Re: meet at ala?, again

[Peter Schlumpf <schlumpf@nslsilus.org>]

I won't be able to make it on Sunday... so you all schedule it for whatever works
for the majority.  I will certainly be much more flexible next year at the 2000
ALA Summer conference in Chicago (practically in my own backyard).  Perhaps we
can have another get together then.

Peter Schlumpf
schlumpf@nslsilus.org

David Dorman wrote:

> Dan,
>
> What rotten timing!  You are leaving the day Peter is arriving.  It does seem
>
> like, all things considered, 8 pm on Sunday after RLG would be the best time
> (sorry, Peter).  What do you say, Keith?
>
> (As you can see from the following post of April 23, it was left up in the
> air:
>
> > Right now I am scheduled to leave Monday night, but I could change that to
> > Tuesday if Monday is the best time for everyone else. May I suggest the
> > Napoleon
> > House, William Faulkner's old hangout? The Pimm's cup . . .
> > --
> > Keith Belton, Ph.D., AICP    Manager, Digital Library Services
> > SOLINET   Tel: (800) 999-8558              Fax: (404) 892-7879
> > keith_belton@solinet.net                       www.solinet.net
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Dorman <ddorma@ltnet.ltls.org>
> > Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 9:39 AM
> > To: osdls@listserv.arizona.edu; oss4lib-list@BIOMED.MED.YALE.EDU
> > Subject: Re: OSS get together at ASIS /ALA ?
> >
> > A few of us have been planning to meet informally at ALA in New Orleans,
> but
> > no
> > definite date or time has yet been set.  Since we are planning a meeting at
>
> > "the
> > last minute"--at least based on normal ALA conference scheduling
> > practices--how
> > about an after dinner get together in the French Quarter at
> > 8:00 pm?  I suggest Monday night.  That would fit Peter's short stay and
> would
> >
> > not interfere with any daytime programs or meetings others of us may need
> to
> > attend.  So far only 5 or 6 people on the lists have indicated they will be
> in
> >
> > NO and would like to meet, so a meeting room may not be necessary.
> >
> > Keith Belton wrote:
> >
> > > Would other people on these lists be interested in getting together
> > informally
> > at either the upcoming Pasadena ASIS meeting or at ALA in New Orleans? (I
> > would). SOLINET will have a meeting room at ALA that I could volunteer; is
> > anyone else who is going to be at either of these meetings interested?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Keith Belton, Ph.D., AICP    Manager, Digital Library Services
> > > SOLINET   Tel: (800) 999-8558              Fax: (404) 892-7879
> > > keith_belton@solinet.net                       www.solinet.net)
> >
> >
>
> Daniel Chudnov wrote:
>
> > There was some talk a few weeks ago of folks from our related communities
> > getting together during ALA... at the time I wasn't sure about when and
> > where I would be during ALA, so I couldn't add much.  It looks like I'll
> > be there from Saturday night until Monday afternoon, and will be giving a
> > talk on the EDD project during the RLG Ariel User Group session from 6-8pm
> > Sunday.
> >
> > At least two different folks including Keith/SOLINET have suggested the
> > possibility of partially sponsored time and space...  that would be
> > phenomenal.  David and Keith:  where did your discussion of meeting land?
> > Do you have a place and time in mind, and did you get a headcount?  If
> > not, I would venture that we could informally gather at 8pm Sunday outside
> > the meeting place of the RLG group, and perhaps move on from there (or
> > instead meet at) a 'sponsored' or informal gathering place.
> >
> > What's the scoop?
> >
> >   -Dan
>
> --
> David Dorman
> Library Consultant
> Lincoln Trail Libraries System
> Champaign, Illinois
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