Posted by drewish on July 18, 2007 at 3:52am
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2007-07-25 09:00 - 2007-07-26 18:00 Etc/GMT I just wanted to make sure that everyone Portland is aware of OSCamp. It's a free un-conference that'll be held as part of O'Reilly's OSCON 2007. The basic idea is you just show up and show other people what you're working on and see what they're up to. If you can make some time during the day you'll have a blast.
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Plans
So do we want to plan some stuff? I know in the past there have been get togethers and such.
Jenni Simonis
Gresham, OR
Jenni Simonis
http://www.forwardsupport.com
Exhibit space...
I was also wondering if Drupal was getting exhibit space at the event. I saw that Joomla will be there.
From the sign-up package for sponsors and exhibitors:
Exhibit Space –$5K ($50 USD per sq. ft.)
■ Company name included in pre-event emails
■ Company name listed in press release
■ 1 Session Pass
■ Minimum Booth space in Exhibit Hall 10’x10’
■ Company name, logo, 50 word description in the Program Guide and link on the OSCON web site
■ Access to pre-event press and analyst list
■ 10’ x 10’ Booth provided at no cost to .orgs and open source projects
Jenni Simonis
Gresham, OR
Jenni Simonis
http://www.forwardsupport.com
OSCAMP is free!
OSCON is the big commercialized conference organized by O'Reilly; OSCAMP is a community-driven un-conference (like BarCamp) open to anyone who wants to come.
As far as "Drupal" having an exhibit space, I can't say that I've heard anything about it. I do know that Greg had mentioned the OSU Open Source Lab having a fairly large booth (donated by IBM, IIRC).
A BoF (Birds of a Feather) event wouldn't be out of place, but it might be a bit late to get started. Personally, I'm hoping to get some folks together at OSCAMP to talk about technology infrastructure for non-profits (i.e., tech on no money), which will hopefully include discussion of ways to use Drupal and other user-friendly CMS tools to "get the message out."
OSCON/OSCAMP 2007
Lennon is correct. We (the OSU OSL) will be present in force in the OSCON exhibit hall at IBM's booth - #403, one of the big open 20'x20' booths right by the entrance. Please stop by and visit us ... it's always fun to meet folks we usually only "see" online. We'll have several staff present who are working with the hosting of the main drupal.org sites and nearly all of us can (and probably will) help represent the Drupal community to non-believers. :-)
I'll certainly be around OSCAMP too, as will quite a few of the OSL staff. Wouldn't miss it!
A few OSCAMP details
I'm the 'un-official, official' organizer for OSCamp. That venue should work well for Drupal (and any other group). It is Barcamp format so just show up at 9am'ish on wed and block out a session (or 2) for drupal.
There will be light snacks and coffee in that room (also wifi and a projector available to whom ever has that hour's session slot)
register at oscamp.org
pdxphp has a (little) booth in the expo hall and we welcome all drupal'rs to come by and 'hang out'. Also our booth is right in front of the restrooms so we are bound to see you 'eventually' :)
Sam Keen
Sam Keen
Events
I was just thinking of something along the lines of getting together for dinner in the evening. I know they'd done that in the past. It might be fun to get together for something social.
Jenni Simonis
Gresham, OR
Jenni Simonis
http://www.forwardsupport.com