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It's too bad we don't have big budgets, or we could have the New England meeting in, say, Maui. T On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Klein, Michael <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I live in Boston. Never been to Portland, but would love to visit. Lived in > Northampton for 7 years, and am always looking for an excuse to visit the > valley. So yeah, like, whatever. :) > > -- > Michael B. Klein > Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian > Boston Public Library > (617) 859-2391 > [log in to unmask] > > >> From: Jay Luker <[log in to unmask]> >> Reply-To: "Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>" >> <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:00:46 -0400 >> To: "Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Tim Spalding <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> In general, do members think it's best‹most popular but also most >>> productive‹ to meet at a *hub* or somewhere off the beaten path? >>> >>> If the former, it's Boston all the way, right? If the latter, >>> Portland, Maine is a really nice place to meet, and I can put a bunch >>> of you up at the LibraryThing house. :) >> >> Boston works well for me. Portland too. >> >> The reasons I threw the Northampton/Amherst area out there are a) it's >> central to a lot of NE and is on or near the major highways (91 and >> 90), b) has a lot of campuses that might be able to lend us a space or >> two, c) those spaces might already have projectors and such, d) it has >> a large number of bars and cafes. >> >> Of course you can say most of those things about Boston as well. Being >> located in Boston myself, it's all pretty easy for me. As per code4lib >> custom, we should probably end up putting it to a vote once folks have >> had a chance to chime in with offers/suggestions. Location ideas that >> come attached to actual, arranged hosting offers will be most welcome. >> >> --jay > -- Check out my library at http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding