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Kickoff call Friday 1/25 @ 11AM EST. 231-644-8000 ext 425328# to participate.- Share your commitment level and venue/topic ideas below by EOD Sunday 1/27.
Name / Bio / How can I help?
Please add you name here only if you want to be part of the pre-planning / organization team. There's a Participants section below for people who just want to show up and do their thing.
- Jonah Keegan - jonah at doradocapitalinc dot com - Jonah is a founding partner in an online financial services company dedicated to making it easier for parents to save for college.
- Sewell Tang - me at sewelltang dot com - Sewell is the CTO of the Monetary System which provides community banks strategic services and technology solutions to help grow their business.
- Barry Kessler - Barry is the founder and president of Prepaid Resources, LLC, providing support services for the prepaid debit industry.
Venue Leads
- Cooper Union - (Jonah) Email in to assess availability for Saturday, March 1 or Saturday, March 8. No facilities detail, but 3-5 rooms plus dining area is doable, wi-fi status unclear.
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Topics
What / Who do you want to see in a BarCampMoneyNYC session?
- Fundraising into the downturn. Jason Mendelson and Will Price have good blog posts up on this topic. I'd like a discussion that is localized to east coast venture and NYC. JonahKeegan
- Payment processing. I'd love to see an overview of this industry. What's the supply chain on a typical consumer facing transaction and who are the players at each step of the way? JonahKeegan
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Proposed Sessions
Add the discussion you intend to lead, or suggest a discussion you'd like to participate in.
What?
BarCampMoneyNYC 2008 is an ad-hoc gathering for the people who work in, cover or seek to revolutionize the finance industry to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from all attendees. It costs nothing to attend, but there is a price: all attendees must lead a discussion, give a demo, a session, or help with one.
When?
TBD
Where? / Potential Venues
TBD. Have a venue you can donate? Contact Jonah Keegan jonah at doradocapitalinc dot com We're looking for a space with at least one large area (with chairs) and 3-5 smaller rooms (also with chairs). Ideally has wireless internet access. Ideally has lots and lots and lots of WHITEBOARDS.
I'm still a little unclear about this...
Imagine a set of rooms with tables, chairs, A/V systems, whiteboards and projectors. Imagine a big, blank schedule board in the common area. Imagine 250 of the most interesting people in the NYC area showing up at 9:30 AM to sign up for a slot on the schedule board to discuss the technology-related topics they are most passionate about. What will the topics be? It depends on who shows up! (Check out the Proposed Sessions list for a preview of the possibilities)
Where do I/we stay?
- Can you provide accomodations to an out-of-town guest? Add your name here.
Sponsors
- Interested? Contact Jonah Keegan jonah at doradocapitalinc dot com
Participants (aka Campers)
Budget
- Draft Budget showing expenditures
- Incoming donations (cash, in-kind)
- Outgoing expenses
Key Leadership Roles
ref.
- Sponsor wrangler: Drafts a message to send to potential sponsors, follows up leads from others for potential sponsors, collects info, logos (in vector format), and money from sponsors and also sees that receipts (if necessary) are issued at the end. This is your accounts receivable person and it’s a key thing to get right.
- Wi-Fi Guru: People are going to want wi-fi, and may even need it for their presentation. In order to provide this, you’re going to need a decent internet connection and several routers to handle the traffic. Someone needs to set this up and keep it running during the camp.
- Food Czar: It’s not completely required for a Barcamp, but it’s definitely the standard. You have x number of people to feed for 24 hrs, including a pre-party, a basic breakfast, and a lunch. Obviously, you can only pay for as much of this as you have sponsor money for. See that breakfast and lunch get taken care of first, and then pay for as much of the pre-party as possible. Best to keep the meals simple (but good), have some veggie options, and try to keep costs down. This will be your biggest expenditure.
- T-shirt Master: Not only do people like shirts, but they’re possibly your biggest offering to sponsors since it’s a shared promotional item. Basic shirt is your barcamp logo on the front, all the sponsor logos (tastefully) arranged on the back (I recommend in 1-color only). The range of shirts out there is enormous, but people will appreciate a good quality, non white (or black) colored, well-fitting shirt. It’s a bit more expensive, but providing some women’s shirts (not just unisex smalls) is a really nice touch. (I recommend American Apparel or Bella fine-jersey t-shirts - not the super tight fitted kind). Try to have t-shirts ordered (quanities decided and artwork submitted) 2 weeks before your event. 10 days at ABSOLUTE minimum. Remember, weird things happen in the supply chain. Check in with your t-shirt vendor often if you want to see your shirts on time.
Event details
To get started, here's what we need to do:
- Find a venue. Definitely the hardest part of the process. Venue donations are ideal!
- Pick a date. Once you've got a place picked out, figure out when you want your event to happen. We've tended to try to hold Barcamps simultaneous with other events to mix up the attendee pool -- since you'll draw from both local and out-of-towners. What's most important is that it's convenient for you and works for your community.
- Communicate. Blog, Email, IRC, wiki and document everything! Seriously, the more transparent and communicative you are about your Barcamp, the more successful you'll be.
- Say what you need. Participants can be helpful and giving -- but if they don't KNOW that you need a few extra dollars to cover catering lunch/breakfast, t-shirts, whatever, then they can't step up to the plate and help. Remember: everyone participates. So, give everyone the information they need to be able to participate!
Schedule
Day 1
Morning
Lunch
Afternoon
Dinner
Evening/Party
Task List
- Assemble organizers
- Get Venue -- needs Wi-Fi and WHITEBOARDS
- Get Sponsors
- Get T-shirts
- Get Food
- Get (please
cross out when it's done)
Tech
What do we need? Who can provide it?
- Wifi
- Projector, White Boards
- Photo
- Video
- Audio
- Streaming or Stickam or Skype
Non-tech
What? Who?
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Coffee/Tea
- Tables and chairs
- Party
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- Jonah Keegan
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