BarCampGrandRapids3Planning

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Contents 1 Minutes 2 Logistics 3 Website 4 Sponsors 5 Marketing - audiences 6 Suggested Topics

Minutes

• 5/29

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

• Gordon Food Service
  • food & swag
• Subway
  • food
• Calvin College
  • venue
• Elevator Up

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  • t-shirts
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  • drinks
•  ?
  • advertising/printing

Marketing - audiences

• other local tech user groups
  • (see list at http://gr-jug.org/ and http://www.wmntug.org/)
• students at schools
• design/creative people (aimWest?)
• Chris Woodruff: .NET connections
• Carlus Henry: other MI Java groups
• new groups/companies via LinkedIn

Suggested Topics

It would be nice to have some pre-gathering preparation on some topics. If you're willing to take a requested topic, please sign up by putting your name after the topic.

• Ruby on Rails, introduction and simple functioning example demonstrated
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