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Thank you to everyone who provided information! Blake On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hey Blake, > > On 11/6/15 11:41 AM, Blake Galbreath wrote: > >> Dear Code4Lib, >> >> I am co-chairing the Online Northwest conference committee, which is going >> through a transition year. Our originating body, the Oregon University >> System library board, officially closed this summer. We’re left with some >> questions about how the conference can continue, legally and financially >> as >> well as in terms of its mission. >> >> We’re contacting leaders at other library organizations to learn how their >> library conferences are run, hoping to learn more. >> >> Would anyone from Code4Lib be willing to respond to such a query off-list? >> I have looked on the website, but could not find the appropriate person to >> contact. >> > > Sorry to hear about the demise of Online NW but hopeful it can rise from > the ashes. My first conference as a professional was Online NW. > > In any event there really isn't any one person who can adequately stand > for Code4lib Conferences. The Conferences are run from the same template[0] > and the results vary from year to year. 2015 lesson here [1] > > I for example can tell you my experience on the planning for 2013 but I'm > willing to bet people in other years will have variations of the same theme > to say about getting the conference going. > > Cheers > ./fxk > > [0] http://wiki.code4lib.org/How_To_Plan_A_Code4LibCon > [1] http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Lessons_Learned > > -- > "Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of > course, living in a state of sin." > -- John Von Neumann > -- Blake L. Galbreath Systems Librarian Eastern Oregon University One University Boulevard La Grande, OR 97850 (541) 962.3017 [log in to unmask]