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<div>Planning for Code4Lib 2010 in Asheville, NC<br />
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=== Critical things that must work ===<br />
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* Internet access (i.e. wifi) with good bandwidth<br />
* Internet access (i.e. wifi) with good bandwidth<br />
* Internet access (i.e. wifi) with good bandwidth<br />
* Food must accommodate special dietary needs<br />
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Everything else, including quality of hotel rooms, is secondary.<br />
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=== Internet ===<br />
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* Host local mirror of #code4lib IRC - http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/pycon2007-network/<br />
* Rent G3 line for dedicated access for speakers (?)<br />
* Have a contingency aircard so at least speakers can go online (?)<br />
* Hook up to UNCA's Internet connection from the hotel (?)<br />
* bridge server (between outside and local wireless)?<br />
* forwarding server?<br />
* VPN needs to work<br />
* higher ports need to work<br />
* some wired access in room?<br />
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=== Technology (non-internet) ===<br />
* Multi-platform computer for presenters--mbklein has Mac/Windows, Ubuntu, Ctrl-key to swich beteween them<br />
* One person suggests a google docs acct to pull presentations together (still need them offline and downloadable)<br />
* Encourage those doing demos to do screencast backups<br />
* Post all info in several places. Emailed info needs to be posted to website<br />
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=== Social Activities ===<br />
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* Signup sheet for nightly dinner activities <br />
** pick out, say, 5 restaurants, encourage new attendees to connect<br />
** make reservations!<br />
* code4lib revue?<br />
* Big enough hospitality suite/spare room for evening/break activities<br />
* Provide paper maps for participants, info on places to go<br />
* Game night (esp. board games and games like Werewolf)<br />
* Bess' brother-in-law works at a microbrewery. Possible tour?<br />
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=== Food & Drink ===<br />
* solicit info about dietary needs<br />
** vegan<br />
** vegetarian<br />
** other needs specified on registration forms<br />
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* Requests <br />
** sweet tea<br />
** more beer (code4lib brew for the hospitality suite?)<br />
** more happy hours (possibly a HH before LT?)<br />
** hot breakfast<br />
** candy <br />
** hot soft pretzels & mustard<br />
** BBQ<br />
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=== Sponsorship ===<br />
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* Potential sponsor and contact list<br />
* Conference scholarships<br />
** Consider scholarship for LIS graduate students, CS undergrads<br />
* Andrew Nagy says: vendors want value, something tangible; can hit them up for more $<br />
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=== Choosing speakers ===<br />
* Ask people to write why they nominated keynote speakers<br />
* Do we need more gender diversity of keynote & 20 minute talks? (Is this important to us?)<br />
* Do we want to limit the number of speakers from any one organization?<br />
* Do we want topic-based categories when voting?<br />
** e.g. 5 high-geekiness talks<br />
** e.g. 5 theory talks<br />
** e.g. 5 UI/usability/design-centered talks<br />
* Voting needs 2 criteria: geekiness and vote preference. (In 2008 the sum of these was the total IIRC)<br />
* Reserve 1-2 spots in 20-minute talks for cutting edge speakers<br />
* How do we ensure we get fresh topics? <br />
* Do we combine pre-voting to avoid duplication?<br />
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=== Attendees ===<br />
* Who gets to come and how do we decide?<br />
** Some suggestions included: require involvement if not previous attendance<br />
** Some suggestions included: open to previous attendees a day before the main conference<br />
** Some suggestions included: keep it as is<br />
* How do we encourage international participation when we're not in the same town as an <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.outdoorfountains.com/ <span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">outdoor fountains</span>] international airport?<br />
* Can it be bigger? Do we want it to be? Or do we value the smaller crowd and the more personal, professional connections it affords?<br />
* Who is the conference for?<br />
** library systems<br />
** software engineers<br />
** programmers<br />
** librarians<br />
** designers<br />
** ???<br />
* "This is the only conference for coders"; "Saw no code, so I'm here to give a LT"<br />
* Do-it-yourself crowd<br />
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=== Choosing 2011 venue ===<br />
* Announce the process early in the conference so that people can get set up with logins<br />
* Reminder during the last day of voting<br />
* Evaluate internet from 2010: do we need to be at a university for internet conference support?<br />
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=== Integration with IRC, twitter stream, and other backstreams ===<br />
* Is IRC the 'backchannel'? OR is the conference the once-yearly 'frontchannel'?<br />
* Consider suggestions from http://pistachioconsulting.com/twitter-presentations/ regarding integration with backchannel. <br />
** e.g. offer speakers help monitoring the channel ('an ombudsman for the audience')<br />
* Advice from dev8 via BenO:<br />
** @davetaz setup projection/feed of the twittered #dev8d tags + @andymcg set up a netvibe channel to follow the tags elsewhere @jschneider Twitter feed screen in bkgd of these photos: http://is.gd/jOwW http://is.gd/jOxd & see @jvvw review of event: http://is.gd/jOxy<br />
* Make it easier for people to find IRC<br />
** "code4lib station" with signup info and help?<br />
* Not everybody multistreams. Would multiple rooms help (reduce volume)? Or...?<br />
* Publish backchannel, e.g. http://reallywow.com/c4l09/logslice/20090225/14:00-14:20<br />
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=== Openness & transparency, getting to know people ===<br />
* a code4lib program/conference committee providing support and accumulated wisdom to the organizing committee<br />
* Wordle nametags (popular at dev8. what happens if people don't have blogs/twitterstreams/friendfeed/etc?)<br />
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=== Video ===<br />
* Sync the timecode in the video with the IRC logs<br />
* 3rd camera for IRC?<br />
* Highlights reel from previous year at end of 2010 conference?<br />
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=== Lightning Talks Do's and Don'ts ===<br />
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* Have an MC/cat herder lined up in advance<br />
* Don't have one entity do two LTs back to back<br />
* Ask those who've already spoken to "go last" <br />
** e.g. only present if there's time)-- "share the air"<br />
** Do we need a policy or clarity on expectations? (e.g. no repeats)<br />
* Create a LT do's and dont's page in the conference webspace<br />
** link to existing LT advice<br />
* 2 projectors, minimum. 3 if possible (3rd to display backchannels)<br />
* make transitions to LT during coffeebreak or other downtime<br />
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=== Advice for speakers ===<br />
* Font up<br />
* Speak up<br />
* Introduce yourself<br />
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=== Breakouts ===<br />
* Consider setting 2-3 breakouts in advance<br />
* Have 1-2 'unbreakout' sessions<br />
* 11 is too many, IMO<br />
* Trouble when different people are at different levels with a software discussed<br />
** how to know in advance?<br />
** Fedora access controls<br />
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=== List of Interesting things in Asheville, for future reference ===<br />
''see also [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=107701218656997471821.00046117cc493635eebc1 Google Map], [http://digital.library.appstate.edu/code4lib2010.html proposal]''<br />
* The Chocolate Fetish<br />
* Woolworth Gallery (collaborative arts and crafts sale space in an old Woolworth's, with intact, functional lunch bar and a Swedish furniture shop in the basement)<br />
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[[Category: Code4Lib2010]]</div>Allensmith