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FWIW, I totally agree with the two Eds. It's interesting to see what a regional code4lib group up to even if I can't be part of it. And it inspires similar activities from other regional groups. / Daniel > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edward > M. Corrado > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 11:21 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North planning continues > > I guess I'm with Ed with this. These fractured lists don't help get > input from a wider range of people and even if I wouldn't go to > c4lPluto I'd still like to know about it. Is hitting a delete button > that big of deal anymore? If so, I don't see the point of signing up > for email discussion lists - or at least if you do and volume is an > issue, modern email clients have filters or free email accounts that > can br used specifically for email lists can be created. Butaybe > that's just me and edsu. > > Edward > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 7, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM, William Denton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> So far there are just three people with ideas for talks (me, Walter > >> Lewis, > >> Art Rhyno). Have the other local chapters found it works well to > >> have more > >> time for informal stuff, or lightning talks, or "Ask Anything" like > >> I see > >> NYC is doing? Sometimes with a smaller group people don't talk so > >> much, but > >> sometimes they do. > > > > The thing that bums me out is that this discussion list was largely > > created because there were all these discussions going on in niches > > like xml4lib, web4lib, perl4lib, php4lib, oss4lib, etc ... and not > > enough conversation about computing and libraries and > > cross-fertilization between projects/environments. Now we're seeing > > the code4lib discussion list itself fragment into code4libmdc, > > code4lib-north, code4libnyc, code4lib-northwest, etc. > > > > I guess an argument could be made that the conversations going on in > > this sublists would overwhelm code4lib proper with all sorts of local > > noise. But I think ideally we should have crossed that bridge when we > > came to it. I think if folks on code4lib saw what was going on in > > different locales it would inspire people to do stuff where they are > > too. > > > > //Ed