This is worth taking the OCLC Bacon Seal of Approval out of its
velvet-lined case and affixing that stamp upon the awesome work that the
Research Triangle group did on the last conference. Congratulations and a
huge thanks!
Roy


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Tim McGeary <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> I wanted to report on the financial closing of the Code4Lib 2014 account.
>  All of the bills have been paid for and the reimbursements have been sent.
>  This year, we have a surplus of $29,419.80 that we will be able to pass
> onto the Code4Lib 2015 committee.  I can say with great confidence that
> much of this surplus is possible through the excellent contract negotiation
> and cost management of CONCENTRA, whom we hired this year.
>
> The very first action CONCENTRA enabled for us was to change hotel venues
> because the first hotel contract we reviewed was overly restrictive and
> provided no incentives to the conference.  At the venue were the conference
> was located, we received a sizeable number of kick backs of hotel rooms
> that offset costs of scholarship awardees and the keynote speakers, in
> addition to CONCENTRA's experience in estimated the number of meals needed
> so that we did not overcommit.  Finally, CONCENTRA was instrumental in
> getting the hotel to not only improve the wireless, but also have the
> charges withdrawn for the days in which the wifi service was unacceptable.
>  These are just a few of the examples of financial savings CONCENTRA's work
> provided.  Thank you to Ann Elsner and her staff at Duke University for
> hosting the financial services for the conference!
>
> I am very proud of the hosting efforts of my colleagues at Duke
> University, NC State University, and UNC Chapel Hill, most especially of my
> co-Chair Emily Lynema.  None of this would have been possible without all
> of the excellent volunteers locally, as well as those of you in the
> community who volunteered in other ways.
>
> If anyone has any final questions about Code4Lib 2014, please do let me
> know.  Otherwise, I look forward to a successful Code4Lib 2015 in Portland!
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
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