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FYI before you vote on the conference proposals. The Austin proposal states: "The idea is to keep that great energy that is generated at SXSWi rolling on through to the end of the Code4Lib conference as well as connecting 2 communities that have a lot in common, but rarely have the chance to meet." I have gone to SxSW Interactive the past two years and I plan to continue going in the future. I highly recommend it. However, attempting to attend both SXSW Interactive and the ERL/code4lib mashup would be difficult. Here would be the potential schedule: Thursday March 6 Fly to Austin Friday March 7 SXSW Interactive day 1 Saturday March 8 SXSW Interactive day 2 Sunday March 9 SXSW Interactive day 3 Monday March 10 SXSW Interactive day 4 Tuesday March 11 SXSW Interactive day 5 Wednesday March 12 nothing Thursday March 13 nothing Friday March 14 nothing Saturday March 15 nothing Sunday March 16 nothing Monday March 17 ERL day 1 Tuesday March 18 ERL day 2 Wednesday March 19 ERL day 3 / code4lib precons Thursday March 20 code4lib day 1 Friday March 21 code4lib day 2 Saturday March 22 code4lib day 3 / fly home There are a few options here: 1) Fly to TX March 6, and stay there for 16 more days! <-- I suppose you can fill out the interval between Interactive and ERL by attending the SXSW Music Festival (March 12-16) 2) Fly home after Interactive and fly back to Austin 4 days later (6 if you skip ERL) 3) Skip going to either Interactive or code4lib I don't foresee any of these options keeping the energy from Interactive rolling through code4lib. Cross pollination between groups is a great idea, but trying to append 3 conferences to each other sounds exhausting to me. -Josh Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267