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Hi, everyone -- Just wanted to update you on our progress in making a Code4Lib local group in NYC. First, the "NYC Code4Lib" group will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m., 57 E 11th St., Manhattan, 4th Floor -- all are welcome! (In the future, I *promise* to send out these reminders to the Code4Lib list with a lot more advanced notice, and am chalking my oversight to first-meeting jitters. Many, many apologies for the late notice.) In the past few weeks, we have: * Added an announcement to www.code4lib.org. * Emailed all of the METRO members who expressed interest in the group via METRO's listserv (go to http://list.metro.org/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=code4libnycsig-l to subscribe) with details on Code4Lib itself and the new METRO group. We encouraged them to forward the email to others. * Emailed a call for "lightning talks" for our first meeting, and received a few great proposals. * Established a presence on METRO's wiki: http://metro.org/collaborate/index.php/Code4libNYC * Established a presence on Code4Lib (http://nyc.code4lib.org/) -- many thanks to everyone who got this going. Finally, we sent out the following announcement to the METRO list: "Just reminder that we are having our first meeting this Wednesday, September 10th at the METRO offices at 57 East 11th Street in Manhattan from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The first meeting will consist of an introduction to the new SIG and a series of short, informal talks from SIG members. Topics to be discussed include Drupal and the Archivists' Toolkit. If you'd like a little more background on the SIG see our page on the METRO wiki at http://metro.org/collaborate/index.php/Code4libNYC. If you'd like more information on the national code4lib organization see http://code4lib.org/." So, if you are in the NYC metro area, please come by tomorrow! We hope to have a great meeting (free coffee included). After the meeting, we will update the wiki; I also hope to provide an evaluation on what has worked and not worked thus far to get the local group off the ground. Thank you, Joanna -- Joanna DiPasquale Web Design / Development Libraries Digital Program Division Columbia University Libraries 212.854.8758