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A couple of years ago I missed registration and had to get my Code4Lib ticket on StubHub. The only downsides were I had to pay twice face value and tell everyone my name was "Naomi Dushay" all week.... On Dec 16, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Birkin James Diana wrote: > Kevin wrote: > >> ...we did have lots of folks drop their registrations... opening up >> spots for waitlisters... > > Same for the 2009 Providence conference, which filled very quickly. > Another factor is that we initially held back a small buffer of > spots to make sure that our calculations for keynoters/presenters/ > etc were correct (due to a firm cap) and then allotted those to > waitlisters. > > -Birkin > > --- > Birkin James Diana > Programmer, Integrated Technology Services > Brown University Library > [log in to unmask] > > > On Dec 16, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: > >> I believe the cap is the same this year as last year (250). It did >> stay open a couple of weeks last year. In years before, it's sold >> out >> even quicker than this year. Probably lots of factors for how >> quickly >> it sells out (location, talks, etc.). Regardless, it's popular. >> >> Richard, if last year is any indication of this year, we did have >> lots >> of folks drop their registrations... opening up spots for waitlisters >> (so people at the top of the list have a good chance, I think). >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Richard, Joel M >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> Woah, that was fast. I guess I'll go on the waiting list. *fingers >>> crossed* >>> >>> Is this code4lib larger or smaller than last year? I seem to >>> remember registering weeks after the registration opened. Maybe >>> it's getting popular, eh? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> --Joel >>> >>> Joel Richard >>> IT Specialist, Web Services Department >>> Smithsonian Institution Libraries | http://www.sil.si.edu/ >>> (202) 633-1706 | (202) 786-2861 (f) | [log in to unmask]