A couple of years ago I missed registration and had to  get my  
Code4Lib ticket on StubHub.

The only downsides were I had to pay twice face value and tell  
everyone my name was "Naomi Dushay" all week....


On Dec 16, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Birkin James Diana wrote:

> Kevin wrote:
>
>> ...we did have lots of folks drop their registrations... opening up  
>> spots for waitlisters...
>
> Same for the 2009 Providence conference, which filled very quickly.  
> Another factor is that we initially held back a small buffer of  
> spots to make sure that our calculations for keynoters/presenters/ 
> etc were correct (due to a firm cap) and then allotted those to  
> waitlisters.
>
> -Birkin
>
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> Birkin James Diana
> Programmer, Integrated Technology Services
> Brown University Library
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>
> On Dec 16, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote:
>
>> I believe the cap is the same this year as last year (250).  It did
>> stay open a couple of weeks last year.  In years before, it's sold  
>> out
>> even quicker than this year.  Probably lots of factors for how  
>> quickly
>> it sells out (location, talks, etc.).  Regardless, it's popular.
>>
>> Richard, if last year is any indication of this year, we did have  
>> lots
>> of folks drop their registrations... opening up spots for waitlisters
>> (so people at the top of the list have a good chance, I think).
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Richard, Joel M  
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Woah, that was fast. I guess I'll go on the waiting list. *fingers  
>>> crossed*
>>>
>>> Is this code4lib larger or smaller than last year? I seem to  
>>> remember registering weeks after the registration opened. Maybe  
>>> it's getting popular, eh?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --Joel
>>>
>>> Joel Richard
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