Latest revision as of 12:55, 9 March 2020

Code4Lib 2020 Conference Committees

Hosting a conference is incredibly 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 2020 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 (secretary). The role of the Documentarian is to transcribe key information to future conference committees, such as timelines, costs, process, etc. Feel free to improve the summary statements for each of the committees. When adding your name, please indicate 'v' if you are a veteran on the committee so that we ensure committees are not made up entirely of newbies.

We will assign a local contact (LPC) to each committee.

Location and Dates

• Location: The Westin Pittsburgh Downtown, Pittsburgh, PA
• Dates: March 08 (pre-con) - 22, 2020
  • Pre-conferences: March 08, 2020
  • Main meeting: March 09-11, 2020
  • Post conference activities: Coming Soon

Local Planning Committee

This committee is charged with running the show such as overall timeline, budgeting, coordinating of locations and logistics, wrangler of committees, and communicating with the community.

• Ken Rose, Carnegie Mellon University - Chair, Primary Contact
• Jason Glenn, Carnegie Mellon University - Tertiary Contact
• Ann Marie Mesco, Carnegie Mellon University - Tertiary Contact
• Julia Corrin, Carnegie Mellon University - Tertiary Contact
• Dominique Luster, Carnegie Museum of Art - Tertiary Contact
• Gesina Phillips, University of Pittsburgh - Tertiary Contact
• Shannon Riffe, Carnegie Mellon University - Tertiary Contact
• Rashid Siddiqui, Carnegie Mellon University - Tertiary Contact
• Matthew Strauss, Heinz History Center - Tertiary Contact
• Molly Tighe, Chatham University - Tertiary Contact
• Tyrica Terry Kapral, University of Pittsburgh - Tertiary Contact
• Angelina R Spotts, Carnegie Mellon University - Volunteer
• Sarah Hicks, Duquesne University - 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).

2020 Website Working Group Documents

• Eric Phetteplace - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Kaitlin Newson (v) - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Ann Marie Mesco, Carnegie Mellon University - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Julia Caffrey (newbie) - Volunteer
• Ranti Junus (v) - Volunteer
• Kelly Hiser (newbie) - Volunteer
• Meng Qu (newbie) - Volunteer
• Derek Zoladz (newbie) - Volunteer

Budget Committee

This group will focus on making sure we are appropriately planning for budgetary issues.

2020 Budget and Sponsorship Documents

• Hank Sway - Primary Contact AKA Chair (veteran of 2018)
• Galen Charlton - Secondary Contact and Co-Chair (veteran of 2017 and 2018)
• Neelam Bharti - Local Planning Contact
• Galen Charlton - Documentarian (veteran of 2017 and 2018)
• Bethany Nowviskie - ex officio, fiscal host (CLIR/DLF)

Sponsorship Committee

This group involves working with the LPC and budget committee to close any budget gaps and talking to potential sponsors to find the level that is right for them.

2020 Budget and Sponsorship Documents

• Mary Jinglewski - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Scott Carlson - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
• Janna Avon - Documentarian
• Galen Charlton - Volunteer
• Andrea Schurr - Volunteer
• 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.

2020 Keynote Documents

• Dominique Luster, Carnegie Museum of Art - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Wladimir Labeikovsky, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair (newbie)
• Sarah Hicks, Duquesne University - Local Planning Contact
• Stephanie Becker, Case Western Reserve University - Documentarian
• Annapurni Subramaniam,Purdue University - Volunteer
• Clara Turp, McGill University - Volunteer
• Emma Slayton, Carnegie Mellon University - Volunteer

Pre-conference Committee

This committee plans the pre-conference day. It keeps strong lines of communications open with the Program Committee. It also helps shepherd events on the day itself.

2020 Pre-conference Documents

• Jason Glenn - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Ann Marie Mesco - Local Planning Contact
• Angelina R Spotts - Documentarian
• Tod Olson (v) - Volunteer
• Mike Taylor - Volunteer
• Kathleen Haley (v) - Volunteer
• Jamen McGranahan (new) - 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.

2020 Program Documents

• Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Gesina Phillips University of Pittsburgh - Local Planning Contact
• Lilly Ho - Volunteer
• Dre - Volunteer
• Matt Sherman - Volunteer
• Craig Boman - Volunteer
• Cary Gordon, Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer
• Richard Higgins, Indiana University - Volunteer

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.

2020 Scholarship Documents

• Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Mairelys Lemus-Rojas - Volunteer
• Yoo Young Lee - Volunteer
• Your Name Here - (Volunteer)

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.

2020 T-Shirt Documents

• Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Tim Fluhr Illinois Institute of Technology - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Rashid Siddiqui Carnegie Mellon University - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Mikala Narlock University of Notre Dame - Volunteer

Onsite Volunteer Committee

This committee wrangles people to volunteer for the following duties:

Looking for opportunities to help out at the conference? See 2020 Conference Volunteers

2020 Onsite Volunteer Documents

• Natasha Allen - Primary Contact aka (Co-)Chair
• Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Jennifer Cummings & Kathy Azevedo - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Katie Behrman - Volunteer
• Rich Loomis, Somerset County Library System of New Jersey - Volunteer

Social Activities Committee

This committee works closely with the local programming committee in organizing events outside of conference hours. This committee is in charge of organizing the Newcomer Dinner (traditionally held the night before the first day of the main conference) as well as ensuring that there is a variety of different events to cater to different interests (alcoholic/non-alcoholic, carnivore/vegan, mainstream/niche, and everything in between).

Social Activities Documents (Members Only)

Conference goers - The page you are looking for is coming soon... 2020 Social Activities

• Dominique Luster, Carnegie Museum of Art - Co-Chair
• Becky Yoose - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
• meredith.c.broadway@vanderbilt.edu Meredith Broadway, Vanderbilt University - Documentarian
• Emma Slayton, Carnegie Mellon University - Volunteer
• Katie Behrman, Carnegie Mellon University - 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 (?), and, of course, actually running the camera during the conference.

2020 Streaming Video Documents

• Peter Murray - Chair (note: what Cary doesn't have, I have.... ;-) )
• Roy Tennant - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Jennifer Cummings - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Cary Gordon, Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer (note: I have most needed equipment.)
• Li Fu, U.S. Naval Academy - Volunteer

Code4Lib 2021 Host Voting Committee

This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process.

2021 Host Voting Documents

• Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• 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 (for example, free private repo from Github or license for oXygen). They also handle the raffle at the conference (with a randomizer to do the drawing of names).

2020 Book Giveaway Documents

• Julie C. Swierczek - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Hardy Pottinger - Volunteer

IRC and Slack Committee

Coordinate with freenode to ensure that the #code4lib IRC & Slack channels can handle the extra traffic during the conference. Also responsible for recruiting and advertising IRC helpers at the conference.

2020 IRC and Slack Documents

• Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Your Name Here - Volunteer

Accessibility Committee

Document and address major points of the conference that are not accessible for conference attendees (physical and virtual).

2020 Accessibility Documents

• Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
• 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.

2020 Whatever Documents

• Rebecca Holloway - Primary Contact aka Chair
• Lesley Dobin (newbie) - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
• Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
• Your Name Here - Documentarian
• Your Name Here - Volunteer