It's too bad we don't have big budgets, or we could have the New
England meeting in, say, Maui.

T

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Klein, Michael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I live in Boston. Never been to Portland, but would love to visit. Lived in
> Northampton for 7 years, and am always looking for an excuse to visit the
> valley. So yeah, like, whatever. :)
>
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>> From: Jay Luker <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: "Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>"
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:00:46 -0400
>> To: "Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Tim Spalding <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> In general, do members think it's best‹most popular but also most
>>> productive‹ to meet at a *hub* or somewhere off the beaten path?
>>>
>>> If the former, it's Boston all the way, right? If the latter,
>>> Portland, Maine is a really nice place to meet, and I can put a bunch
>>> of you up at the LibraryThing house. :)
>>
>> Boston works well for me. Portland too.
>>
>> The reasons I threw the Northampton/Amherst area out there are a) it's
>> central to a lot of NE and is on or near the major highways (91 and
>> 90), b) has a lot of campuses that might be able to lend us a space or
>> two, c) those spaces might already have projectors and such, d) it has
>> a large number of bars and cafes.
>>
>> Of course you can say most of those things about Boston as well. Being
>> located in Boston myself, it's all pretty easy for me. As per code4lib
>> custom, we should probably end up putting it to a vote once folks have
>> had a chance to chime in with offers/suggestions. Location ideas that
>> come attached to actual, arranged hosting offers will be most welcome.
>>
>> --jay
>



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