We received three excellent proposals for hosting the 2011 conference,
and now it is time to vote on them. The proposals are from Bloomington, IN; New Haven, CT; and Vancouver, BC.

Voting will be open until Midnight EDT, Tuesday, March 23rd.

How to vote:

Those interested in the same project/problem can hang out in a space together for 70 minute blocks. Generally the person who suggests the topic will take on the role as moderator to begin and moderate the discussion. Anyone can propose a breakout session - please think about whether you would want a session to be held on Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on the order of talks and who you hope will attend.

Lightning talks are scheduled on all three days of the conference. A lightning talk is a fast-paced 5 minute talk on a topic of your choosing.

Needed: volunteer to ensure presentation files get added to this page.

Mark Jason Dominus has a nice page about lightning talks, which includes this summary of why you might want to do one:

Here's the content of the release form, attached below:

Code4Lib 2010 Conference Participant Release
I agree to allow my participation in the Code4Lib Conference to be electronically recorded.

I understand that any resulting products may be made available on the web as part of the Code4Lib conference proceedings (on the Code4Lib website http://www.code4lib.org/ , Internet Archive, or other hosting service), under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ ).

Attached is a participant release form (PDF). Here's the content:

Code4Lib 2010 Conference Participant Release
I agree to allow my participation in the Code4Lib Conference to be electronically recorded.

I understand that any resulting products may be made available on the web as part of the Code4Lib conference proceedings (on the Code4Lib website http://www.code4lib.org/ , Internet Archive, or other hosting service), under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ ).

The Code4Lib Conference Planning Group (anyone can join) is putting out a call for proposals to host the 2011 Code4Lib Conference. Information on the kind of venue we seek and the delineation of responsibilities between the host organization and the Planning Group can be found at the conference hosting web page.

Brown University and Oregon State University are proud to announce the recipients of the four 2010 Code4lib Conference Gender Diversity and Minority Scholarships.

Announcing a new chapter: Code4Lib North, for people in Ontario, Quebec, and nearby regions of the United States.

Oregon State University and Brown University are sponsoring four scholarships to promote gender and cultural diversity. Each scholarship will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel costs and conference fees for one qualified attendee to attend the 2010 Code4lib conference, which will be held in Asheville, NC, from Monday, February 22 through Thursday, February 25. The Code4Lib scholarship committee will award these scholarships based on merit and need.

Registration for Code4Lib 2010 is now open and filling up fast. Visit http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/C4L2010registration for details.