[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Hack-A-Way 2016 Selection

[Ben Shum]

Hi Rogan,

First, yay Evergreen Indiana, thanks for hosting a Hack-A-Way!

Next, I do not have any strong opinion on the proposal.  For myself, I
do not mind if we want to consider Indiana for two years in a row as
hosting site.  While it's nice to have it move around and see
different places, I think it is also equally nice to know that we will
definitely have a place to meet up and hack on Evergreen.

So, for my two cents, I say please proceed and with thanks to all
those involved.

-- Ben

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net> wrote:
> I have two sections to this email - first to announce the selected site for
> the Hack-A-Way in 2016 and secondly to bring up a question to the community
> about the 2017 selection process.
>
>
> First, the good news!  Evergreen Indiana will be hosting the Hack-A-Way in
> 2016!  As everyone knows, Indiana is home to some wonderful community
> members and they are excited to be hosts.  They did a wonderful job with the
> conference a few years ago so I know we will be in excellent hands.
>
>
> The host location is Indianapolis, which is central to the US (and fairly
> north for our Canadian brethren).  They have three international airports
> within a few hours drive and is a popular conference city with budget
> friendly options for our participants (an ongoing goal is to keep the event
> relatively cheap).
>
>
> Evergreen Indiana will fully sponsor the site and two meals plus snack each
> day of the event for all participants and work with negotiating hotel
> discounts.  They will also arrange for shuttles to and from travel hubs and
> help coordinate some evening events.
>
>
> Yay!  So, what comes next?  As usual we  need to arrange dates, hotel plans,
> etc... but the extended time line allows for a more deliberat pace.
>
>
> And that leads us into talking a bit about the 2017 process.  We changed the
> process this year for selection to provide for a longer time line.  The
> feedback I'd had from potential hosts and participants who reached out to me
> was that they wanted more time for making decisions than the old (admittedly
> very low key) process allowed.  This is something that we will continue to
> follow in the years that follow, 2017 and beyond.
>
>
> Specfically in regard to 2017, however, Indiana would like to have thier bid
> considered for 2017 as well as 2016 and host it for two years.  I want to
> continue moving the Hack-A-Way around for the same purposes that we move the
> conference but I also appreciate all the effort they have put into their
> proposal and there would be some definite virtue to this.  I don't mind the
> idea of doing the Hack-A-Way in Indiana for two years but a) don't want it
> considred a precendent that it will always be in the same places for two
> years at a time and b) want to put it up to the developers for feedback as
> this event is to facilitate thier activity.
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
>
> --
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
> me.”
> ― C.S. Lewis



-- 
Benjamin Shum
Evergreen Systems Manager
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-577-4070, ext. 113