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C4L2010 social activities

2010-02-11T22:06:30Z

76.182.99.174: /* Beer Cruise Signup */

==Code4Lib 2010 social activities ==

==Ideas==
[http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009912010314 New breweries opening]

[http://digital.library.appstate.edu/code4lib2010.html Original Proposal (suggests some nearby events)]

[http://ashevilletwitterhashtags.blogspot.com/2009/09/asheville-beer-avlbeer.html Asheville Beer Hashtag]

==Planned events==

Plan one if you like! Either on your own or you can [[Committees_sign-up_page|join the social activities committee]].

== Asheville Brews Cruise ==

"Experience a taste of Asheville’s thriving local beer scene with an exclusive tour of three of our award-winning microbreweries." - http://www.brewscruise.com/asheville/

This activity will be Tuesday night starting at 6pm and leaving from the hotel. First stop will be the Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. to sample 16-20 different beers and eat some pizza (food billed separately). Then two more stops at the French Broad Brewery and the Highland Brewing Company for more beer sampling and learning about their brewery process.

The cost will be $40/person (not including pizza). The minimum number of folks we need is 16. <s>There is no maximum.</s> Due to logistics of transportation and size of the establishments we'll be visiting I've had to set a max of 48 persons.

==== Beer Cruise Signup ====

Please indicate interest in the Beer Cruise by adding your name to the list below. We'll figure out a way to coordinate and communicate the details somewhere down the line.

# Jay Luker (organizing, not driving)
# Mike Giarlo (inebriator)
# Rob Casson (drunk)
# Declan Fleming (beer receptacle)
# Jim Safley (recovering teetotaler)
# Ian Walls (epicurean of ale)
# Christopher Spalding (thirsty)
# Jon Gorman (imbiber of that which is good)
# Lori Stethers (token female)
# Carol Ou (beer enthusiast)
# Cristóbal Palmer (Reinheitsgebot skeptic)
# Tod Olson (enabler)
# Mark Matienzo (alefounder)
# Sibyl Schaefer (barfly)
# Laney McGlohon (brewmaster's assistant)
# Tania Fersenheim (Gold Medalist - Ithaca Beerlympics - Summer 1993)
# Melissa Manolis (Beer lacky and Librarian Groupie)
# Greg McClellan (master of beerology and beeronomy)
# Cary Gordon (hip hoppist)
# Mark Gallagher (Thing 1)
# Matt Bachtell (Thing 2)
# Sarah Kahn (has no title)
# Thom Cox (afraid of rectangles)
# Eric James (pour)
# Ray Schwartz (mighty thirsty)
# Jason Stirnaman (all about the stout)
# Mike Flakus (ipa all the way)
# Ben Florin (sounds neat--what's "beer"?)
# Ryan Wick (it comes in pints?)
# Sam Kome (have churchkey, will travel)
# Joe Atzberger
# Brendan Gallagher
# Chris Beer
# Tom Keays (growler)
# Ross Singer (empty vessel waiting to be filled)
# Eric Hellman (49 IBU)
# Paul Joseph (i bike leer)
# Cody Hennesy (don't mind if i do)
# Michael Vandenburg
# Stephen Meyer (Wisconsinite)
# Antonio Barrera
# Andrew Nagy
# Rosalyn Metz
# Esmé Cowles
# Dea Rice (Duchess of Ales)
# Sean Hannan (Peer Pressured)
# Scott Garrison (just made it by the froth of his beer?)
# Dan Suchy ( [no longer] late and full of regret) (berick: Dan, you get my spot. you better get double drunk for me!)

'''There is a max of 48 persons for this event. Sorry!'''

'''Wait List'''

== 12 Bones BBQ Dinner Excursion ==
(was a lunch excursion)

[http://www.12bones.com/ 12 Bones BBQ] is widely considered the best BBQ in Asheville [[http://www.yelp.com/biz/12-bones-smokehouse-asheville *]]. However it is only open from 11-4, M-F. We would like to organize a group so that we can rent out the place on Wednesday night. If we get at least 50 people, it will be doable.

'''When:''' Wednesday, February 24th

'''Time:''' 6:30pm

'''Where:''' 5 Riverside Drive Asheville NC, 28801

==== BBQ Excursion Signup ====

For the time being please indicate interest in the BBQ excursion by adding your name to the list below. We'll figure out a way to coordinate and communicate the details somewhere down the line.

# Rosalyn Metz (the new organizer)
# Jay Luker (demoted but still devoted)
# Mike Giarlo (consumer)
# Rob Casson (glutton)
# Declan Fleming (condor)
# Erik Hatcher (carnivore)
# Christopher Spalding (digs swine)
# Mike Durbin (Porkaholic)
# Jeremy Frumkin (alloftheabove)
# Jon Gorman (Aficionado of smoke, flame, and good sauces)
# Michael Klein (EAT PIG)
# Mark Matienzo (saucy fellow)
# Cary Gordon (do they have vegan pig?)
# Sibyl Schaefer (finger licker)
# Greg McClellan (Mmmm... Pig)
# Ranti Junus (beef and chicken cheerleader)
# Tania Fersenheim (can't think of any non-vulgar tag lines)
# Matt Bachtell (hope they have vinegar based BBQ)
# Ray Schwartz (I eat vegetarians)
# Dileshni Jayasinghe (I just like to eat)
# Joe Atzberger (con carne)
# Michael Doran (a YES for Wednesday night)
# Thom Cox (ancho pepper addict)
# Chris Strauber (meat and flame!)
# Cindy Harper (I'm sorry, Babe)
# Brendan Gallagher
# Chris Beer
# Alexander O'Neill
# Bess Sadler
# Joyce Ouchida
# Ross Singer (Some Pig)
# Tod Olson (omnivore sans dilemma)
# Paul Joseph
# Vinita Tuteja
# Robin Hitch
# Ryan Wick
# Becky Yoose (bringing the wetwipe napkins)
# Joyce Chapman
# Andrew Darby
# Cory Lown
# Peter Murray (who knows that NC BBQ means one has to actually add the BBQ sauce)
# Jean Rainwater
# Matt Cordial
# Carol Ou (dinnertime excursion works for me)
# Karen Coombs
# Dan Lucas
# Gerald Snyder
# Michael Silver
# Julia Bauder (dinner partier)
# Jonathan Brinley
# Stephanie and Titus Brinley (fun for the whole family!)
# Jørn Thøgersen
# Michael Poltorak Nielsen
# Toke Eskildsen
# Mads Villadsen (the Danes are coming for Wednesday night BBQ!)
# Andreas Orphanides (I want to go to there.)
# Michael Vandenburg
# Wendy Huot
# David Bucknum
# Jason Casden
# Graham Stewart
# Joseph Ryan
# Dhanushka Samarakoon
# Eric Crenshaw
# Katherine Lynch
# Stephen Meyer
# Antonio Barrera (whats a BBQ without me)
# Ron Peterson
# Andrew Nagy (no witty comment)
# Corey Harper (Mmmmmm..... Carolina Pulled Pig)
# Eric Palmitesta
# Ben Florin
# Emily Lynema (pulled pork delicious)
# Erik Mitchell (Who could turn down an 80 person dinner experience?)
# Mike Flakus (pulled-porker)
# Matt Connolly (Memphian)
# Ian Walls
# Benjamin Young (BBQ is a noun)
# Esmé Cowles

'''Sorry there is an 80 person limit for this event'''

'''Wait List'''
# Tim Dennis
# Harry Kaplanian
# Ryan Scherle
# Amy McGuire
# Jason Battles
# Hong Ma
# Vanessa Meireles

==Vegetarian Dinner (Weds, AKA BBQ night)==

[http://opheliasworldcafe.info/ Ophelia's World Cafe and Bar] does vegetarian, vegan, raw, gluten-free, sustainable seafood, and locally-raised meat products, with a focus on local and organic. Also, a full bar. [http://www.yelp.com/biz/ophelias-world-cafe-and-bar-asheville yelp reviews].

* 6:30pm
* max of 30 people
* We need to make the reservation at least one week in advance so we'll consider sign-up closed on the 16th or when we hit 30, whichever comes first.

# Jodi Schneider
# Maccabee Levine (token male)
# Eric Hellman (token carnivore)
# Carol Bean
# Sam Kome (omnivorous w/exception of BBQ)
# Dea Rice (Socialite)
# Sean Hannan (token token collector)
# Vidhya Arvind
# Cristóbal Palmer
# Lori Stethers
# Rick Johnson
# Anna Headley
# Kevin Clarke
# Gabriel Farrell
# Eric James
# Betsy Coles
# Harish Maringanti
# Emily Molanphy
# Shawn Averkamp
# Kevin Reiss
# Birkin
# Jon Stroop
# Birong Ho
# William Denton
# Gretchen Gueguen
# Steven Shelton
# Banurekha Lakshminarayanan
# Dan Brubaker Horst
# Martin Mehrling
# Dan Chudnov
# '''We're full!'''

== Newcomer Dinner ==
First time at code4lib? Join fellow c4l newbies and veterans for an evening of food, socializing, and stimulating discussions about the many uses of bacon.

Code4Lib veterans, you're invited too. Join us in welcoming the newcomers!

'''Tentative plans (more information to come)'''
* When: Monday evening
* Time: 6 PM
* Where: Meet in the hotel lobby. Restaurants - Look below
* Mastermind (if you have any questions): [mailto:yoosebj@muohio.edu Becky Yoose]

=== Newcomer Dinner Signup ===

'''Restaurants'''

''Guidelines:''
*Max of '''8''' per location
**Please, no waitlisting :(
*ID yourselves so we can get a good mix of new people and veterans
**New folks - n
**c4l vets - v
*One leader needed for each location (code4lib vets only)
**Leader duties
***Make reservations if required; otherwise make sure that the restaurant can handle a group of 8 rowdy library coders
***Herd folks from hotel to restaurant (know where you're going!)

'''Spots still available below!'''

[http://www.vincenzos.com/ Vincenzo's] (Italian)
# [Leader] Bess Sadler - v
# Thom Cox - n
# Alexander O'Neill - n
# Leland Deeds - n

[http://www.trippsrestaurants.com/ Tripps Restaurant] (Steakhouse)
# [Leader]
#

[http://ashevillebouchon.com/page/2511-Home Bouchon French Bistro] (French)
# [Leader] Ben Florin -v
# Gwen Exner - n
# Joel Richard - n
# Dan Lucas - n
# Hong Ma - n
# Vanessa Meireles - n

[http://tableasheville.com/page/276-home Table] (“New American”)
# [Leader] Devon Smith - v
# Anna Headley - n
# Cory Rockliff - n

[http://www.doccheys.com/menu/ Doc Chey’s Noodle House] (Asian)
# [Leader] Emily Lynema - v
# Julia Bauder - n
# Joe Marquez - n
# Jason Battles - n
# Jill Ellern - n

[http://www.mellowmushroom.com/ Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers] (Pizza)
# [Leader]
#

'''Sorry, these are full'''

[http://www.melaasheville.com/ Mela Indian Restaurant] (Indian)
# [Leader] Andrew Darby - v
# Joyce Ouchida - n
# Eric Celeste (spy) - n
# Kossivi (Jean-Paul) Bessou - n
# Steven Shelton - n
# Jeff Silvis - n
# Ya'aqov Ziso - n
# Banurekha - n
# '''Sorry - full'''

[http://www.ichibanwasabi.com/ Wasabi Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar] (Japanese)
# [Leader] Ranti Junus - v
# Caitlin Shanley - n
# Erin White - n
# Joel Marchesoni - n
# Ken Rogers - n
# Chris Strauber - n
# Jodi Schneider - v
# Joyce Chapman - n
# '''Sorry - full'''

[http://rosettaskitchen.com/our-menu Rosetta's Kitchen] (Vegetarian)
# [Leader] Rosalyn Metz -v
# Cody Hennesy - n
# Sam Kome - n
# John Yorio - n
# Shawn Averkamp - n
# Sarah Kahn- n
# Cory Lown - n
# Maccabee Levine - n
# '''Sorry - full'''

[http://www.suwanathaiorchid.com/index.php Suwana's Thai Orchid Restaurant] (Thai)
# [Leader] Becky Yoose - v
# Andy Mardesich - n
# Amy McGuire
# Birong HO
# Ryan Scherle - n
# Mark Mounts - n
# Dan Brubaker Horst -n
# Rick Johnson - n
# '''Sorry - full'''

[http://thelobstertrap.biz/ The Lobster Trap] (Seafood)
# [Leader] Michael Klein - v
# Janis Mathewson - n
# Karen Schwentner - n
# Tom Bennett - n
# Carol Ou - v
# Kenny Ketner - n
# Mike Flakus - n
# Michael Doran - v
# '''Sorry - full'''

[http://www.ashevillebiergarden.com/ The Bier Garden (Pub)]
# [Leader] Mike Giarlo - v
# Dileshni Jayasinghe - n
# David Bucknum - n
# Sean Chen - n
# Sibyl Schaefer - n
# Dan Suchy - n
# Mark Matienzo - v
# Declan Fleming - v
# '''Sorry - full'''
# Eric Palmitesta -n (WAITLISTED!) - (BY note - Hi Eric, can you please choose from the available list above? Thanks!)

Cut and paste your name to the restaurant of your choice :)
* Ross Singer
* Cindy Harper
* Monica Claassen-Wilson
* Brendan Gallagher
* Yuka Egusa
* Masao Takaku
* Schuyler Erle
* Tim Shearer
* Michael Silver
* Jason Stirnaman
* Patrick Hochstenbach
* Emily King
* David Chandek-Stark
* David Kennedy
* Paul Joseph
* Vinita Tuteja
* Clint Bellanger
* Wendy Huot
* Robin Hitch
* Cary Gordon (likes anything that involves food)
* Michael Vandenburg
* Graham Stewart
* David Woodbury
* Antonio Barrera
* Andrew Nagy
* Harry Kaplanian
* Scott Garrison
* Kevin Reiss

== Werewolf! ==
It wouldn't be a tech conference unless we got together one evening to turn into a gang of murdering beasts and hyper-suspicious victims. Facilitated by the one and only mbklein.

* When: Wednesday evening
* Time: 8 PM
* Where: TBA. Watch this space.

=== Werewolf signup ===
* Michael Klein
* Alexander O'Neill
* Bess Sadler
* Leland Deeds
* Jean Rainwater
* Chris Beer
* Wendy Huot
* Jon Gorman
* Jodi Schneider
* Birkin (will arrive after the veggie-dinner, and hoping BBQ-ers will have time to make it, too)
* Harish (ditto)
* Jon Stroop
* Joel Marchesoni (tentative)
* Martin Mehrling
* Michael Vandenburg

== Working Out ==
Gotta make up for that BBQ excursion somehow. Let's work out! Ideas: jogging or [http://www.crossfitasheville.com CrossFitting] (Monday evening, 5:30pm or 6:30pm). Signup:

* Erik Hatcher (game for both jogging and CrossFitting, bring it!)
* Erik Mitchell (Run downtown asheville or the parkway? - great 12 mile climb up the parkway around Pisgah Mtn.), How about a Code4Lib half-marathon? (Why NOT! Let's do a Half Marathon) - Ray Schwartz
**Bike riding - yes might be sketchy given our current weather
**Hike up Looking Glass Rock [http://www.hikewnc.info/trailheads/pisgah/pisgah/guidedhikes/lookingglassrock.html]
* Emily Lynema (game for jogging, hiking, walking, jumping jacks; not crazy enough for parkway running!)
* Ray Schwartz (game for a run - why not a half marathon?!).
* Rick Johnson (Looking to fit in a 10, 12 ,and 8 mile run while in town. Was originally thinking I would go early in the morning: 6:30 or 7. May not be able to run together everytime but definitely looking for suggestions on good routes)
* Thom Cox (lifting, cardio, yoga--all good)
* Jason Stirnaman (hiking, biking - don't mind the weather, lifting, cross-fitting)
* Jean Rainwater (need to get some runs in where the footing's not treacherous and the temp is above freezing)
* Gerald Snyder (a couple mornings jogging would be good, but only 4 or 5 miles for me thanks)
* Jodi Schneider (CrossFitting sounds fun if we can fit in [http://www.crossfitasheville.com/schedule/ their schedule], yoga, walking, hiking)
* Becky Yoose (hiking (intermediate level max), walking, cheer others on while they run a half marathon)
* Carol Bean (does shivering in the cold count as exercise?)
* John Barneson (I'm game for a.m. runs 5-10 miles. I would love a nice scenic route and I don't mind trail running)
* Gabriel Farrell (running, yoga, pickup soccer?)
* Kevin Reiss (running/hiking)
* Jeff Sherwood (I'd be into getting in a Crossfit WOD or maybe a run)
* Nick Hanssens (yoga; I teach if there is space and interest)
* Michael Vandenburg (Crossfit curious)
* Ranti Junus (yoga, walking, thumb wrestling - maybe)

== Sitting in a room together and half the time talking to each other out loud and half the time talking in IRC ==

Because you know it's going to happen

* William Denton
* Mike Giarlo (fulfiller of destinies)
* /ignore mjgiarlo
* Antonio Barrera (trying to avoid a repeat of Portland)
* Jodi Schneider (one of the highlights!!!)
* Bess Sadler (can it be in the hospitality suite at 4am? That's the best!)
* Mark Matienzo

[[Category: Code4Lib2010]]

C4L2010 social activities

2010-01-19T22:30:03Z

76.182.99.174: /* Beer Cruise Signup */

2010 Preconference Proposals

2009-11-20T22:24:48Z

76.182.99.174: /* Proposals for 2010 Code4LibCon Preconferences */

== Proposals for 2010 Code4LibCon Preconferences ==

Proposals will close Friday November 20 so we can finalize the list and add them to registration!

'''Please include a "Contact/Responsible Individual" name and email address so we know who is willing to put on the proposed precon.'''

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This is a proposal for several pre-conference sessions that would fit together nicely for people interested in implementing a next-gen catalog system.
Contact for organizing all of these: Bess Sadler -- bess@virginia.edu

1. Morning session - Solr White Belt
Instructor: Bess Sadler (anyone else want to join me?)
The journey of solr mastery begins with installation. We will then proceed to data types, indexing, querying, and inner harmony. You will leave this session with enough information to start running a solr service with your own data.

2. Morning session - Solr Black Belt
Instructors: Erik Hatcher and Naomi Dushay
Amaze your friends with your ability to combine boolean and weighted searching. Confound your enemies with your mastery of the secrets of dismax. Leave slow queries in the dust as you performance tune solr within an inch of its life.

3. Afternoon session - Blacklight
Instructors: Naomi Dushay, Jessie Keck, and Bess Sadler
Apply your solr skills to running Blacklight as a front end for your library catalog, institutional repository, or anything you can index into solr. We'll cover installation, source control with git, local modifications, test driving development, and writing object-specific behaviors. You'll leave this workshop ready to revolutionize discovery at your library. Solr white belts or black belts are welcome.

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* Serials Solutions Hackathon (Andrew Nagy, Harry Kaplanian) - full day or half day
Connecting Serials Solutions Fed Search, Link resolver or Summon to almost anything (such as OCLC, ILS systems, Drupal, whatever). Additionally, participants will have full access to the Summon API - providing search access to over 500 million academic documents. Serials Solutions staff will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate various technologies.

* Hacker 101/102/201/202 (Dan Chudnov) - either just-morning, or 101/102 morning, 201/202 afternoon - a friendly session to help people still newish with the coding thing to get up to speed a little more

* OCLC Web Services Boot Camp and Lightning Talk Demos (Contact/Responsible person: Roy Tennant, tennantr@oclc.org) - full day thorough coverage of a suite of APIs and the essentials about the underlying technologies (e.g., SRU, CQL, Atom, OpenSearch, etc.) to get you going right away. Also time to show off what you've done to mashup library data in the past (not limited only to OCLC services), in a 5-10 minute presentation.

* Koha Hackfest/Best-practices meeting (Contact/Responsible person: who?)- full or half day - working on Koha bugs and enhancements, discussing best practices to solve common workflow and technical issues, developing helper scripts for data migration, connection to external systems, etc.

* Web Services & Widgets - Organizers: Godmar Back & Annette Bailey (Contact/Responsible person: Godmar Back (gback@cs.vt.edu) - a half day interactive workshop that explains how to create practical web services and widgets for libraries. The focus will be on creating web services for and integrating widgets into the services your library has already implemented and deployed (OPAC, Resolver, etc.). We will explain what is possible and how to do it, particularly for systems where librarians have limited or no control of the back-end. This workshop will be targeted at beginning-level programmers. Technologies covered will include advanced JavaScript/jQuery and JSON.

* Evergreen Development Round table -- Organizer: Bill Erickson (erickson @ esilibrary.com) - Half day. Update on development, plans for future development, clearing paths for community involvement, documentation project, what's up with acquisitions, general Q & A, and more. As code4lib heads South again, Evergreen developers, users, and advocates will be there to meet it. The discussion will be a mix of general and technical.

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