Bar Camp Portland 2 on May 2, 3, & 4
Location: Cubespace
622 SE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97214
What is BarCampPortland? -- Portland Geek Culture
BarCampPortland is an unconference for the Portland tech community, produced BY the Portland tech community. Interesting topics, cool people, great networking opportunities, wifi, and more! Building an active tech community in Portland, Oregon.
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.
What to do now
- RSVP for the event on Upcoming; edit this page and add yourself to the "Campers" section to help us learn more about you
- Sponsor! These events can't be successful without our sponsors. Contact DawnFoster if you would like to sponsor a portion of the event.
- Join our Mailing List: Sign up for our Google Group to get email announcements about future meetups and events.
- Tell your friends: Don't forget to use the BarCampPortland tag when blogging, posting pictures, etc.
Organizing Committee
- Dawn Foster - Organization, meetings, etc.
- Selena Decklemann - Lining up sponsors. Finding and publishing a place to post notes from sessions, etc.
- Audrey Eschright - Coordinating food / catering. Scheduling: post-its, schedule board / framework
- Raven Zachary - Logistics and volunteer round-up along with t-shirts, coordinating registration desk volunteers
- Mara Collins: KidCamp on Sunday so that people can bring kids?
- Adam Duvander
Rough Agenda
Friday, May 2
6:00 - 7:00pm: Registration / Networking
7:00 - 7:30pm: Kickoff
7:30 - 10:00pm: Session Planning / Agenda Setting (maybe some werewolf?)
Note: If you want to present or have input into the agenda, Friday night is your chance!!
Saturday, May 3
9:00 - 9:30am: Breakfast / Networking
9:30 - 10:00: Morning kickoff
10:00 - 12:45: Sessions
1:00 - 2:00: Lunch
2:00 - 6:00: Sessions
6:00 - 7:00: Dinner
7:00 - 9:00: Mini-Ignite or Lightning Talks??
9:00 - 11:00: Networking / Werewolf
Sunday, May 4
9:00 - 10:00am: Breakfast / Networking
10:00 - 12:00: Sessions
12:00 - 1:00: Lunch
1:00 - 2:45: Sessions
2:45 - 3:00: Wrap-up (and clean up)
Campers
PLEASE RSVP on Upcoming to help us plan for things like food and space!
DawnFoster
AudreyEschright
ToddKenefsky
RavenZachary
ChrisBrentano
BartMassey
BrandonPhilips
AaronHockley
GrantKruger
TheresaPridemore
AdronHall
SamKeen
KrisAmundson
Stay Connected
Take a look at the Flickr photos from past meetups and events.
Check out other Portland-area technology communities at PDXgroups.
Upcoming Events
Past Events
BarCampPortland1, May 11-12, 2007
DemoCampPortland1, May 12, 2007
Contacts
DawnFoster & AudreyEschright
Random Organizational Notes
Blogging is on the Legion of Tech as a category.
Upcoming for RSVPs and add yourself to the wiki.
Anything else we could do on Sunday to draw people back?
