Another alternative would be to do what Science Online does: open registration in tranches. So, from Monday to Thursday, each day at noon Eastern, 50 registration slots open. - David On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:05, Edward M. Corrado <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I would be against making C4L any bigger. There are already bigger > conferences one can attend to. Not only because it will lose the feel, > but it will become more expensive, limit locations, and harder to > host. Being involved with a conference that attracts 500+ people, I > can tell yo that it is a lot different then a 200 or 250 person > conference to plan. If C4L did get much bigger, I would very likely > take my "USB drives and [my] lappies and go home." Still, if a larger > conference is what everyone else wanted, that would be fine with me > but I very well might miss my first C4L in that case. Personally, I'd > rather see it smaller. > > As far as a solution: I think the solution is to host more regional > C4L conferences like the New England people have been discussing. > > Edward >