UCLA Library++ On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Gary Thompson <g...@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
> I am happy to follow up on Brian's announcement, confirming UCLA's > agreement to serve as fiscal sponsor for this proposal. Ginny Steel, UCLA's > University Librarian, signed a statement yesterday saying: > > /"The UCLA Library enthusiastically supports the collaborative > effort of the Chattanooga 2017 Code4Lib Conference organizing > committee and the Southern California Code4Lib community to hold the > 2017 conference in the Los Angles area. If the greater Code4Lib > community accepts this collaborative proposal, the UCLA Library will > serve as fiduciary sponsor for the conference."/ > > SoCal organizers have met with the Chattanooga organizers, and are > encourage by the potential of this collaboration. > > If any other local group(s) offer another proposal, we will post details > of our collaboration so the community can decide through the normal voting > process. If you are considering such a proposal, please let us know that a > proposal is forthcoming. > > But if there are no other proposal by July 1, we will dive in an plan to > host another awesome Code4Lib Conference in February or March, 2017. > > --Gary Thompson > > > > On 6/23/2016 4:45 PM, Brian Rogers wrote: > >> Greetings from the LA (formerly Chattanooga) Proposal Committee - >> >> We are pickled as punch and tickled as teeth to inform the community that >> UCLA Library has agreed to serve as fiscal host for the Code4Lib 2017 >> Conference. >> >> That being said, adhering to our previous post and to the spirit of >> openness/accountability, we wholly welcome any group who may wish to >> propose an alternative city for next year's conference. We realize a >> handful of other individuals had begun earnest conversations in their own >> states, and do not wish to discount or diminish any additional effort or >> excitement toward the goal. We know the community at-large has an >> investment in seeing this gathering of minds occur, and that the desire for >> an in-person conference is the sole motivating factor in any of our >> activities. As a reminder, so that any of us can make pragmatic movement >> toward conference planning, the deadline for proposals, with a secure >> fiscal host in hand, is July 1st. >> >> Once again, we thank everyone for their private and public input, their >> patience while this gets sorted out, and for their passion as a community >> in providing a safe and accommodating environment for folks to enjoy and >> contribute to the conference. >> >> - Brian Rogers >> >
