FWIW, 

I totally agree with the two Eds.

It's interesting to see what a regional code4lib group up to even if I can't be part of it. And it inspires similar activities from other regional groups.

/ Daniel


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edward
> M. Corrado
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 11:21 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North planning continues
> 
> I guess I'm  with Ed with this. These fractured lists don't help get
> input from a wider range of people and even if I wouldn't go to
> c4lPluto I'd still like to know about it. Is hitting a delete button
> that big of deal anymore? If so, I don't see the point of signing up
> for email discussion lists - or at least if you do and volume is an
> issue, modern email clients have filters or free email accounts that
> can br used specifically for email lists can be created. Butaybe
> that's just me and edsu.
> 
> Edward
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 7, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM, William Denton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> So far there are just three people with ideas for talks (me, Walter
> >> Lewis,
> >> Art Rhyno).  Have the other local chapters found it works well to
> >> have more
> >> time for informal stuff, or lightning talks, or "Ask Anything" like
> >> I see
> >> NYC is doing?  Sometimes with a smaller group people don't talk so
> >> much, but
> >> sometimes they do.
> >
> > The thing that bums me out is that this discussion list was largely
> > created because there were all these discussions going on in niches
> > like xml4lib, web4lib, perl4lib, php4lib, oss4lib, etc ... and not
> > enough conversation about computing and libraries and
> > cross-fertilization between projects/environments.  Now we're seeing
> > the code4lib discussion list itself fragment into code4libmdc,
> > code4lib-north, code4libnyc, code4lib-northwest, etc.
> >
> > I guess an argument could be made that the conversations going on in
> > this sublists would overwhelm code4lib proper with all sorts of local
> > noise. But I think ideally we should have crossed that bridge when we
> > came to it. I think if folks on code4lib saw what was going on in
> > different locales it would inspire people to do stuff where they are
> > too.
> >
> > //Ed