Access 2011: the Library is Open
Mark your calendars! Access 2011: the Library is Open October 19-22, 2011 Vancouver, BC Call for proposals will be announced soon. http://access2011.library.ubc.ca (more information about program, hotel, and social events soon) Follow us on Twitter: @access_2011
2011/1/27 Shirley Lew <shirleysue@gmail.com>:
Mark your calendars!
Access 2011: the Library is Open October 19-22, 2011 Vancouver, BC
Call for proposals will be announced soon. http://access2011.library.ubc.ca (more information about program, hotel, and social events soon)
Follow us on Twitter: @access_2011
Hi all I am definitely going to Access, I have heard over the last few years what a great conference it is, but haven't been able to make it. This year I was asked to present, so of course I said yes. So I echo Shirleys mail, 'The Library is Open' is a theme that I'm sure resonates with all of us involved in Koha (and the wider world of Free Software). I hope to see some of you there, looking forward, if we keep to our 6 month release schedule for major releases, we should be releasing Koha 3.6.0 on the 22nd. So hopefully we can get together to toast the release. Chris
One thing to note, many of the KohaCon conference proposals are for October - I'd ask that we move them to September so that we can all go to the October conferences here in North America. Nicole On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Chris Cormack <chris@bigballofwax.co.nz> wrote:
2011/1/27 Shirley Lew <shirleysue@gmail.com>:
Mark your calendars!
Access 2011: the Library is Open October 19-22, 2011 Vancouver, BC
Call for proposals will be announced soon. http://access2011.library.ubc.ca (more information about program, hotel, and social events soon)
Follow us on Twitter: @access_2011
Hi all
I am definitely going to Access, I have heard over the last few years what a great conference it is, but haven't been able to make it. This year I was asked to present, so of course I said yes. So I echo Shirleys mail, 'The Library is Open' is a theme that I'm sure resonates with all of us involved in Koha (and the wider world of Free Software).
I hope to see some of you there, looking forward, if we keep to our 6 month release schedule for major releases, we should be releasing Koha 3.6.0 on the 22nd. So hopefully we can get together to toast the release.
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Nicole Engard wrote:
One thing to note, many of the KohaCon conference proposals are for October - I'd ask that we move them to September so that we can all go to the October conferences here in North America.
If my memory serves me right, that may have financial consequences: early September is still holiday season in the UK (so accommodation is more expensive then), whereas colleges return later in September (so college conference centres have fewer rooms and other conference venues raise their prices). There used to be a lecture break in October (reading week - not sure how much it still exists) which meant conference venues dropped in price again briefly then. Of course, if we get lots of sponsorship, money is no object and almost anything is possible. But should we meekly accept the North America conference calendar? I missed a significant UK conference to attend KohaCon10 instead. There are always other conferences, but KohaCon is the best! Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. Past Koha Release Manager (2.0), LMS programmer, statistician, webmaster. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire for Koha work http://www.software.coop/products/koha
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:58 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@software.coop> wrote:
But should we meekly accept the North America conference calendar? I missed a significant UK conference to attend KohaCon10 instead. There are always other conferences, but KohaCon is the best!
Of course not! Just something to consider. I have a book release in October at a conference and I'll have to miss KohaCon for that if it's the same time of year and it looks like Chris is going to be flying around the world :) To be honest I had hoped for a spring conference this year (easier to travel and still cheap) - but there was no way to plan that early/quikcly. Just spitting out ideas to consider. Nicole
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