BarCampGrandRapids2Planning

From BarCampGR

Bootstrapping

  • determine organizers
    • Dave Brondsema
    • Kyle Adams
    • Dan Diephouse, as assigned
  • email barcampers list giving them a heads-up about this year and invite them to help organize
  • contact Joel Adams, Calvin CS dept
    • find weekends that NH2__ rooms are available
    • Jul 20/21 is reserved
  • weekends that organizers are available
    • Dave gone:
      • Jun 9
      • Jul 7
      • Jul 14
      • Aug 11
    • Kyle gone:
      • July 4-July 8
      • July 27 <- b-day, so BarCamp that day/weekend isn't out, it would just be nice if we could do it July 21 or August instead.
  • follow up with Google with specific dates, etc
  • contact Grand Rapids jQuery developers, invite them to speak

Technical

Logistics (Point: Kyle Adams)

  • Registration page
  • Get volunteers for setup/cleanup
  • BarCampGrandRapids2Food
  • General schedule (see BarCampGrandRapids2Schedule)
  • Presentation grid
    • Whiteboard(s) for session wall
    • create one w/ 30 minute tracks
    • Friday evening & Saturday morning: beginning session
  • Misc
    • Create badges
      • JeffDeMaagd has offered some
      • Kyle suggests this as a basis
      • Dave recommends a spot to write interests (e.g. Java,AJAX,RoR) and maybe collect website address in registration and include it
      • lanyards from officemax/officedepot/staples
    • Get check-in desk and highlighter
    • Have paper and big fat Sharpies for instant, on-spot sign making
  • Sponsorship
    • Envoi Solutions
      • drinks
    • GFS
      • food
    • Google
      • shirts

Marketing

  • put on barcamp.org events
  • first BarCampGrandRapidsPublicityEmail
    • dependency: registration page
    • write it
    • send it to (see http://wiki.grlug.org/index.php?title=Grand_Rapids_User_Groups for links):
      • our barcamp list
      • GR-JUG
      • Calvin College's abs-chat (next mtg: none)
      • gr-lug (next mtg: ??)
      • GR.pm- -(next mtg: Jun 29)
      • XP West MI (next mtg: Jun 26)
      • gr-ruby (next mtg: ??)
      • West MI .NET user group (next mtg: Jun 19)
      • GR Drupal (next mtg: ??)
      • GRCC Linux Club?
      • gramug (next mtg: Jun 19)
      • grandrapids.craigslist.org event
      • eventful.com event
      • upcoming.org event
      • ArbCamp mailing list
      • BarCampChicago mailing list
      • barcamp.org homepage news
      • our own blogs
      • gr-jug.org
      • West Michigan Association of Information Technology Professionals (next mtg: none soon)
      • vmware group?
      • grafug (next mtg: none soon)
      • wmoug (next mtg: none soon)
      • KLUG
      • WMLUG
      •  ??

Is there any way we could get better publicity within companies? Steelcase, Alticor, Meijer, etc.

Ideas for next year:

Run our own wiki, perhaps registration & mailing list too