Call for volunteers for promote Drupal at FOSSETCON in Orlando Sept 11-13

We encourage users to post events happening in the community to the community events group on https://www.drupal.org.
mherchel's picture

Hey Florida Drupalers and Drupalistas!

We're looking for volunteers to man a Florida Drupal booth at http://fossetcon.org this Sept 11-13

From their website:

Fossetcon is an acronym for "Free and Open Source Expo and Technology Conference". Fossetcon is not JUST a GNU/Linux Conference, *nix Conference or *BSD Conference. It's for all things Free and Open Source!

The booth times will be on Friday and Saturday. They're expecting over 500 people. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the wider open source community in general in addition to spreading the word and helping to market Drupal.

More details can be found on their website at http://fossetcon.org. The conf will be held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel off of I-Drive.

If you're interested, post below!

Comments

I'm in

ultimike's picture

Mike,

As we discussed on IRC, I'm happy to help man the booth and do whatever else is needed to make this happen.

We're planning on having booth swag and will be paying the registration fee for anyone willing to help staff the booth (half-day shifts). We'll also be buying lunch for booth-folks as well.

What do you need to do to be qualified to help staff the booth? Be passionate about Drupal, of course! Be willing to tell people what Drupal is, potentially give them a walk-through, hand out candy and swag, and generally encourage people to get involved with Drupal.

Thanks,
-mike

So handing out candy and

Bowevil's picture

So handing out candy and talking about Drupal, I'm in!

I am interested

joemoraca's picture

I can be in Orlando and love my Linux.

Joe Moraca
WebDevGeeks.com

Well if there is a party, and

liberatr's picture

Well if there is a party, and I can wear my Drupal Diver shirt...

I'm In.

stevengfx's picture

I've been planning on going to this event on Saturday so If I'm needed I would love to help.

This is awesome! I may make

mherchel's picture

This is awesome! I may make it down on the Friday for a day-trip, but depends on my yet TBD schedule :)

Me too!

C13L0's picture

I am in! I would like to catch a ride with someone from Brevard

I can help

densolis's picture

I can be help also. Cielo if you need a ride, you can come by the house and I will drive from there to Orlando.

Thanks so much! Just let me

C13L0's picture

Thanks so much! Just let me know what time to leave =)

Anyone want to give a training session?

mherchel's picture

Does anyone want to do a training session Wednesday the 11th? If so, let me know ASAP. The organizer contacted me and has space, but it needs to be in TOMORROW (actually he said BEFORE tomorrow), but I'm going to email him as soon as I know.

The training sessions are 1.5 hours long, I believe, and an intro type session would be appropriate.

Volunteers for this???

I would like to help

Jitesh Doshi's picture

Nobody replied to the offer to train. If the slot is still open, I would like to do it.

Also, count me in for any other help.

--Jitesh
SpinSpire - Enterprise Drupal!

I would be happy to help in the training session.

densolis's picture

I would be happy to work with Jitesh to on the training side of it.

Do not understand, Wednesday

ckosloff's picture

Do not understand, Wednesday 11th? Of what month?

Check out this summary of

liberatr's picture

Check out this summary of FOSSETCON and a background of one of the organizers, Bryan Smith of Jacksonville, on the FLOSS Weekly show:

http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly/304

Booth Coordinator

johnedev's picture

Who is coordinating the effort for the Drupal booth? Volunteer time slots, etc.

I'm in

dwils's picture

I am available all day on both Friday and Saturday.

I would be glad to help

pmatt's picture

I am available to help with the booth on Friday and Saturday.

I will be coordinating the

joemoraca's picture

I will be coordinating the signups. Should have it going in the next few days.

Joe Moraca
WebDevGeeks.com

FOSSETCON volunteer signup sheet

joemoraca's picture

Expo hall setup is:
anytime Sept 11th(Thursday) 8am-10pm

http://fossetcon.org/2014/schedule

Expo hall hours are:
Sept 12: 10:30am-5pm
Sept 13: 11:30am-5pm

Drupal Volunteer slots will be:
Friday Sept 12:
10:30 - 1:30
1:30 to 5
Saturday Sept 13th
11:30 - 2pm
2 - 5pm

Please let me know what session you are interested in - post here and by email to me: joe @ webdevgeeks . com

Please be "sure" you will be able to attend if you sign up to help out.

Joe Moraca
WebDevGeeks.com

Friday morning

ultimike's picture

Joe,

Thanks for organizing all this.

I'll be there for the Friday morning shift. I'll assume we need to get there a bit early to set up, I'll also bring along some FLDC swag (I may have a few FLDC bags left over...)

I'll shoot you an email with this info as well.

Thanks,
-mike

I'll take the Saturday shift

bhosmer's picture

I'll take the Saturday shift from 11:30 to 2.

Maybe a little road trip?

jeppy64's picture

I'm going to see if I can sneak out for a little road trip. I wouldn't want to commit to any day or time so I don't screw up your planning, but I'd sure like to drop by and hang out a bit if I can swing it.

J

Saturday 11:30 to 2:00 pm

densolis's picture

Joe,

Cielo and I can do Saturday from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. And if Mike needs help, I can also do Friday morning 10:30 to 1:30.

Dennis.

still have afternoon shifts open

joemoraca's picture

This google spreadsheet is what we have so far.

Friday and Saturday afternoon are both still open. Ryan - the slot on Saturday afternoon is open - it just before the party ;-)

Joe Moraca
WebDevGeeks.com

401 on that link Joe.

bhosmer's picture

401 on that link Joe.

Can't see the google

new-tone's picture

Can't see the google spreadsheet

new spreadsheet link

joemoraca's picture

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19LWVpBRcRd8L9jIk4IPm3fkPBXS7vBuH...

sorry about that I guess I had the "markup" wrong

Joe Moraca
WebDevGeeks.com

I was going to move myself to

bhosmer's picture

I was going to move myself to Saturday 2-5, but I can only view.

Since we already have two for 11-1 you can put me there instead.

Banners and more

ultimike's picture

Hey everybody, I picked up the banners today - big thanks to Dustin and Natalie for making them happen! You can see what they look like here: https://twitter.com/fldrupalcamp/status/510073949330624512

For those of you volunteering at the booth, some notes:

  1. Entrance to Fossetcon is $10. Please purchase the ticket yourself, then I'll reimburse you in cash.
  2. Wear something Drupal-y.
  3. Feel free to bring business cards or company swag.
  4. Bring your laptop, and load up a fresh copy of Drupal 7 for demos. I may bring my external monitor with me for demos, but I won't be leaving it there when I'm not there, so feel free to bring your own.
  5. I'll be bringing a box of leftover DrupalCamp Florida bags to give away.
  6. It would be great if someone who was going to be there tomorrow morning with me (Cielo, Deborah, hint hint) could create a one-page "flyer" with information about future Florida meetups, the https://groups.drupal.org/florida URL, and anything else that might be helpful. I'm booked the rest of the day and won't be able to get to it (sorry!)
  7. Mike Herchel - do we have a booth number or anything like that? How about a contact person at the event?

Is there anything that I'm forgetting? If so, please let me know!

Thanks,
-mike

Awesome Banner!

Bowevil's picture

Awesome Banner!

Florida Drupal User Handouts

dwils's picture

I have Florida Drupal user information handout sheets I will bring Friday morning.

Thank you!

ultimike's picture

Deborah,

Thank you so much for taking care of this!

See you at Fossetcon in a few hours!

Thanks,
-mike

Thanks to everyone who

bhosmer's picture

Thanks to everyone who volunteered. This was an exceptional conference.

We had a swag bag mixup on Saturday though. Mine had a blackmesh water bottle in it, and I think Michael Tripp's got picked up by accident as well.

There was a bag left at the end of the conference that had a polo shirt and a pair of sunglasses in it. I'm thinking this may be John Moore's. Please check your bags and see if you grabbed the correct one.

Checked my bag.

densolis's picture

Ben,

Just checked, and it has the stuff I picked up.

So you've got mine then? It

bhosmer's picture

So you've got mine then? It had the blackmesh water bottle and two xl shirts, one a fossetcon and the other a CentOS.

Florida

Group organizers

Group categories

Florida Topics

Group notifications

This group offers an RSS feed. Or subscribe to these personalized, sitewide feeds: