Dear Colleagues, I am excited about this year's Koha-US conference in Monterey, California. Thus far, around fifty participants have registered for this conference, so if you have not yet registered, please do so now at <http://goo.gl/forms/Z0udUsi7Ll>. Even if you are not yet sure whether you will be attending the conference this year, please register so that we can make sure we have enough meals, drinks/snacks, programs, etc. (it's better for us to have a few extra than not enough). Remember that registration for the conference is FREE; however, please bring $20 with you to cover the cost of the drink and snack service. WARNING: do not look at the schedule below unless you want to get excited about going to this conference: August 3rd 8am - Registration 9am - Opening Statements and discussion about Mentorship in Koha 9:30am - Keynote - Christopher Brannon and Nick Clemens: Community and the future of Koha 10:30-11 - Break 11-12 - Chris Rohde - Innovations In Our Library - Using zones to optimize staff and enhance customer service in an automated library 12 - 1:30 lunch on your own 1:30 - 2:30 Nick Clemens SQL for Koha Beginners 3-4 - Round Table discussions - Reports (Robin - Christopher Brannon) / Circulation (Nancy Keener) August 4th 9am - Opening Statements/organization business and discussion of Koha US organization 9:30 - 10:30 Christopher Davis - Issues of Open Source Software in Libraries 10:30-11am break 11-12 - Fred King - Modifying Koha For Unique Uses 12-1:30 lunch on your own 1:30-2:30 Christopher Brannon - Self-check in Koha 3-4 Round Table Discussions - Cataloging (Nancy Keener) / Acquisitions (Sandre - Chris Rohde) 6pm - Reception at Pacific Grove Public Library (transportation provided) August 5 - Hackfest 9am - Opening Statements and discussion on Koha's Future 9:30 - 10:30 - Todd Goatley and Chris Rohde - Libki’s Future and How It’s Used In One Library 10:45 - 11:30 - Joy Nelson - Bibframe/Linked Data in Koha 11:30 - 1:30 Lunch provided by Bibliotecha - discussion of RFID products during lunch 1:30 - 2:30 - Nick Clemens - Simple Bug Squashing 2:45 - 4 Breakout Groups: Guided Bug Squashing/Virtual Box setup August 6 - Hackfest 9am - Opening Statements and discussion on Developments in Koha 9:30 - 10:30 - Breakout Session 1 10:30 - 11:30 - Breakout Session 2 11:30 - 1:30 Lunch 1:30 - 2:30 - Breakout Session 3 2:45 - 3:45 - Breakout Session 4 3:45 - 4 - Wrap up and goodbye Hackfest/Breakout session topics: SQL for Reports Tweaking Your Koha - (JQuery, CSS and HTML) More Bug Squashing Playing with Virtual Boxes So, you read the schedule anyway- exciting huh? Well, don't say that I didn't warn you ;-) See you at the conference, Christopher Davis Secretary, Koha-US cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov