Roy, As a local Northern Californian, I like this idea. > For example, we have CDL in Oakland, several nearby UCs, CSUs, large publics, > and community colleges to draw from. We might even get some people from a private (Leland Stanford) Junior University to come to a local event :) - Tom On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Roy Tennant wrote: > I am definitely interested in a Northern California regional Code4Lib > group, but my ability to jet down to LA for a two-hour meeting is > regrettably limited. Likewise my ability to jet up to Seattle or Portland, > unfortunately. Perhaps a better strategy might be to focus on a local? For > example, we have CDL in Oakland, several nearby UCs, CSUs, large publics, > and community colleges to draw from. We should be able to put together a > decent showing on our own, I would imagine. > Roy > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Collier, Aaron <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Josh - it was great to see you again this year! >> >> We've got a lot of interest throughout the CSU and northern CA to form a >> regional group, Which a few of us are starting to pull together. >> >> Is there interest in expanding the LA group throughout CA? I'm also >> wondering if we should try to expand this beyond CA into a "Western >> Regional", although there is already a PNW regional or keep it somewhat >> smaller? >> >> Perhaps a discussion topic for the May meeting. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto: >> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joshua Nathan Gomez >> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 6:04 PM >> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] >> Subject: 2nd meetup for code4lib LA - May 15th >> >> We had an excellent first meeting of the code4lib Los Angeles regional >> "chapter" last month on the USC campus. Two dozen people from 10 >> institutions across the county (and beyond) showed up to talk about >> libraries and technology. Our second meeting is now scheduled and we hope >> you can join us. >> >> Date | Time: >> May 15th, 2014 | 11am to 1pm. >> >> Location: >> Santa Monica Public Library (map: http://goo.gl/maps/8mPKC) >> >> Parking: >> An underground parking structure can be accessed from 7th Street between >> Santa Monica Blvd. and Arizona Ave. The first thirty minutes are free. >> Rates are $1 per hour for the first two hours and thirty minutes. After >> that, the rate is $1 per thirty minutes. Weekdays the daily maximum is $10. >> The Library does not provide validation for parking. >> >> Agenda: >> The next meeting will again be mostly informal, but we will also have a >> few short presentations. By request, we will have a presentation on >> continuous integration & deployment and another presentation on using >> Python and the pymarc library to work with bibliographic records. >> >> If you have something you would like to present, please send me a note and >> I will add it to the agenda. We also have a shared document of topics >> requested where you can add a topic or sign up to present on one: >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvhkP_NFwnOldEVqZHg3SmpvVUFtOEctUVRmZW8ya3c&usp=sharing >> >> See you there! >> >> Joshua Gomez >> Library Systems Programmer >> University of Southern California >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "code4lib Los Angeles" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [log in to unmask] >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>