Tentative date/location for DrupalCamp Philly - Nov 19th!

Posted by nategasser on October 20, 2008 at 4:47pm

So, we have some trouble with the university locations not being available during the day -- got very close but couldn't make it work. Next time we'll know to plan MUCH farther ahead if we want a university during the day.

But, we've got a hold on Wednesday, November 19th at The Hub which is in the Cira Center -- the tall building with all the lights attached to 30th Street Station. It's easy to get to from everywhere, ultra-convenient if anyone's coming from NYC or DC, and the facility itself is very state-of-the-art with on-site tech people to hook us up with projection and bandwidth needs.

We've got two adjacent rooms with a removable wall. This link shows the floorplan -- we've got the Huntington and J. Cooke rooms.
http://www.thehub.com/floorplan-cira.php. Combined they hold about 115 people set up classroom style (chairs and desks). If we want it, we could add a 3rd adjacent room to hold another 30 people, which could also give us another session. But unless the registrations start pouring in, it seems like the 2 should be sufficient.

It's beautiful, top-end space in a great location. But there's a lot to be worked out still -- sessions, speakers, registrations, etc.

Think we could hold an in-person planning meeting this week to get started on these details?
Anyone willing to offer some space to meet up?

Comments

Great Work!

Posted by Shai on October 20, 2008 at 5:04pm

Nate, this is excellent. I look forward to word about a planning meeting, though I don't have any space to offer.

Shai

Shai Gluskin
Content2zero

One day only?

Posted by aaron on October 20, 2008 at 5:10pm

It'll just be one day then?

Aaron Winborn
Drupal Multimedia (book, in October!)
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Aaron Winborn
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This time...

Posted by nategasser on October 20, 2008 at 5:28pm

One day this time around. I can see Philly doing a 'camp twice a year, and no reason not to shoot for two the second time. But first time out, in a busy month, it seemed like one day was a good place to start.

Awesome! Thanks for doing

Posted by aaron on October 20, 2008 at 5:32pm

Awesome! Thanks for doing the footwork on this. Look forward to the Philly camp!

Aaron Winborn
Drupal Multimedia (book, in October!)
AaronWinborn.com (blog)
Advomatic (work)

Aaron Winborn
Drupal Multimedia (my book, available now!)
AaronWinborn.com
Advomatic

Basekamp space still available

Posted by scottrigby on October 20, 2008 at 5:10pm

If you still want to talk about the Basekamp space at 8th & Chestnut, let me know... We have an exhibition of contemporary art there called 'What's Yours Is Mine" - I don't think it will get in the way for what the group would need to do. However we should probably discuss details to be sure everything could work, if this is an interest for anyone.

space for a planning meeting

Posted by Alex UA on October 20, 2008 at 5:23pm

We'd be more than happy to host the planning meeting at our offices at 15th and South.

Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
ZivTech: Illuminating Technology

Space?

Posted by FirstPersonArts on October 20, 2008 at 5:42pm

How much space do you need for the planning meeting? How many people will be coming?

Andrew

I would guess that 5-10

Posted by nategasser on October 20, 2008 at 5:48pm

I would guess that 5-10 people would be interested in attending a planning meeting but that's just a guess. If we had 20 that would be great.

Please leave a comment on this thread if you'd like to attend the planning meeting.

If you can't attend, we'll keep the planning as open as possible in this group so there will be lots of opportunity to participate.

planning meeting

Posted by mason@thecoding... on October 20, 2008 at 6:02pm

I'm interested in the planning meeting, but it's a busy week. What days for for everyone? Thurs or Fri evening are best for me.

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I can only make Tuesday or

Posted by nategasser on October 20, 2008 at 6:10pm

I can only make Tuesday or Wednesday this week. :(
If we can't get some kind of consensus, maybe we can push to next week.
Anyone else interested?

I could do Weds...

Posted by Alex UA on October 21, 2008 at 3:51pm

Although we'd have to wrap up before the game starts...

Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
ZivTech: Illuminating Technology

Can't make it this week either

Posted by tizzo on October 21, 2008 at 3:48pm

I'd love to attend (and pitch in!) but am tied up every day this week. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week are wide open for me!

DrupalCamp Philly - I'm in & and might help

Posted by dcmurphy on October 22, 2008 at 2:49am

I'm new to the group, new to Drupal and looking forward to DrupalCamp. Not sure how useful I'll be at any planning meeting(s), but I'm willing to help in one form or another. Next week is relatively open. Thursday evening is my only option this week.

Let's try next week

Posted by nategasser on October 22, 2008 at 10:31am

I think it's important to get as many people involved in planning as possible, so let's push the meeting to next week. How's Tuesday the 28th, 6:30pm at ZivTech?

That works for me.

Posted by mason@thecoding... on October 22, 2008 at 1:59pm

That works for me.

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Could it be Weds or Thurs?

Posted by tizzo on October 22, 2008 at 2:36pm

I hate to say it but since my last post my company obligated me to shoot a commercial on Tuesday (we produce video as well as doing drupal work). Weds or Thurs still work for me and if that doesn't work for you guys feel free to delegate a few things to me at the meeting. I want to help make this happen!