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So wouldn't this be solved by having one authoritative place to point to all of the various pieces related to a particular conference? Perhaps all we need to do is to be better about making sure that the Conference page on code4lib.org points to *everything* relating to that conference. That seems achievable to me. Roy On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 >