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One of us can pick you up at Union Station. You can return the favor when we have a meeting on your turf. On Friday, May 30, 2014, Bornheimer, Bee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yeah, it's probably very unlikely that I would travel to LA for a meet up > - I commuted to LA from SD for two years for school and haven't quite > recovered from that. :) > > I mainly was hoping to connect with some more local library geeks for > informal happy hour type get-togethers. Maybe we'll chat a little bit about > library systems, but maybe we'll just talk about local craft beer. Hard to > say at this point. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>] > On Behalf Of Salazar, Christina > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:45 AM > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib in San Diego? > > I'm not in San Diego but I am in Southern Cali and a part of the Southern > Cali group, so I feel I can weigh in on this: > > If the people in SD want to meet and can find a convenient place to do so, > for goodness sakes, let them and don't worry about "meetup" vs "local > code4lib." Just ask please Bee et al to keep in touch with the "other" > Southern Cali and other Cali groups so that we can have periodic joint > events. If there's confusion, San Diego can just call itself Northern > Mexico group (just kiddin'). > > The LA area is so hard to get around that I would much rather have a bunch > of little offshoot "local code4libs" that occasionally get together for a > larger, longer meeting than to have no one meet at all because it's so damn > difficult to get to the place where the meeting is. I don't see the harm in > many mini groups. > > I'm saying this as someone who commutes 42 miles each way to my job. I > don't think anyone else in the US who hasn't lived here can really > understand what it means to get around Southern California. > > (I cannot believe Giarlo used the "o" word - "organize.") > > Christina Salazar > Systems Librarian > John Spoor Broome Library > California State University, Channel Islands > 805/437-3198 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>] > On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:42 AM > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib in San Diego? > > That said, if the SD folks want to go out one night without having to do > much planning or coordination -- think "meetup" here rather than "local > code4lib meeting" -- they should be be encouraged to do that too. > > I would also encourage folks to keep these discussions on-list instead of > responding privately, if that's OK with Bee and other interested folks. > It'll be good for the broader community to watch the SD/SoCal crowd > self-organize, learn from it, and lend a hand where appropriate! > > -Mike > > > > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > We are trying to reformat the SoCal group to better serve the rest of > > the region, including having longer meetings. > > > > I have the ability to webcast the meetings, or at least the > > presentations, and we might be able to do that, as well. > > > > There is strength in numbers, so I hope we can hang together. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Cary > > > > On Thursday, May 29, 2014, Bornheimer, Bee <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, I know there is a Southern California meet up group for > > > Code4Lib but am wondering if there are folks on this list in San > > > Diego who would > > be > > > interested in the occasional meet-up? It sounds like the Southern > > > Cal one may be primarily LA area. > > > > > > Feel free to contact me off list. > > > > > > Bee Bornheimer > > > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> <javascript:;><mailto: > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > <javascript:;> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cary Gordon > > The Cherry Hill Company > > http://chillco.com > > > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com