BarCampGrandRapids4Planning

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
  • GiveCampAnnArbor
• 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
  • GeekAid (GR)
  • no Jason
• 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