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Just one thing to consider in regards to Google Docs: accessibility. Google Docs are a bit notorious for being accessible (to screen readers) one week and not the next. To be fair, ChromeVox usually works with them, but very few people use ChromeVox at all. A practical approach would be to go with Google Docs but include a "If you have trouble editing the Google Doc file, please contact X." Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist Information Technology Services University of Washington Libraries http://staff.washington.edu/deibel -- "When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina." On 2015-02-17 11:14 AM, Becky Yoose wrote: > Cary, > > I can speak to the signup for the Newcomer Dinner signup - previous years > had the signup on the wiki, but this year we decided to try something > different for the signup that didn't require an additional account to sign > up. This should have given Ryan a bit of a break with people requesting > wiki accounts last minute to sign up for the dinner. The link to the Google > Doc was posted in the wiki, under the Newcomer dinner entry. Communications > to the list and users have linked to the wiki page (though I do count one > communication to the group that I directly linked to the Google Doc). > > If folks did not like the Google Docs setup for the dinners this year, > please let me know and I can always bring the signups back to the wiki for > future dinners. Again, it was an experiment for this year :c) > > I cannot speak for the Eventbrite pages, but my understanding that > Eventbrite came with DLF handling registration finances this year. > > Thanks, > Becky > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> This really speaks to the c4l who’s-in-charge-here / nobody is in charge / >> take the ball and run with it zeitgeist. >> >> We have one person — Ryan Wick — who carries most of the load for the >> website and the wiki. I don’t think that he, or anyone else, takes >> responsibility for organizing the content. From here,it looks like >> everything is a mix of tradition and fire prevention. Accordingly, this >> year we had: >> >> — The conference web pages on code4lib.org >> — The usual assortment of pages on wiki.code4lib.org >> — The newcomer dinner page on Google Docs >> — Stuff on Eventbrite >> >> Resulting in a mix of the usual symptoms: >> >> — No single place to find stuff >> — Conflicting information >> — Not clear editorial policy >> >> So, what do we do, and who is this “we," anyhow? >> >> The conference organizers have control, in theory, but I think that they >> are understandably loath to mess with the traditional mix. There is no >> place for them to ask a question and get a single, cogent, authoritative >> answer. >> >> Code4lib itself isn’t really a thing, just an us, and we have been loath >> to form standing committees, although we have done that after a fashion for >> scholarships and the Journal. I think that the time has come for a Code4lib >> communications task force —I love that name — to address the structure of >> our public-facing resources. Any takers. >> >> In lieu of blessings from an executive structure, the task force can do >> something with pasta to confirm its authority. >> >> Any takers? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Cary >> >>> On Feb 13, 2015, at 12:53 PM, Heller, Margaret <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> I think Sarah is absolutely right that we should have updated the >> conference information page with information about streaming, as I don't >> think most people not attending the conference would think to look at the >> wiki. Even if everyone forgot to do it during the conference that's a note >> to the future to remember to do it during the conference, and I've edited >> the page at http://code4lib.org/conference/2015 to give the link to the >> YouTube channel. >>> >>> And thanks so much video team! >>> >>> Margaret Heller >>> Digital Services Librarian >>> Loyola University Chicago >>> 773-508-2686 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >> Sarah Weissman >>> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 2:18 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon video crew thanks >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Planning these things is tough work with numerous moving parts. Could >>>> it have been posted once we were underway? Perhaps. That said there >>>> was 450 odd people who were there none of whom (the author included) >>>> thought to send a message on availability of video to this listserv. >>>> (I know for certain it was tweeted and re-tweeted) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I see what you are saying. I realize that logistics are tricky. I would >> have probably missed a mailing list message if it had come last minute. And >> I wasn't checking Twitter in a timely manner for updates on a conference I >> wasn't attending and therefore wasn't all that aware of the exact timing >> of. (Perhaps this is a great time to bump that librarians list to a more >> visible position in my Twitter feed...) >>> >>> And I should say that I'm glad that there is video to watch at all and >> grateful to the volunteer videographers that made it happen. >>