Agreed, this info is very informative and helpful! It would be fantastic if this was shared widely as suggested.
Cheers, Beatrice Pulliam Beatrice R. Pulliam Director of Technology & Information Services AskRI Director Providence Public Library 401.455.8101 On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Becky Yoose <b.yo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for the additional information, David et al. Will this > information be available on the registration page for those who are not on > the mailing list? > > Cheers, > Becky > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 12:21 PM, David Lacy <david.l...@villanova.edu> > wrote: > > > In addition to a reminder for tomorrow's registration, we would like to > go > > over some details of the registration process. > > > > 1) There are going to be 2 opportunities to register. Tomorrow is the > > first, where we will be making available 290 spots. Once we have > determined > > that all required attendees have registered (sponsors, presenters, > workshop > > leaders), we will reopen registration again in early January for the > > remaining spots. The total capacity is 440. > > > > 2) The registration system maintains a 2 hour session per registration > > attempt. Due to the potential of heavy access and this prolonged session, > > the conference may appear to sell out quickly. But once early failed > > sessions expire, more spots may open up beginning around 2pm. Because of > > this we ask you not to assume it is sold out until you hear an > announcement > > from the planning committee. > > > > 3) There will be no waiting list at this time. A waiting list will open > > when we release the second round of registration slots. > > > > 4) The conference program is not complete at this time. The election > > results can be found here: http://2016.code4lib.org/talks/. This list > > represents the presentation voting results. Only the top ten > (highlighted) > > have been accepted so far. As in recent years, the remainder of the > program > > will be curated by the program committee, taking into account voting > > results, topic diversity, and speaker diversity. These selections will be > > announced in coming weeks > > > > 5) Registration will include the option to select preconference > workshops. > > To view the available workshops beforehand, see > > http://2016.code4lib.org/workshops. Wait lists will be available for > > workshops, and you will receive relevant instructions with your > > confirmation email. > > > > And finally, the reminder: > > > > Registration opens Thursday 12/10/2015 at 12pm EST. At that time a link > to > > the registration system will be provided to the mailing list. > > > > - The 2016 Code4lib Planning Committee > > >
