BarCampGrandRapids4Planning

From BarCampGR

Announcements

use http://barcampgr.org/wiki/BarCampGrandRapidsPublicityEmail if you want

we've got plenty of momentum, so I say ones outside of GR are optional -Dave

  • twitter
  • campers@ list
  • Michigan!/usr/group
  • MDLUG - Defunct?
  • Washtenaw Linux User's Group
  • West Michigan .NET User's Group
  • Grand Rapids .NET User's Group
  • Greater Landing .NET User's Group
  • Grand Rapids Perl Mongers
  • Joomla Grand Rapids
  • MOSG
  • GRPUG
  • GRLUG
  • GR-JUG
  • gr web dev
  • wmntug.org - Can find no contact information.
  • gr-issa
  • GR drupal
  • XP West MI
  • grandrapids.rb
  • facebook
  • linkedin
  • Calvin College's abs-chat
  • gramug
  • eventful - Posted
  • grandrapids.craigslist.org
  • upcoming.org - 404 error for the site about half the time
  • grnow.com
  • barcamp.org homepage
  • West Michigan Association of Information Technology Professionals
  • grafug
  • Kalamazoo Linux User's Group - Defunct?
  • West Michigan Oracle User's Group
  • kalamazoox.org
  • DLUG - SIG(s) referenced from the websites are now offline, this is also not [as far as I can tell] the DLUG Google group. Everyone in that group seems to be in India. Is this group defunct?
  • LLUG
  • West MI Novell UG
  • Michigan Flex User Group
  • http://www.wgdforum.com/

Bootstrapping

  • Choose a date
  • Nail down venue
  • Get web site and registration ready to go
  • Begin marketing (both for campers and sponsors)

Dates?

Need to check with venue (Calvin College most likely)

Other area events are for references, and not necessarily a no-go for that weekend

  • June 6
  • June 12-22
    • no Casey
  • June 13
    • no kyle
  • June 20
    • no kyle
  • June 27
    • no dave
  • July 4
    • holiday
  • July 11
    • no dave
  • July 18
  • July 25
    • no dave
  • Aug 1
    • Adam Tauno Williams (not available)
  • Aug 8
    • Adam Tauno Williams (not available)
    • slight preference against this date, but I'll be there Jason
  • Aug 15
  • Aug 22
  • Aug 29

Thoughts from BarCamp GR 3

  • expand facilities: Prince Conference Center?
  • separate mailing list per year
    • and a master list to advertise following years' events on
    • that way there's no confusion for recipients if they're registered or not, when they get update news about event details
  • request to not use a precious summer weekend, do it in fall
  • schedule time between sessions
  • better visibility & use of request board