We're holding off sign-up until the conference starts.

I've added this wording to the sign-up page, "Sign-ups for lightning 
talks will open at 10 am on Tuesday, February 7, immediately following 
the first keynote."

Thanks, Joel, for setting up the page and giving us a nudge.

-karen

On 1/25/2012 5:12 AM, Mark A. Matienzo wrote:
> Personally, I would prefer to hold off on signing up for lightning
> talks until the conference is actually underway...
>
> $0.02,
> Mark
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Richard, Joel M<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>> Well, if things have changed from last year, the page can be updated to reflect the new information. :)
>>
>> --Joel
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2012, at 7:27 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote:
>>
>>> I won't speak on behalf of the organizers, but my recollection is that
>>> signups for lightning talks on a given day are typically opened the day
>>> before. I think there was some kerfuffle related to this last year (I seem
>>> to recall it opening early and causing some confusion). But I suppose this
>>> is something that this year's organizers will want to decide how to
>>> handle....
>>>
>>> -dre.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Richard, Joel M<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hopefully I have not stepped upon any toes, but I was looking to add my
>>>> name to the roster and the page didn't exist. So I created it!
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2012_Lightning_Talks_Signup
>>>>
>>>> It is basically a copy of what we used for 2011 and 2010 and 2009 and...
>>>>
>>>> --Joel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joel Richard
>>>> Lead Web Developer, Web Services Department
>>>> Smithsonian Institution Libraries | http://www.sil.si.edu/
>>>> (202) 633-1706 | [log in to unmask]
>>>>

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