Posted by himerus on September 25, 2011 at 4:38am
The next scheduled date we have for the Manchester DUG meetup would fall on Thursday the 13th of October.
However, Michelle and I will both be in NYC for Do it With Drupal.
We have a couple of options (venue allowing):
Move the meetup forward a week to the 6th of October.
Move the meetup back a week to the 20th of October.
Any thoughts?? Keep in mind that DrupalCampNH will be Saturday, October 29th.
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The 6th would be the best if
The 6th would be the best if people can make it. I think it's better to have more time pull together what we need for the Drupal Camp than be running around wishing we had more time. The other concern is which day can we get a meeting room for?
Mary M.
I agree. The 6th will give us
I agree. The 6th will give us more time.
Roger
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Been thinking a little more
Been thinking a little more on this and it's quite possible we may need to meet twice in October to make sure the Camp is all set. Even if the second is by conference call to make sure everything is ready to go and there are no loose ends.
Mary M.
The only thing that's needed
The only thing that's needed at this point will be day-of-event volunteers which I will call for shortly and line out how many should really be needed, and in what spots. The badge holders and lanyards are in hand. I will be bringing a sample of the badges to the meetup, and hopefully a sample of the schedules as well (that fit in the badge holders)
I'm working now to locate the best small format printer in Manchester that can print the badges/schedules in short notice. I have the large format printer lined out that will handle the large signage like schedules for outside the rooms, etc. and more than likely a large banner to hang at the entrance to look REALLY awesome. :)
I have decided (because they aren't very cheap OR friendly) NOT to use SNHU catering... after reviewing the terms of the rental agreement, there is NO mention that it is actually required to use them... it just seems to be that they "force" you to by making you think you have no other option. So that is going to make catering easy, and I'm going to make a final call on that one tomorrow... Michelle and I did a good bit of research last week on a couple places, and worst case scenario, we save half the cost of SNHU's overpriced catering.
Final real details are making sure ALL the rooms get sessions recorded, and not just the auditorium, waiting a call back from the SNHU rep on that one. As well as getting someone (hopefully for free or in-kind sponsorship) to be in charge ALL day of the camp (and part of the afterparty) with a good camera to document the event and get tons of pictures of everyone, including a good group photo.
It IS coming together... that is for sure... :) and working out details with a few final sponsors to add a few more bucks to our budget, and also throw in some value added swag/services.
I'M FREAKIN' EXCITED FOR DRUPALCAMPNH!!! :)
Jake Strawn (@himerus)
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Also, about the schedule....
Also, the schedule should be up on or around the 1st of October, which will help me have the time to get the large format printing on room schedules designed up and back.
There are "almost" enough sessions to fill up most of the slots.... hopefully a good handful more come in over the next week, and we'll be golden... so far all the submissions look great!
Jake Strawn (@himerus)
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Oct. 6 or 20th
Either date is cool with me. See you then.
Going with the 20th
Because of a tight schedule leading up to DIWD, I'm going to opt for the 20th for this month's meetup... event node pending.
Doing it on the 20th, just the week before DrupalCampNH will give a bit of time that evening if needed to put everyone to work during our discussion stuffing badges or something like that if needed.
This will also fall after a last meeting at SNHU to do a walkthrough and planning of the venue with Michelle in tow to make sure I'm not forgetting anything like tables, etc.
I will be meeting tomorrow with a local print shop that should be who we use for all our needs (badges, schedules, room signage, etc) so it's really going to be till the 20th before everything falls into place 100%, and I'll see what I can do to get the badges/schedules printed by then, which would allow us to have something constructive to do on meetup night!!
Jake Strawn (@himerus)
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