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Don't forget that May 21 is Victoria Day, so that could be a either a good thing or a bad thing for scheduling at the end of the previous week. On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:07, Mita Williams <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > The third installment of Code4Lib North is a go! > > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/North#Third_Meeting:_University_of_Windsor.2C_May_.3F.3F.3F.2C_2012 > > We have the okay from our administration, we (tentatively) we have a place > to meet up in the University's new Engineering Building, and we have a team > of folks from the Leddy Library who will endeavour to extend the same kind > hospitality that both McMaster and Queen's University demonstrated in the > past. And there's a chance that we might be able to hold a social event in > the soon to be reopened Walkerville Brewery. > > Code4Lib Community: do have any suggestions for what sort of format we > should pursue? At the moment, I'm thinking along the lines of being two > days with the first being a hackfest and the second being lightning talks > and presentations. Should we also include an 'ask me anything' on the > first day? the second? If we get the space we want, we might have access > to a 3D printer. Should we try to incorporate some hardware hacking? > Also, we're not well versed in livestreaming and archiving video of > presentations here but if it's important to the community, we can give it > our best shot. How important is live video/archived video to you? > > And perhaps, most importantly, what week in May would work best for you? > > Here are some mitigating factors (please let me know of any that I may have > missed) > > - April 20-22 : GreatLakes THATCamp (London, Ontario) > - May 5th : Weird Al is playing the Detroit Fox Theatre > - June/July : tentative Code4Lib Midwest meetup at Michigan State > > Please let me know, on or off-list. Thanks! > Mita >