year. The 2002 Access Hackfest was described as a “collaborative effort to solve real world library problems using freely available tools” [2]. While many hackfests are competitions in which programmers compete against each other, the EndUser Voyager Hackfest will follow the Access conference tradition of collaboration. The Hackfest will be three hours and will take place on Saturday, April 28 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon. The meeting room will have Internet access. Participants must bring their own laptops if they wish to have computer access during the Hackfest. Hackfest participants will be required to be registered for EndUser 2007. Because of the size of the room, the Hackfest is limited to 20 people. Anyone who registers after the Hackfest is full will be placed on a waiting list A mailing list will be set up soon where Hackfest participants and other interested parties will be able to discuss the project(s) that will be hacked on at EndUser. If you have any questions, please contact Edward M. Corrado at [log in to unmask] Please pass this notice on to anyone at your institution that you feel may be interested in participating. The Hackfest is session number is 73 on the EndUser 2007 website - http://www.enduser2007.com Sincerely, Edward M. Corrado [1] For more information about the history of the Access Hackfest, please see the following Web Sites: 2002-2004 [3]: http://old.onebiglibrary.net/yale/curtis/hackfest/ 2005: http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/hackfest.php 2006: http://www.access2006.uottawa.ca/?cat=6 [2] Access 2002 Website: http://www.access.uwindsor.ca/units/access/main.nsf/hackfest?OpenForm [3] This is an updated URL from the Initial announcement since the original URL is scheduled for decommission. -- Edward M. Corrado http://www.tcnj.edu/~corrado/ Systems Librarian The College of New Jersey 403E TCNJ Library PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 Tel: 609.771.3337 Fax: 609.637.5177 Email: [log in to unmask]