I will second this. I was waiting to see what topics would be covered at the conference, and while it is enviable that CODE4LIB has enough popularity to fill up blind, it's not exactly ethical to tie up participants' funds while they wait to find out whether or not the conference is going to meet their professional development goals for the year. It's fine to have a tentative schedule and make modifications as you go, but you have an entire year to plan a conference. Put out the calls for participation earlier and set the initial deadline prior to the opening of registration so that you can provide a rough idea of what will be covered at time of registration. That's not at all unreasonable and is far more ethical.


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I have to express some general frustration here....
I think it is very poor practice for ANY conference [stares at DLF] to open
registration before a final schedule of events / speakers / sessions is
distributed. Many of us have limited professional development funding and
need to base our choices on CONTENT. I recognize there are those who, quite
legitimately, always attend particular conferences. Unfortunately, not all
of us have that luxury.

-Matt

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*Matt Adair*
Archivist for Digital Imaging and Infrastructure

Bentley Historical Library
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On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 11:03 AM Ken Varnum <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> If you are interested in attending Code4Lib 2024, *we encourage you to get
> on the waitlist as soon as possible*, as it is growing daily.
>
> We are planning to do some work next week to confirm the total spots we
> have available after moving any accepted speakers and poster presenters
> from the waitlist. After we have done that, we are hoping to be able to
> register some additional people from the waitlist, but should have a better
> idea of how many by the end of next week. You are welcome to reach back out
> for an update ([log in to unmask]) if you don’t hear from us by
> March 8th.
>
> Ken Varnum
> Code4Lib2024 local planning committee
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> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 4:30 PM Brian Gorman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hello All!
> >
> > I am not sure if this is the proper place to ask this question but we
> were
> > looking at attending the upcoming Code4Lib conference in Ann Arbor.  We
> > tried to sign up but it appears as though we only have the option to join
> > the waitlist.  We are based out of Alabama so it is important for us to
> > make travel arrangements some time in advance.  How could I get an idea
> of
> > the likelihood of being able to attend the conference?
> >
> > Brian Gorman
> > Manager of Product Development
> > Book Systems, Inc.
>