What should we use as the website of drupalcamp 4 NYC?

I think we should be using the barcamp site to funnel people to the external site. That will serve as advertisement for people who aren't very deep rooted into Drupal, but are familiar with barcamps. Drupal Camp isn't just for us NYC Drupalers you know... In addition to us learning new things, it also means that we are trying to foster MORE interest in the community. If we stick to JUST a barcamp site, the only people who will see it are people who are familiar with barcamps as well. We have to think a bit broader and open up as many doors as possible.

michaelg, I have to ask: If the majority of people vote against your idea, are you even willing to go along with the group decision?

It's neck and neck! The anxiety is killing me! Thanks for putting this up Eric.

I've got a few thoughts...

I think having a separate site outside of existing community infrastructure could be a somewhat risky proposition. Not saying that this would happen here, but I encountered a situation with a BarCamp where they decided to own a separate website for themselves apart from barcamp.org, and what ended up happening is the owner of the domain decided that he was the end all be all for BarCamp planning in the area. The beauty of BarCamp and my extension DrupalCamp is that anyone can start one. If someone buys a domain to start a Bar/DrupalCamp site for a certain area and then decide they don't want to share that space with others in the community who'd like to plan an event... that can be potentially detrimental for the community at large and confusing for any newcomers.

Keeping the DrupalCamp site in an existing community architecture, whether it be BarCamp.org or Drupal groups could avoid any potential "ownership" issues in the future.

Personally, I haven't had any issues with the way things have been done previously with the DrupalCamp website on BarCamp.org and then being promoted and discussed on the NYC Drupal group OTHER than the fact that I don't live in NYC (I live in New Hampshire) and for the majority of the year most of what's being said in this group just makes me feel bad that I live out in the sticks. ;) So maybe having a group specifically for DrupalCampNYC wouldn't be such a bad idea.

That said, I can't decide what way to vote. :P

since the idea of using a separate drupal group has not received any votes, I'm going to delete the group I created. looking fwd to working with you all on drupal camp nyc 4