BarCampGrandRapids3Planning

Minutes

• 5/29
• 7/9
• 7/21

Logistics

• Kick-off meeting with core organizers
  • Dave, Kyle, Carlus, Casey, Jason?
• Work on BarCampGrandRapids3Marketing
• Work on BarCampGrandRapids3Schedule
  • last years will probably work with minimal changes --Dave
• Needed equipment and supplies:
  • wireless APs + cabling
  • whiteboards
  • printer & laptop for name badges
  • hardware for name badges (Casey?)
  • sponsor wall (will need some way to mount signs/banners to the wall)
  • signs for directions

Website

• set up mediawiki
  • copy pages from barcamp.org & convert format format
  • copy images and other files
• update last year's registration form and open registration

Sponsors

• To do: get high-res logos from them, or if they have their own poster/sign that they want to provide

Marketing - audiences

• students at schools
• design/creative people (aimWest?)
• Chris Woodruff: .NET connections
• Carlus Henry: other MI Java groups
• new groups/companies via LinkedIn
• facebook!
• our barcamp list
• GR-JUG
• GR Web Dev
• Calvin College's abs-chat
• gr-lug
• GR.pm
• XP West MI
• gr-ruby
• West MI .NET user group
• GR Drupal
• GRCC Linux Club?
• gramug
• grandrapids.craigslist.org
• eventful.com
• upcoming.org
• grnow.com
• ArbCamp mailing list
• BarCampChicago mailing list (should we advertise there? it's the same weekend)
• barcamp.org homepage
• our own blogs
• gr-jug.org
• West Michigan Association of Information Technology Professionals
• vmware group?
• grafug
• wmoug
• KLUG
• WMLUG
• DLUG
• LLUG
• Cisco UG
• West Mich Network Technology
• GRISSA GR Information Systems Security Assoc
• West MI Novell UG
• Web|Graphic|Design Form of W MI
• Mich Open Source Group
• Michigan Flex User Group (lansing)