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I have no issue with Google Docs or Eventbrite. My point is that it is hard for me to find stuff when it is in so many systems, and I am used to it. I think that it is time to do something about it. On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, Becky Yoose <[log in to unmask]> 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] > <javascript:;>> 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] > <javascript:;>> 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] > <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of > > Sarah Weissman > > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 2:18 PM > > > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon video crew thanks > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:;>> > > 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. > > > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com