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2017 Keynote Committee
This group will: gather nominations from Code4Lib community; contact nominees to confirm their willingness and availability; collect bios from the available nominees and add them to the Diebold-o-Tron; support the voting process; work with the community's top nominees to schedule their keynotes; and collaborate with other committees and the community to ensure everything is communicated appropriately and logistical matters are given suitable attention.
Committee Members
- Norma Palomino - Primary Contact aka Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
- Joshua Gomez - Local Planning Contact (Southern California)
- Brian Rogers - Local Planning Contact (Chattanooga)
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Mark Sandford - Volunteer
Related Info
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, October 4, kick-off meeting:
Attendees: Brian Rogers, Joshua Gomez, Mark Sandford, Norma Palomino, Selena Chau
Minute notes:
Process milestones: 1) Call for nominations from today (Oct 4th) until Friday, October 14th. 2) Poll from October 15 through October 21st. 3) Shortlist of candidates: by Friday, Oct 21st. Committee meets again.
Required materials:
- Wiki page: http://wiki.code4lib.org/2017_Keynote_Speakers_Nominations
- Diebold-o-Tron poll (Chris Beer, cabeer@stanford.edu)
- Letters to nominees, samples: http://wiki.code4lib.org/Keynote_Committee_Duties#Initial_Nominee_Contact
Action items:
- Norma to send the wiki page link to the listserv for people to nominate
- Norma to warn Chris Beer about this upcoming poll
- Norma to send a new Doodle poll to book a meeting the week of Oct 24 to go over the nominees list
Thursday, November 10, wrap-up meeting:
Attendees: Brian Rogers, Joshua Gomez, Mark Sandford, Norma Palomino, Selena Chau
Minute notes:
- Top voted candidates: Andreas ("Dre") Orphanides and Christina Harlow
Action items:
- Norma to email top two voted candidates informing the final results and asking to choose between delivering opening or closing remarks
- Joshua to update Conference website with information about keynote speakers
