+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May here as well. MJ
On 2010-01-27, at 10:50 PM, William Denton wrote: > I went through all the mail about this and counted a + for each of the top > two choices people made (if they made two; otherwise just one + for their > single vote). The results: > > Kingston +++++++++++ > Montreal +++++++ > Ottawa +++++ > Toronto > Sudbury > Hamilton > > (No-one really came out as wanting it in Toronto, though obviously it's there > and it seems to be a fallback for everyone.) > > Kingston came out on top, as a nice city, in the middle of everything, with > people ready to help, and easy to get to my bus/train/car, if not by > plane---but then it's expected, being a local chapter, that people will be > coming from nearby, so that's not really a problem. > > So unless people see a need for a more definite vote, it seems like we're OK > with Kingston. Is that cool? > > Next we need to decide dates. We had these comments: > > April/May > not 16 April - 16 May > not end of April > not end of April > after April > May/June > second half of May > not 10-11 May (Canadian ETD and Open Repositories in Ottawa) > not 9 May-13 May (ELUNA, Fort Worth, Texas) > > And there are two long weekends to avoid because people will be busy: > > not Monday 31 May (Memorial Day in US) > not Monday 24 May (Victoria Day in Canada) > > Assuming it will be in Kingston, Wendy, are there any dates to avoid because > of something happening there, like Annual Everything Is Closed Day or a > special Hunt the Librarian event? > > `cal may 2010` tells me: > > May 2010 > Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa > 1 > 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Monday 3? Thursday-Friday 6-7? > 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 > 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Monday 17? > 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 > > Thursday-Friday 6-7 May (perhaps Thursday night and Friday all day?) seems > like it fits almost all but one date range. Two Mondays would also work, 3 > May and 17 May. If we want to keep it to one working day that could mean > doing it all on Monday, or configuring ourselves Sunday night and being > around Monday. I think a Thursday-Friday seems better, though---people can > travel back Friday night or Saturday, as they want, and that means more time > for hanging out on Friday night. > > How should we do the dates? Given the April/May range, and the suggested > restrictions, I think these are the days that work. Can we vote on the list, > or should we do a Doodle thingie? > > If we can vote here then I say > > +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May > > Bill > -- > William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org www.frbr.org openfrbr.org
