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| − | Hosting a conference is complex, and it cannot be done without the help of the entire community. If you are interested in being an awesome person and applying your skills to a particular part of the Code4Lib | + | Hosting a conference is complex, and it cannot be done without the help of the entire community. If you are interested in being an awesome person and applying your skills to a particular part of the Code4Lib 2026 conference, create an account on this wiki and sign-up for one or more of the groups below (please provide a contact). Each committee must have a Primary Contact (chair), Secondary Contact (co-chair), and Documentarian Chair, Primary Contact |
==Planning Committee== | ==Planning Committee== | ||
Also known as the Local Planning Committee, although there is no requirement for the members to be local. | Also known as the Local Planning Committee, although there is no requirement for the members to be local. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 Planning Committe|2026 Planning Committee Documents]] |
| − | * | + | * Ann Marie Mesco - Primary Contact, Chair |
| − | * | + | * Ken Rose - Secondary Contact, CoChair |
| − | * | + | * Esmé Cowles - Documentarian |
| − | * | + | * Erin Swift - Volunteer |
| + | * Joelen Pastva - Volunteer | ||
| + | * Lina Crowe - Volunteer | ||
| + | * Kelly Woessner - Volunteer | ||
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - Volunteer | * [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - Volunteer | ||
| − | * | + | * Sam Lemley - Volunteer |
| + | * Jason Glenn - Volunteer | ||
| + | * Jon Mcintire - Volunteer | ||
| + | * Yingxue Li - Volunteer | ||
== Website Working Group == | == Website Working Group == | ||
This group will focus on content strategy and feature implementations for the conference website to improve the overall experience for users (i.e., on-site and remote attendees, speakers, potential sponsors, post-conference users). | This group will focus on content strategy and feature implementations for the conference website to improve the overall experience for users (i.e., on-site and remote attendees, speakers, potential sponsors, post-conference users). | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 Website Working Group Documents|2026 Website Working Group Documents]] |
| − | * | + | * [[User:Phette23|Eric Phetteplace]] - Primary Contact, Chair |
| − | * | + | * [[User:TripKirkpatrick|Trip Kirkpatrick]], CoChair |
| − | * | + | * Esmé Cowles - Documentarian, LPC liaison |
| − | * | + | * Mike Paulmeno - Volunteer |
| − | * | + | * [[User:RickyLee|Ricky Lee]] - Volunteer |
| + | * Kim Shepherd - Volunteer | ||
* Your Name Here - Volunteer | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
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This group involves working with the Planning Committee to close any budget gaps and talking to potential sponsors to find the level that is right for them. | This group involves working with the Planning Committee to close any budget gaps and talking to potential sponsors to find the level that is right for them. | ||
| − | [ | + | [2026 Budget and Sponsorship Documents] |
* Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair | * Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair | ||
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair | * Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair | ||
* Your Name Here - Documentarian | * Your Name Here - Documentarian | ||
| − | * | + | * Kelly Woessner - Volunteer, LPC Liaison |
* Your Name Here - Volunteer | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
* Your Name Here - Volunteer | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
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From the chair: This committee will start meeting around mid-October and wrap up in mid-January, when we hand off our selected keynoters to Concentra for further logistics. Please ask me (@thatandromeda) in Slack if you have questions about serving on this committee. | From the chair: This committee will start meeting around mid-October and wrap up in mid-January, when we hand off our selected keynoters to Concentra for further logistics. Please ask me (@thatandromeda) in Slack if you have questions about serving on this committee. | ||
| − | * Andromeda Yelton | + | * Andromeda Yelton, Chair |
| − | * Maccabee Levine | + | * Maccabee Levine, CoChair |
| − | * Andrew Battelini | + | * Your Name Here - Documentarian |
| − | + | * Andrew Battelini - Volunteer; abattel@emory.edu (and on Slack) | |
* Ranti Junus - Volunteer | * Ranti Junus - Volunteer | ||
| − | * | + | * Carl Haynes-Magyar - Volunteer - cchmagyar@pitt.edu |
| + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
| − | == Pre- | + | == Workshop Committee (Pre / Post-Conference)== |
This committee plans the pre or post-conference day (TBD). It keeps strong lines of communications open with the Program Committee. It also helps shepherd events on the day itself. | This committee plans the pre or post-conference day (TBD). It keeps strong lines of communications open with the Program Committee. It also helps shepherd events on the day itself. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 Pre-conference Documents|2026 Pre-conference Documents]] |
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair |
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair | * Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair | ||
* Your Name Here - Documentarian | * Your Name Here - Documentarian | ||
| − | + | * Minhao Jiang (minhao.jiang@wayne.edu) - Volunteer | |
| − | * Minhao Jiang ( | + | * Ann Marie Mesco - Volunteer/LPC Liaison |
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer |
| − | * | + | |
== Program Committee == | == Program Committee == | ||
This committee plans the structure of the program, arranges the voting on presentations, etc. This includes soliciting regular talks. These folks will also manage the flow of the program at the conference -- introducing speakers or soliciting other volunteers to MC. Committee membership will be capped at 10 members. | This committee plans the structure of the program, arranges the voting on presentations, etc. This includes soliciting regular talks. These folks will also manage the flow of the program at the conference -- introducing speakers or soliciting other volunteers to MC. Committee membership will be capped at 10 members. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 Program Documents|2026 Program Documents]] |
| − | * | + | * Jessica McMillen - Primary Contact, Chair |
* Dre - Secondary Contact, CoChair | * Dre - Secondary Contact, CoChair | ||
| − | * | + | * Clara Turp - Documentarian |
| − | * | + | * Matt Sherman - Volunteer |
| − | * [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - Volunteer | + | * Caleb Derven - Volunteer |
| − | + | * [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - Volunteer - LPC Liaison | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
== Scholarship Committee == | == Scholarship Committee == | ||
This committee works with funding institutions to arrange the scholarships offered. They solicit submissions and select winners of the scholarship(s). They also work with the winners to plan their travel and arrangements. | This committee works with funding institutions to arrange the scholarships offered. They solicit submissions and select winners of the scholarship(s). They also work with the winners to plan their travel and arrangements. | ||
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair |
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair |
* Your Name Here - Documentarian | * Your Name Here - Documentarian | ||
| − | * [[User: | + | * [[User:ChristineSalek|Christine Salek]] - Volunteer |
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer |
| + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
== Community Support Squad (CSS) == | == Community Support Squad (CSS) == | ||
| − | This group responds to violations and concerns regarding [https://github.com/code4lib/code-of-conduct/blob/main/code_of_conduct.md the Code4Lib code of conduct] and ensures that the event is safe and enjoyable for all attendees. More details here: https:// | + | This group responds to violations and concerns regarding [https://github.com/code4lib/code-of-conduct/blob/main/code_of_conduct.md the Code4Lib code of conduct] and ensures that the event is safe and enjoyable for all attendees. More details here: https://2026.code4lib.org/conduct/#volunteers and here: https://github.com/code4lib/code-of-conduct/blob/main/transparency_reports/2023_national_conference_annual_report.md. |
== T-Shirt Committee == | == T-Shirt Committee == | ||
This committee organizes the t-shirt contest, collecting submissions, and putting out the call for votes. This committee is also responsible for helping the local planning committee identify a vendor that will fit within the budget constraints for the conference. User sizes and preferences will be obtained as part of the registration process. | This committee organizes the t-shirt contest, collecting submissions, and putting out the call for votes. This committee is also responsible for helping the local planning committee identify a vendor that will fit within the budget constraints for the conference. User sizes and preferences will be obtained as part of the registration process. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 T-Shirt Documents|2026 T-Shirt Documents]] |
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair |
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair |
| + | * Your Name Here - Documentarian | ||
| + | * [[User:ChristineSalek|Christine Salek]] - Volunteer | ||
| + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
| + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
== Online Volunteer Committee == | == Online Volunteer Committee == | ||
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This committee wrangles people to volunteer for the following duties: | This committee wrangles people to volunteer for the following duties: | ||
| − | '''Looking for opportunities to help out at the conference? See [[ | + | '''Looking for opportunities to help out at the conference? See [[2026 Conference Volunteers]]''' |
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 Online Volunteer Documents|2026 Online Volunteer Documents]] |
* Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair | * Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair | ||
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This committee organizes social activities for the conference, including the Newcomer Dinner (for in-person conferences) and other after/before conference hours activities (for in-person and virtual conferences). This committee also facilitates the process for attendee-planned social activities for virtual and in-person conferences. | This committee organizes social activities for the conference, including the Newcomer Dinner (for in-person conferences) and other after/before conference hours activities (for in-person and virtual conferences). This committee also facilitates the process for attendee-planned social activities for virtual and in-person conferences. | ||
| − | + | 2026 Social Activities Documents - Contact the Primary Contact/Chair for access to the Google Drive folder | |
| − | * Your Name Here - | + | * Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair |
| − | * Your Name Here - | + | * Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair |
| − | * Your Name Here - | + | * Your Name Here - Documentarian |
| + | * [[User:ElaineKong|Elaine Kong]] - Volunteer; elainekong@pitt.edu | ||
| + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
| + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
== Streaming Video Committee == | == Streaming Video Committee == | ||
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* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair | * Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair | ||
* Your Name Here - Documentarian | * Your Name Here - Documentarian | ||
| − | * | + | * [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - Volunteer |
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer |
| − | * | + | * Your Name Here - Volunteer |
| − | == Code4Lib | + | == Code4Lib 2027 Host Voting Committee == |
This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process. | This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process. | ||
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== Book Giveaway Committee == | == Book Giveaway Committee == | ||
| − | This committee solicits free copies of books from various publishers or free keys/copies of programs from various companies | + | This committee solicits free copies of books from various publishers or free keys/copies of programs from various companies. |
| − | * | + | [[2026 Book Giveaway Committee|2026 Book Giveaway Committee]] |
| − | * | + | |
| + | * Michael B. Klein - Primary Contact, Chair | ||
| + | * Ranti Junus - Secondary Contact, CoChair | ||
* Your Name Here - Documentarian | * Your Name Here - Documentarian | ||
* Your Name Here - Volunteer | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
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This committee will assist attendees with IRC and Slack. | This committee will assist attendees with IRC and Slack. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 IRC and Slack Documents|2026 IRC and Slack Documents]] |
* Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair | * Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair | ||
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Document and address major points of the conference that are not accessible for conference attendees. | Document and address major points of the conference that are not accessible for conference attendees. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 Accessibility Documents|2026 Accessibility Documents]] |
| − | * | + | * Kate Deibel (@metageeky / katheride@pcom.edu), Primary Contact, Chair |
| − | * Your Name Here - | + | * Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair |
* Your Name Here - Documentarian | * Your Name Here - Documentarian | ||
| − | * | + | * Karen Schifferdecker (karen.schifferdecker@wku.edu) - Volunteer |
* Your Name Here - Volunteer | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
* Your Name Here - Volunteer | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
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Not a committee per se. This is a list of people who are willing to help the above committees with various tasks. | Not a committee per se. This is a list of people who are willing to help the above committees with various tasks. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2026 Whatever Documents|2026 Whatever Documents]] |
* Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair | * Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair | ||
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair | * Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair | ||
* Your Name Here - Documentarian | * Your Name Here - Documentarian | ||
| + | * [[User:ElaineKong|Elaine Kong]] - Volunteer; elainekong@pitt.edu | ||
| + | * Karen Okamoto - Volunteer (kokamoto@jjay.cuny.edu) | ||
* Your Name Here - Volunteer | * Your Name Here - Volunteer | ||
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| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category: Code4Lib2026]] |
| + | [[Category:Conference Committees]] | ||
Revision as of 22:11, 11 September 2025
Contents
- 1 Code4Lib Conference Committees
- 1.1 Planning Committee
- 1.2 Website Working Group
- 1.3 Budget and Sponsorship Committee
- 1.4 Keynote Committee
- 1.5 Workshop Committee (Pre / Post-Conference)
- 1.6 Program Committee
- 1.7 Scholarship Committee
- 1.8 Community Support Squad (CSS)
- 1.9 T-Shirt Committee
- 1.10 Online Volunteer Committee
- 1.11 Social Activities Committee
- 1.12 Streaming Video Committee
- 1.13 Code4Lib 2027 Host Voting Committee
- 1.14 Book Giveaway Committee
- 1.15 IRC and Slack Committee
- 1.16 Accessibility Committee
- 1.17 Whatever Committee
Code4Lib Conference Committees
Hosting a conference is complex, and it cannot be done without the help of the entire community. If you are interested in being an awesome person and applying your skills to a particular part of the Code4Lib 2026 conference, create an account on this wiki and sign-up for one or more of the groups below (please provide a contact). Each committee must have a Primary Contact (chair), Secondary Contact (co-chair), and Documentarian Chair, Primary Contact
Planning Committee
Also known as the Local Planning Committee, although there is no requirement for the members to be local.
2026 Planning Committee Documents
- Ann Marie Mesco - Primary Contact, Chair
- Ken Rose - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Esmé Cowles - Documentarian
- Erin Swift - Volunteer
- Joelen Pastva - Volunteer
- Lina Crowe - Volunteer
- Kelly Woessner - Volunteer
- Cary Gordon - Volunteer
- Sam Lemley - Volunteer
- Jason Glenn - Volunteer
- Jon Mcintire - Volunteer
- Yingxue Li - Volunteer
Website Working Group
This group will focus on content strategy and feature implementations for the conference website to improve the overall experience for users (i.e., on-site and remote attendees, speakers, potential sponsors, post-conference users).
2026 Website Working Group Documents
- Eric Phetteplace - Primary Contact, Chair
- Trip Kirkpatrick, CoChair
- Esmé Cowles - Documentarian, LPC liaison
- Mike Paulmeno - Volunteer
- Ricky Lee - Volunteer
- Kim Shepherd - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Budget and Sponsorship Committee
This group involves working with the Planning Committee to close any budget gaps and talking to potential sponsors to find the level that is right for them.
[2026 Budget and Sponsorship Documents]
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Kelly Woessner - Volunteer, LPC Liaison
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
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.
From the chair: This committee will start meeting around mid-October and wrap up in mid-January, when we hand off our selected keynoters to Concentra for further logistics. Please ask me (@thatandromeda) in Slack if you have questions about serving on this committee.
- Andromeda Yelton, Chair
- Maccabee Levine, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Andrew Battelini - Volunteer; abattel@emory.edu (and on Slack)
- Ranti Junus - Volunteer
- Carl Haynes-Magyar - Volunteer - cchmagyar@pitt.edu
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Workshop Committee (Pre / Post-Conference)
This committee plans the pre or post-conference day (TBD). It keeps strong lines of communications open with the Program Committee. It also helps shepherd events on the day itself.
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Minhao Jiang (minhao.jiang@wayne.edu) - Volunteer
- Ann Marie Mesco - Volunteer/LPC Liaison
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Program Committee
This committee plans the structure of the program, arranges the voting on presentations, etc. This includes soliciting regular talks. These folks will also manage the flow of the program at the conference -- introducing speakers or soliciting other volunteers to MC. Committee membership will be capped at 10 members.
- Jessica McMillen - Primary Contact, Chair
- Dre - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Clara Turp - Documentarian
- Matt Sherman - Volunteer
- Caleb Derven - Volunteer
- Cary Gordon - Volunteer - LPC Liaison
Scholarship Committee
This committee works with funding institutions to arrange the scholarships offered. They solicit submissions and select winners of the scholarship(s). They also work with the winners to plan their travel and arrangements.
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Christine Salek - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Community Support Squad (CSS)
This group responds to violations and concerns regarding the Code4Lib code of conduct and ensures that the event is safe and enjoyable for all attendees. More details here: https://2026.code4lib.org/conduct/#volunteers and here: https://github.com/code4lib/code-of-conduct/blob/main/transparency_reports/2023_national_conference_annual_report.md.
T-Shirt Committee
This committee organizes the t-shirt contest, collecting submissions, and putting out the call for votes. This committee is also responsible for helping the local planning committee identify a vendor that will fit within the budget constraints for the conference. User sizes and preferences will be obtained as part of the registration process.
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Christine Salek - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Online Volunteer Committee
This committee wrangles people to volunteer for the following duties:
Looking for opportunities to help out at the conference? See 2026 Conference Volunteers
2026 Online Volunteer Documents
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Social Activities Committee
This committee organizes social activities for the conference, including the Newcomer Dinner (for in-person conferences) and other after/before conference hours activities (for in-person and virtual conferences). This committee also facilitates the process for attendee-planned social activities for virtual and in-person conferences.
2026 Social Activities Documents - Contact the Primary Contact/Chair for access to the Google Drive folder
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Elaine Kong - Volunteer; elainekong@pitt.edu
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Streaming Video Committee
With the local program committee(as appropriate), organize the streaming and archiving of presentations at the conference. This could include securing A/V equipment, working with the conference venue w/r/t AV needs, choosing streaming and archiving providers, post-production editing and posting of videos, securing speaker releases for recording talks.
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Cary Gordon - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Code4Lib 2027 Host Voting Committee
This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process.
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Book Giveaway Committee
This committee solicits free copies of books from various publishers or free keys/copies of programs from various companies.
- Michael B. Klein - Primary Contact, Chair
- Ranti Junus - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
IRC and Slack Committee
This committee will assist attendees with IRC and Slack.
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Accessibility Committee
Document and address major points of the conference that are not accessible for conference attendees.
- Kate Deibel (@metageeky / katheride@pcom.edu), Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Karen Schifferdecker (karen.schifferdecker@wku.edu) - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
Whatever Committee
Not a committee per se. This is a list of people who are willing to help the above committees with various tasks.
- Your Name Here - Primary Contact, Chair
- Your Name Here - Secondary Contact, CoChair
- Your Name Here - Documentarian
- Elaine Kong - Volunteer; elainekong@pitt.edu
- Karen Okamoto - Volunteer (kokamoto@jjay.cuny.edu)
- Your Name Here - Volunteer
