CLA 2008 - Day 1

Actually Friday is pre-day one, the institute day.

This was my schedule...

9am-Noon - Went to Executive Board Meeting to hear about CLA changes

Noon-12:30 - Registered, Found co-presenters.

1:20-4:30 -- Presenation on Dia de los Ninos/Dia de los libros

4:45-6:30 -- Work at BPLG booth #728, found out that they lost our registration and

set up crew had to beg teamsters for a table a 1 chair, 2nd chair would

cost $100.00 on exhibit day.

Also check on ACTSS booth - aka CLA booth

*Around 5pm realized I hadn't eaten breakfast.

6:30-7:00- Drop off computer and bags in car

7:00-7:30 --Walk to Fairmont for Award Dinner - ACTSS had two winners.

7:30-? -- Award dinner.

10pm --- Skipped after party

10:15pm -- Pay $18 to leave parking lot

11pm --- Home can't sleep on computer ...still on computer at 2:30am, wired...

thinking about conference that starts tomorrow!

Bumping into colleagues and people I see once a year was lovely - It gave me that pink cloud conference feeling...especially sitting at dinner with all catalogers and talking about authority control, cjk cataloging or pcc standards...really i love that stuff!