Planning for this years Twin Cities Drupal Camp is well underway.
The day to day Drupal Camp planning is happening using BaseCamp as a project management tool. We will try to report back in this space with regular updates on how things are going. If anyone wishes to participate more actively, we would be happy to invite you to our Basecamp. Please, contact Keri Poeppe, myself, or anyone on the committee.
If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to post them here, contact a committee chair, or to contact someone on the committee.
Drupal Camp Update
This year we are trying to accomplish more of the planning in committees and not overwhelm our monthly Happy Hour with Drupal Camp business. We've set up the following committees along with the identified committee chairs.
• Venues - Kendra Myers
• Program - Jer Davis
• Website - Dan Moriarty
• Sponsorships - Drew Gorton
• Marketing, Communications, & Creative - Peter Sohal
Please, feel free to contact any of the committee chairs directly to see how you can get more involved.
We have already announced that we will be returning to the University of St. Thomas on August 7-10, 2014. We are anticipating that the camp structure will be very similar to last year.
August 7 = Training
August 8-9 = Keynotes, sessions, & BOF (Birds of a Feather)
August 10 = Sprints
Last year we had something in the range of 300 registrations. Our main plenary space is limited to 324 people. Given that not everyone is ever there at any given point in time, there is speculation that we could grow to 350-400 registrations within the current space.
Here is our proposed schedule/timeline (subject to change):
- Website Live = May 15
- Start accepting session proposals = May 15
- Registration opens = June 15
- Session proposals review = June 20
- Session proposals published = July 1
- Camp = Aug 7-10
Some decisions or near decisions:
- We will probably use the same logo as last year
(to save time and focus on other priorities) - This year we are considering asking sponsors to sponsor Twin Cities
Drupal for a full year. This will include the camp, but also other
events that will happen throughout the year (i.e. - The Open House D'OH)
(NOTE: We currently have a positive bank balance from previous camps)
Current priorities:
- Getting website started
- Recruiting Keynote and featured speakers
(Please contact us with ideas) - Budget
- Sponsorships
- Identifying target groups that might be
interested in participating in camp
(outside of our core Drupal community) - Identifying venues for social events
- Getting commitments from training organizations
- Putting together an overall marketing plan for conference
Budgeting marketing expenses