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** vegan
** vegetarian
** other needs specified on registration forms
=== Things on my notes JodiS can't understand ===* 15-20 pt font[[Category: Code4Lib2010]]
* Internet access (i.e. wifi) with good bandwidth
* Food must accommodate special dietary needs
Everything else, including quality of hotel rooms, is secondary.
* Bess' brother-in-law works at a microbrewery. Possible tour?
=== Food & Drink Requests ===* solicit info about dietary needs?** vegan** vegetarian** other needs specified on registration forms * Requests ** sweet tea** more beer (code4lib brew for the hospitality suite?)** more happy hours (possibly a HH before LT?)** hot breakfast** candy ** hot soft pretzels & mustard** BBQ
=== Sponsorship ===
=== Choosing speakers ===
* Ask people to write why they nominated keynote speakers
* Can Do we get need more gender diversity of keynote & 20 minute talks? (Is this important to us?)
* Do we want to limit the number of speakers from any one organization?
* Do we want topic-based categories when voting?
** e.g. 5 high-geekiness talks
** e.g. 5 theory talks
** e.g. 5 UI/usability/design-centered talks
* Voting needs 2 criteria: geekiness and vote preference. (In 2008 the sum of these was the total IIRC)
* Reserve 1-2 spots in 20-minute talks for cutting edge speakers
** Some suggestions included: keep it as is
* How do we encourage international participation when we're not in the same town as an international airport?
* 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?
* Who is the conference for?
** library systems
** programmers
** librarians
** designers
** ???
* "This is the only conference for coders"; "Saw no code, so I'm here to give a LT"
=== Openness & transparency, getting to know people ===
* a code4lib program/conference committee providing support and accumulated wisdom to the organizing committee
* Wordle nametags (popular at dev8. what happens if people don't have blogs/twitterstreams/friendfeed/etc?)
* Sync the timecode in the video with the IRC logs
* 3rd camera for IRC?
* Highlights reel from previous year at end of 2010 conference?
=== Lightning Talks Do's and Don'ts ===
* 2 projectors, minimum. 3 if possible (3rd to display backchannels)
* make transitions to LT during coffeebreak or other downtime
=== Advice for speakers ===
* Font up
* Speak up
* Introduce yourself
=== Breakouts ===
* 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)
