Don't forget that May 21 is Victoria Day, so that could be a either a good
thing or a bad thing for scheduling at the end of the previous week.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:07, Mita Williams <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> The third installment of Code4Lib North is a go!
>
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/North#Third_Meeting:_University_of_Windsor.2C_May_.3F.3F.3F.2C_2012
>
> We have the okay from our administration, we (tentatively) we have a place
> to meet up in the University's new Engineering Building, and we have a team
> of folks from the Leddy Library who will endeavour to extend the same kind
> hospitality that both McMaster and Queen's University demonstrated in the
> past.  And there's a chance that we might be able to hold a social event in
> the soon to be reopened Walkerville Brewery.
>
> Code4Lib Community: do have any suggestions for what sort of format we
> should pursue?  At the moment, I'm thinking along the lines of being two
> days with the first being a hackfest and the second being lightning talks
> and presentations.  Should we also include an 'ask me anything' on the
> first day? the second?  If we get the space we want, we might have access
> to a 3D printer.  Should we try to incorporate some hardware hacking?
> Also, we're not well versed in livestreaming and archiving video of
> presentations here but if it's important to the community, we can give it
> our best shot.  How important is live video/archived video to you?
>
> And perhaps, most importantly, what week in May would work best for you?
>
> Here are some mitigating factors (please let me know of any that I may have
> missed)
>
> - April 20-22 : GreatLakes THATCamp (London, Ontario)
> - May 5th : Weird Al is playing the Detroit Fox Theatre
> - June/July : tentative Code4Lib Midwest meetup at Michigan State
>
> Please let me know, on or off-list. Thanks!
> Mita
>