Another alternative would be to do what Science Online does: open
registration in tranches. So, from Monday to Thursday, each day at noon
Eastern, 50 registration slots open.

- David

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:05, Edward M. Corrado <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> I would be against making C4L any bigger. There are already bigger
> conferences one can attend to. Not only because it will lose the feel,
> but it will become more expensive, limit locations, and harder to
> host. Being involved with a conference that attracts 500+ people, I
> can tell yo that it is a lot different then a 200 or 250 person
> conference to plan. If C4L did get much bigger, I would very likely
> take my "USB drives and [my] lappies and go home." Still, if a larger
> conference is what everyone else wanted, that would be fine with me
> but I very well might miss my first C4L in that case. Personally, I'd
> rather see it smaller.
>
> As far as a solution: I think the solution is to host more regional
> C4L conferences like the New England people have been discussing.
>
> Edward
>