So wouldn't this be solved by having one authoritative place to point to
all of the various pieces related to a particular conference? Perhaps all
we need to do is to be better about making sure that the Conference page on
code4lib.org points to *everything* relating to that conference. That seems
achievable to me.
Roy

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have no issue with Google Docs or Eventbrite. My point is that it is hard
> for me to find stuff when it is in so many systems, and I am used to it. I
> think that it is time to do something about it.
>
> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, Becky Yoose <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Cary,
> >
> > I can speak to the signup for the Newcomer Dinner signup - previous years
> > had the signup on the wiki, but this year we decided to try something
> > different for the signup that didn't require an additional account to
> sign
> > up. This should have given Ryan a bit of a break with people requesting
> > wiki accounts last minute to sign up for the dinner. The link to the
> Google
> > Doc was posted in the wiki, under the Newcomer dinner entry.
> Communications
> > to the list and users have linked to the wiki page (though I do count one
> > communication to the group that I directly linked to the Google Doc).
> >
> > If folks did not like the Google Docs setup for the dinners this year,
> > please let me know and I can always bring the signups back to the wiki
> for
> > future dinners. Again, it was an experiment for this year :c)
> >
> > I cannot speak for the Eventbrite pages, but my understanding that
> > Eventbrite came with DLF handling registration finances this year.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Becky
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > > This really speaks to the c4l who’s-in-charge-here / nobody is in
> charge
> > /
> > > take the ball and run with it zeitgeist.
> > >
> > > We have one person — Ryan Wick — who carries most of the load for the
> > > website and the wiki. I don’t think that he, or anyone else, takes
> > > responsibility for organizing the content. From here,it looks like
> > > everything is a mix of tradition and fire prevention. Accordingly, this
> > > year we had:
> > >
> > > — The conference web pages on code4lib.org
> > > — The usual assortment of pages on wiki.code4lib.org
> > > — The newcomer dinner page on Google Docs
> > > — Stuff on Eventbrite
> > >
> > > Resulting in a mix of the usual symptoms:
> > >
> > > — No single place to find stuff
> > > — Conflicting information
> > > — Not clear editorial policy
> > >
> > > So, what do we do, and who is this “we," anyhow?
> > >
> > > The conference organizers have control, in theory, but I think that
> they
> > > are understandably loath to mess with the traditional mix. There is no
> > > place for them to ask a question and get a single, cogent,
> authoritative
> > > answer.
> > >
> > > Code4lib itself isn’t really a thing, just an us, and we have been
> loath
> > > to form standing committees, although we have done that after a fashion
> > for
> > > scholarships and the Journal. I think that the time has come for a
> > Code4lib
> > > communications task force —I love that name — to address the structure
> of
> > > our public-facing resources. Any takers.
> > >
> > > In lieu of blessings from an executive structure, the task force can do
> > > something with pasta to confirm its authority.
> > >
> > > Any takers?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Cary
> > >
> > > > On Feb 13, 2015, at 12:53 PM, Heller, Margaret <[log in to unmask]
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Sarah is absolutely right that we should have updated the
> > > conference information page with information about streaming, as I
> don't
> > > think most people not attending the conference would think to look at
> the
> > > wiki. Even if everyone forgot to do it during the conference that's a
> > note
> > > to the future to remember to do it during the conference, and I've
> edited
> > > the page at http://code4lib.org/conference/2015 to give the link to
> the
> > > YouTube channel.
> > > >
> > > > And thanks so much video team!
> > > >
> > > > Margaret Heller
> > > > Digital Services Librarian
> > > > Loyola University Chicago
> > > > 773-508-2686
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> > <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of
> > > Sarah Weissman
> > > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 2:18 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> > > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon video crew thanks
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Planning these things is tough work with numerous moving parts.
> Could
> > > >> it have been posted once we were underway? Perhaps. That said there
> > > >> was 450 odd people who were there none of whom (the author included)
> > > >> thought to send a message on availability of video to this listserv.
> > > >> (I know for certain it was tweeted and re-tweeted)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > I see what you are saying. I realize that logistics are tricky. I
> would
> > > have probably missed a mailing list message if it had come last minute.
> > And
> > > I wasn't checking Twitter in a timely manner for updates on a
> conference
> > I
> > > wasn't attending and therefore wasn't all that aware of the exact
> timing
> > > of. (Perhaps this is a great time to bump that librarians list to a
> more
> > > visible position in my Twitter feed...)
> > > >
> > > > And I should say that I'm glad that there is video to watch at all
> and
> > > grateful to the volunteer videographers that made it happen.
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Cary Gordon
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