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It would be great to see a code4lib style event in Europe - although if there is enough interest I would think that would suggest this could run as well as a US based event I guess the issue is always to find people willing to put in the time and effort to do the organisation - if we've got that, we've got an event! Owen On 22 Jan 2009, at 18:21, "Edward M. Corrado" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I probably wouldn't get any funding either [1], but would still go. > I think > Jonathan is right that it is a way to deal "with the audience for > Code4Lib > greatly exceeding the capacity of the conference" but I'm not sure > if that > is a good thing. > > Edward > > [1] I know I won't in 2010 as we've been informed no International > travel > will be funded next fiscal year. > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Jonathan Rochkind > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I guess that would be ONE way of dealing with the audience for >> Code4Lib >> greatly exceeding the capacity of the conference. >> >> I definitely couldn't get funding to go to the Netherlands. But I >> might be >> willing to pay for it myself, since I'd like to visit there anyway. >> I guess >> February is probably as cheap plane tickets as anytime for there, >> weather's >> not so great. >> >> But holding the main c4l in a non-US location is definitely going to >> greatly cut down US attendance, to those who are able to afford it. >> That may >> or may not be a good thing. >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> Ed Summers wrote: >> >>> Wow, this sounds too good to be true. Perhaps this is premature, but >>> do you think there might be interest in hosting a code4lib2010 in >>> the >>> Netherlands? (he asks selfishly). >>> >>> I see you started a wiki page [1]. If at any point you want >>> nl.code4lib.org (or something) to point somewhere just say the word. >>> >>> //Ed >>> >>> [1] http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/NL >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Posthumus, Etienne >>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> At various tech related library gatherings here in the >>>> Netherlands there >>>> have been discussion about setting up a regional Code4Lib (or >>>> something >>>> similar) >>>> So as a start, if there any subscribers on this list who are in the >>>> vicinity of Netherlands/Belgium and interested, please give me a >>>> shout. >>>> >>>> We can then argue about a date/venue/agenda for an inaugural >>>> meeting. >>>> >>>> Etienne Posthumus >>>> TU Delft Library - Digital Product Development >>>> t: +31 (0) 15 27 81 949 >>>> m: [log in to unmask] >>>> skype: eposthumus >>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/epoz >>>> http://www.library.tudelft.nl/ >>>> Prometheusplein 1, 2628 ZC, Delft, Netherlands >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Jonathan Rochkind >> Digital Services Software Engineer >> The Sheridan Libraries >> Johns Hopkins University >> 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu >>