Posted by zzolo on April 10, 2009 at 5:28pm
The Drupal masses of the Twin Cities have spoken, and a close second to the documentation sprint, is a Drupal Camp. We have a great Drupal community here, and historically we have had some pretty successful Drupal events.
This is a much larger project. I see this happening in more of a six month time frame, so maybe some time in the fall. I was one of the main organizers of Drupal Daze last summer, which was a lot of fun and very successful. But it was a lot of work. For us to do this, we need to have a some committed people/organizations. But, I also think this is totally worth it and will be lots of fun.
Some major questions:
- Who can commit some serious time to this?
- When should we have it (something more specific than Fall)?
- How long should it be (1, 2, 3 .. days)?
- Financials and Sponsorship?
- Where? (This is important, but can present itself as other things fall into place)
Some links:
- Basic advice on camps: http://drupal.org/node/247972
- Drupal Camp/Events groups: http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-camp
- Acquia's Event Kit: http://acquia.com/drupal-event-organizer-kit
- http://drupalcampla.com/
- http://drupal-centroamerica.org/
- http://badcamp07.org/
- http://sandcamp.org/
- Seems abandoned: http://drupal-camp.org/
Comments
My recommendation would be
My recommendation would be to keep it to one day, two at the most. Trying to spread it out over a longer period could dilute the overall quality of the event, and really 2 days of watching/giving presentations is a lot to take in, and to commit to.