Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
+1 for me. -nruest On Jan 29, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Walter Lewis wrote: > On 29 Jan 10, at 5:34 PM, Wendy Huot wrote: > >> +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May >> >> The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston. >> Bill: librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the >> clear. > > +1 for me too. > > I should note that while the standard librarian-hunting seasons overlap for > public and academic librarians, there is a special "sitting duck" hunt that > co-incides with the municipal budgeting process. In some communities, like > ours, it is actually televised (think the worst bass-fishing show you've > ever flipped past). > > Walter Nick Ruest Digital Strategies Librarian McMaster University Mills Memorial Library 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6 Phone: 905.525.9140 ext. 21276 Email: rue...@mcmaster.ca http://library.mcmaster.ca/contact/ruest-nicholas http://ruebot.net/ "Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a personal process embedded in the human spirit." - Abbie Hoffman
Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Walter Lewis wrote: I should note that while the standard librarian-hunting seasons overlap for public and academic librarians, there is a special "sitting duck" hunt that co-incides with the municipal budgeting process. In some communities, like ours, it is actually televised (think the worst bass-fishing show you've ever flipped past). You know -- there might be municipal officials on this mailing list. http://www.gazette.net/stories/01072010/laurnew154426_32560.php -Joe ps. If you think watching it's bad -- imagine if you have to do hours upon hours of research ahead of time *and* have to go to the meetings.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
On 29 Jan 10, at 5:34 PM, Wendy Huot wrote: > +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May > > The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston. > Bill: librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the clear. +1 for me too. I should note that while the standard librarian-hunting seasons overlap for public and academic librarians, there is a special "sitting duck" hunt that co-incides with the municipal budgeting process. In some communities, like ours, it is actually televised (think the worst bass-fishing show you've ever flipped past). Walter
Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston. Bill: librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the clear. Wendy -- Wendy Huot Web Development Librarian Queen's University Library Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 5C4 Phone: (613) 533-6000 ext 75250 Email: wendy.h...@queensu.ca
Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May Warren
Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
Well, the 6'th is bad for me because I have a meeting that I might not be able to get out of that is scheduled to end at 5:00 PM. However, I could still show up for drinks about 9:00 PM on the 6th, and make the 7'th. I might miss out on the beginning but as long as Friday is a full day (vs. ending at lunch time) it would be worth it for me to drive up there And who knows, maybe by the time May 6 comes around this meeting won't be all that important. If that is the case, it would be best for me if it didn't start until after, say 3:00 or 3:30 PM so I could work a half day if need-be. Edward David Fiander wrote: I concur. Thursday afternoon/evening and all day Friday works for me. +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 06:45, John Fereira wrote: MJ Suhonos wrote: +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May here as well. As long as things don't get started until late afternoon or early evening on Thursday that would give those close enough to drive the option of driving to Kingston on Thursday morning or even working part of the day on Thursday. Other than that, Thu-Fri 6-7 sounds fine.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
I concur. Thursday afternoon/evening and all day Friday works for me. +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 06:45, John Fereira wrote: > MJ Suhonos wrote: >> >> +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May here as well. >> > As long as things don't get started until late afternoon or early evening on > Thursday that would give those close enough to drive the option of driving > to Kingston on Thursday morning or even working part of the day on Thursday. > Other than that, Thu-Fri 6-7 sounds fine. >
Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
MJ Suhonos wrote: +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May here as well. As long as things don't get started until late afternoon or early evening on Thursday that would give those close enough to drive the option of driving to Kingston on Thursday morning or even working part of the day on Thursday. Other than that, Thu-Fri 6-7 sounds fine.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
+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 8Monday 3? Thursday-Friday 6-7? > 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 > 16 17 18 19 20 21 22Monday 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
[CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)
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 8Monday 3? Thursday-Friday 6-7? 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22Monday 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
