Becky++

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Becky Yoose <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I can mock up a template page for future conferences to copy over for their
> conference landing pages, if that helps :cD
>
> Thanks,
> Becky
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> > The Cherry Hill Company
>> > http://chillco.com
>> >
>>