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I responded to Bess regarding question #1. (A "yes, I am interested.") > 2. What kind of format would folks like to see for this event? My personal preference is not to travel with a laptop, plus I'm old-school, so I would favor more of a lecture/presentation format. > 3. Some folks on #code4lib feel that we should charge a registration > fee, and some folks feel that we should not. The arguments in favor > of a reg fee (think around $20) are... I'd gladly part with $20 (and in cash, if that will reduce the red-tape) to get an in-depth look at how Lucene works. -- Michael # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 cell # [log in to unmask] # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Bess Sadler > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 9:53 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] code4lib pre-conference: lucene and solr workshop > > Dear fellow code4libbers, > > In conjunction with the upcoming code4lib conference, we are trying > to organize a one day pre-conference event around lucene and solr. > (See http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html and http:// > incubator.apache.org/solr/ if you don't know what these words mean.) > Erik Hatcher, one of the authors of _Lucene in Action_ (http:// > lucenebook.com/) has volunteered to lead it. This is an exciting > opportunity for anyone who works with (or who wants to learn how to > work with) lucene and/or solr, a webservices wrapper for lucene. > > My questions for the code4lib ad-hocracy are: > > 1. How many participants would we have for such an event? Attending > would involve showing up for the conference a day early to > participate in a full-day event. Please email [log in to unmask] if > you would be interested in attending so we can gauge interest. The > number of people who want to attend will help to determine the answer > to question #2... > > 2. What kind of format would folks like to see for this event? If we > have 50 people or less, it has been suggested that we have a half day > lecture / half day hands-on workshop, where people bring their own > laptops and data sets and we try to get people up and running in > their own context and with their own data. Think old-school linux > install-fest meets Access hack-fest. Alternatively, if we have much > more interest, we could either do just a lecture / discussion, or > else we could break into groups if we can get more people to > volunteer to be helpers. Erik, justifiably, doesn't feel he can serve > as a hands-on advisor for 100 people. For the hands-on portion to > work with a large group, we would need a significant number of people > with wi-fi enabled computers to bring their equipment and their data, > as well as enough people with lucene/solr experience to help Erik > answer questions and troubleshoot. > > 3. Some folks on #code4lib feel that we should charge a registration > fee, and some folks feel that we should not. The arguments in favor > of a reg fee (think around $20) are that without a financial > commitment people sometimes sign up for a workshop and then don't > attend. Also, with a reg fee we could provide coffee / donuts / > whatever. Arguments against a reg fee are that the conference > organizers might not want to deal with it, we like to keep things as > free and bureaucracy-free as possible, and since the room isn't > costing us $$ and Erik is volunteering his time (everyone remember to > buy Erik a drink when you see him) why charge $$ if we aren't paying $ > $? For what it's worth I was originally in favor of charging > registration, but I have now changed my mind since Erik assures me he > does not expect to be compensated (with money, that is. I'm sure > he'll be getting lots of whuffie.) > > Please respond to [log in to unmask] to be counted in the tally for > question #1, and please respond to the list to discuss questions #2 > and #3. > > Thank you! > > Bess > > > > Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler > Head, Technical and Metadata Services > Digital Scholarship Services > Box 400129 > Alderman Library > University of Virginia > Charlottesville, VA 22904 > > [log in to unmask] > (434) 243-2305 >