BarCampRochester2 :: >Planning< :: Sponsors :: Media

TODO

• If you're a new Host, check out Ten Steps to Organizing a Barcamp. Decide what your responsibility would be, or ask if you'd like some help fitting your skills in.
• BarCampLA postmortem is good readin'!
• Intermingled on this page are INFO, IDEA, and TODO items. If there is a TODO: that is Unassigned, feel free to put your name there to sign up for the task :D

Communication

• INFO: Planning/Organizing Google Group
• INFO: Campfire Group Chat
• INFO: Google Doc of an informational blurb email suitable for forwarding to interested parties - feel free to modify as you like!

Date/Time

• INFO: May 12 immediately follows the CIWG Symposium and Digital Arts Competition and Exhibition
• INFO: 10am-late night?
• TODO: Jason: Organize room registration

Food

• TODO: Unassigned: We are looking for food sponsors.
  • Breakfast (bagels, coffee, juice)
  • Lunch
  • Dinner mayyyybe?
  • Random snack action, drinks

Supplies

• TODO: Unassigned: What kinda supplies do we need?
  • Some big big paper to draw the session timeframe on
  • Sticky nametags would be sweet
  • Sharpies

Wi-Fi

• TODO: Can we ask someone in IT what we'll need to support non-RIT ppl on wifi, & if it's necessary to beef up access points?

Facilities

• TODO: Ask FMS about getting some big bonus trash cans so we can clean up after ourselves.

T-Shirts

• TODO: Emily Y.: I'm getting in touch with HTB Press.
• TODO: Unassigned: We are looking for someone to sponsor the purchase/production of T-Shirts

Scheduling

• TODO: How many tracks? Have 1 track for 5/10 minute lightning talks? What's the overall event schedule looking like? (Depends on: How many rooms will we have?)

Advertising

• TODO: Jason: Poster RIT Campus (GCCIS, COS, KGCOE, residences, more?)
• TODO: Unassigned: Find other places to poster, poster them

IDEA: Groups of people who are likely interested and therefore ripe for polite solicitation

• INFO: If you're close with any these groups, or know any other groups, feel free to network aggressively with them - the more great people, the better the event!
• INFO: Group list http://www.inforochester.com/orgscomputer.htm
• Users Groups: Linux, Ruby, Java, Python, others?
• DevHousers: somewhat spamified Rochester DevHouse wiki
• Jon Schull's Innovation and Invention course at RIT
• MacRIT, AppleCIDER
• RIT departments and student groups: CS, SE, IT, Math, piRIT, ITSO
• Probably lots of your friends of Facebook (etc.), if you're reading this page (todo: make fb event when date is known)

IDEA: Random and awesome entertainment in the form of geeky a capella music?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsKBQLz8yrI

INFO: From planning of BCR2-Fall06

• Coordination meeting #1