Count me as another +1 for at least some multi-track sessions.  I think it could be a great way to have more opportunities for people to present, more sessions focused on the topics I'm most interested in, etc.

-Esme

> On 02/23/15, at 11:18 AM, Frumkin, Jeremy A - (frumkinj) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> A couple of thoughts:
> 
> 1) It takes a lot of effort to put these proposals together. Let's not
> lose sight that both proposals are good proposals, and that's why we have
> a vote. I'm sure there are various opinions on both proposals.
> 
> 2) Separate from either proposal, I was struck this year by a greater
> diversity in topic areas for code4lib than I have observed in the past.
> There definitely felt like there was interest in tracks that were not as
> code-focused (such as culture / community, management, etc.). With the
> conference growing to the size it has, I personally feel it might be
> interesting to try a hybrid of single / multi-track, to allow those
> attending an opportunity to have the ability to have some additional focus
> on some theme areas. When we started code4lib, the size of the conference
> was such that a single track made a lot of sense; as the event has grown,
> both in size and maturity, I'd like to suggest that it may be worth
> exploring having both single track sessions and multi-track sessions to
> allow deeper dives by different segments of the attendees.
> 
> Just my $.02
> 
> -- jaf
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> On 2/23/15, 12:09 PM, "Riley Childs" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I agree, the appeal of code4lib is the single track.
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>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4lib 2016 location
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>> In conjunction with the "distributed location" pre-conferences AND
>> multi-track the proposal is not very appealing.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Fox, Bobbi
>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 10:51 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4lib 2016 location
>> 
>> Is there wiggle room on the Philadelphia "multiple track" proposal, or do
>> those of us who would prefer single track only have the [not]choice of
>> voting for L.A.?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Bobbi
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2015, at 8:48 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hey All,
>>>> 
>>>> Just wanted to make everyone aware of the two fantastic proposals to
>>> host Code4lib 2016 that have been submitted. The cities of of Los
>>> Angeles and Philadelphia have submitted proposals which are now
>>> available at the official Code4lib Website
>>>> 
>>>> http://code4lib.org/content/code4lib-2016-conference-proposals
>>>> 
>>>> Voting will open tomorrow (UTC so probably already open if you are
>>> reading this) and will remain open until 2015-03-07 08:00:00 UTC
>>>> 
>>>> You can vote here (registration required)
>>>> 
>>>> http://vote.code4lib.org/election/37
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks to the both cities for their submissions.
>>>> 
>>>> best regards,
>>>> Francis
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