| Date | Nov/Dec 2007 (see note) |
| Time | 9am to 6pm |
| Location | University of Calgary? |
Note: The date is still to be determined. Likely on one Saturday in late Nov or early Dec.
What's going on!
Want to learn more about the upcoming BarCamp in Calgary? Attend our upcoming DemoCampCalgary. Please add your name to the list below if you plan to attend BarCamp.
Sponsors
If you are interested in being a BarCamp/DemoCamp Calgary sponsor, please contact Heather: heather@materialinsight.com. or add your name by editing the wiki.
Your name here
Sponsorships help with costs such as space, Internet access, A/V, food, t-shirts, BarCamp-style band passes, and promotions.
Organizers
Subteam Leaders:
- Agenda and Materials Manager: .
- Organization for agendas, program and materials (projectors, flip charts, etc.)
- Note: BarCamp is self-organizing, but we need the framework, timing (breaks/lunch/start/end), person to facilitate on-site organization meeting (someone experienced with barcamp/foocamp/etc.)
- Location Management:
- Find a location, drive all communications with facility, coordinate food / drinks.
- Sponsorships & Marketing Promotions Manager:
- Find sponsors, primary point of contact for sponsors, work with sponsors to pay bills.
- Coordinate marketing and promotions for the event & marketing materials for sponsors.
Proposed Sessions
What do you want to hear, what do you want to say and what could you live without? Are you an expert in something cool? Is there some trend we should know about? (I took these two examples from BarCampPortland)
- Speed Geeking - short, rotating presentations and social networking for small groups
- Art of Community (open source communities, wiki communities, web 2.0 communities)
- DRM, the internet, and the future of movies and music (and art and photography and ...)
- Open Source Flash: Where did it come from, where's it going, and is it really worth it?
Volunteers
Sign up to be a volunteer and let us know how you're going to help!
- Gordon McDowell I'll be able to assist video taping the event. Assuming people doing demos want to be recorded?
Immediate needs (more to follow):
- Logo Design - We made a logo, but if anyone has anything they think is better, by all means! Your name here
- Promotions - please spread the word about BarCampCalgary, encourage pre-signups here. Your name here
- Food organizer - Breakfast and Lunch plus drinks, at a minimum. Get creative! Your name here
- Wi-Fi Master - We like to have access to Twitter at all times. Matthew Hall
- Sponsor Wrangler - Help bringing in sponsors would be greatly appreciated. Heather is on this!
- T-shirt maker (yay! I heart free t-shirts!) Your name here
Tags
Flickr: barcampcalgary
If you are blogging, our friends at Technorati say the best way to tag is: bar camp calgary
Campers
Sign up for BarCampCalgary! Campers are attendees. Please add your name and a link and/or contact info.
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