*jumps in a little late* It's totally cool to use the name and localize it. We've run a couple of really successful c4l north's up here in Canadaland.
It provides a great opportunity to expose folks to the community, network (natch as adr would say), and provide a venue for professional development. Confidence building, and hanging out really amazing with like minded people at its best! -nruest On 2011-12-15, at 20:09, Kam Woods <kamwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks! I don't see a group for south/southeast US yet. Something > maybe I can help with. Also (related), we have have various people who > are code4lib veterans coming to CurateGear in Chapel Hill on Jan 6 - > registration is inexpensive and still open for anyone who wants to > participate (especially those nearby). > > http://cfx.research.unc.edu/res_classreg/browse_single.cfm?New=1&event=0BF752F1B4AAAFBDA9ADD3FBB8F60650B71FD2AB > > \shamelessplug > > Kam > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Wick, Ryan <ryan.w...@oregonstate.edu> wrote: >> Sure. You can see what other local/regional groups have done before: >> http://code4lib.org/local >> >> Also: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Main_Page#Local_.2F_Regional_Groups >> >> >> Ryan Wick >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kam >> Woods >> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:29 PM >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] conference voting and registration >> >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <rochk...@jhu.edu> wrote: >>> On 12/15/2011 6:07 PM, Francis Kayiwa wrote: >>>> as more and more people get left out. I say if you get left out. Plan >>>> to run your $local code4lib to make up for it. >> ... >>> If you're unhappy that you can't get into code4lib, start your own >>> that you can get into! >> >> This seems like a great idea. Is it legit to use the code4lib name, logo, >> wiki, and existing web resources to organize and run local events? >> >> Kam