DrupalCamp Planning Notes - February 2, 2010

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Florida DrupalCamp 2010

Planning Meeting

Saturday, January 16, 2010


  • February 13? - DrupalCamp Presentation Jam - everyone gets together to work on their presentations - Andrew
  • As of January 29, we have
    • $4950 in sponsorship pledges
    • $4602.81 (current balance)
      • sponsorships
      • paid registrations
  • Conference Call 
    • Tuesday, February 9, 9pm
    • Continue planning...
  • Marketing
    • Outreach
      • Rollins Philanthropy Center - Stephen - email for Coding for a Cause went out previously
      • CFCS email newsletter - Hewie will send out a DrupalCamp notification to the  (~700 recipients)
      • Florida Association of Computer User Groups - Hewie
      • Refresh Orlando - Rodney - Elizabeth will contact
      • BarCamp Orlando - Greg - Ryan will contact
      • DrupalPlanet - Andrew (Monday), Damien (Wednesday)
      • Gary's Guide - Ryan
      • Doterati - Ryan
      • Upcoming - Ryan
      • Florida Creatives - Ryan
      • g.d.o. - event in "Camps and Conferences" group - Ryan
      • GoLug - Damien
      • LEAP - Damien
      • Digital Media Alliance of Florida - Ryan
      • PHP User Group - David Rogers - Ryan
      • NFi Studios Blog - Ryan
      • Refresh Miami - Ryan
      • Refresh Jacksonville - Ryan
      • Tampa BarCamp List - Ryan
      • Facebook - Ryan
      • EventBrite - 2009 DrupalCamp list - Ryan/Andrew
      • Others - research?
    • Florida Meetups
      • Sarasota - Mike
      • Miami - 1/28 - John Studdard went
      • Tallahassee - Marc
    • Materials
  • Giveaways
    • We will give each session speaker 1 item to giveaway.
      • Packt - 3 books
      • O'Reilly - 7 or 8 books
      • Prentice Hall - we got 5 copies of Front End Drupal and 5 copies of Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours
      • Peach Pit - no available books
      • Wiley - 9 books
    • Sponsors?
      • Acquia (swag)
      • Lullabot (DVD)
      • Bonnier (swag?)
      • Rackspace (t-shirts)
      • DrupalEasy (bags?)
  • T-shirts
    • Erik/Andrew/Elizabeth
    • White Shirts ($6.25/each)
    • Red Volunteer Shirts ($6.25/each)
      • ~20 - decide on 1/28
    • Full color logo on front
    • Monochrome sponsor logos on back
      • tag cloud logos on back
      • Mike will get Erik a email list of sponsors to ask for monochrome logos - DONE 1/17/10
    • Sizes - the t-shirt committee will handle
    • T-shrits ordered on 1/28/10, expected to be delivered around 2/15/10
  • Food
    • Saturday drinks - Don
      • $160 budget
      • water
      • soda 
      • OJ
      • ice
    • Saturday AM - Elizabeth
      • $125 budget
      • Coffee
      • Snacks
      • Charles Wheelus has a BJs and Costco card, he's willing to help get stuff on Friday afternoon/evening.
    • Saturday lunch - Mike
      • Begin serving at noon.
      • Tijuana Flats - Altamonte Springs
        • Hot bar - yet
        • Tortilla Chips - yes
        • Vegetarian Option? (15%)
        • plasticware - yes
    • Saturday PM - don
      • $50 budget
      • Cookies
      • Fruit
      • Nuts
    • Sunday drinks - Don
      • $60 budget
      • water
      • soda
      • OJ
      • ice
    • Sunday AM - Elizabeth
      • $55 budget
      • Coffee 
      • Snacks
    • Sunday lunch - Mike
      • $350 budget
      • Jason's Deli boxed lunches
    • Sunday PM - Don
      • $25 budget
      • Cookies
      • Fruit
      • Nuts
  • Saturday Evening Social Event - Ryan
    • Options - http://groups.drupal.org/node/47900
      • Jack's - College Park
      • Orlando Ale House - Altamonte
      • Elephant Bar - Altamonte
      • Friday's - Altamonte
      • Gina's on the Water (old name?) - Altamonte
    • Contact Yelp about them sponsoring - Elizabeth/Andrew - Collen is the Orlando Yelp community manager. She'll bring swag on Saturday. She is also willing to help out.
    • No CFCS funds to be used for insurance reasons
  • Rental Equipment - Don
    • Chairs
      • $3.60/each
    • Coolers
      • $40/each
    • Delivery
      • $95 (total)
    • PA
      • $200
      • wood podium with mic/speakers
    • Assuming 150 people?
      • 540 + 95 + 200 + 80 = $915
    • Tent - for outside food setup
      • 20x20ft 
      • $264 + $85 permit fee
    • Outdoor Chairs
      • $2.75/each 
      • need maybe 40
      • $110
    • Garbage Cans
      • $5/each
    • Grand total for everything
      • $1289 + tax + $85 permit
      • Quote received from Kirby: $1251 total (gave us a break on the tent)
  • Insurance - Hewie/Andrew
    • $383
    • Will be purchased immediately after 1/28/10 conference call based on estimated number of attendees
    • Has this been purchased? Andrew? Hewie?
  • Projectors - John
    • Hewie
    • MindComet
    • Erik/John's Condo
    • Erik's brother
    • Gaelan Adam
  • Signage - Mike
    • $100 budget
    • Signs are complete, will be delivered soon.
    • 1/19/10 - We're good to go for 6 lawn signs for $100 (same as last year). I went ahead and ordered the signs and requested that payment is sent.
  • Video
    • Anne, Charles
    • We will video only certain hand-picked sessions.
  • Facilities
    • Cleaning Supplies
      • $25 budget
      • giant garbage bags
      • toilet paper
    • Garbage cans
      • need 12
      • Mind Comet - 2
      • Daimen - 2
      • Mike - 2 good, 2 bad
      • Stephen - 1
      • Waste Management - Andrew
    • Signage - Andrew
      • internal location signs
  • Volunteers - Hewie/Andrew
    • Registration - Ryan/Hewie/Elizabeth
      • Elizabeth + 3 people in morning
      • 1 person throughout the day
      • Ticket Taker
      • Name Tags
        • pre-print registered attendees - Ryan
        • include name, job title, twitter name, and location + blank spot
        • handwritten walk-in attendees
      • "Ask Me" stickers - Ryan
        • Ask Me
        • Hire Me
        • I'm Hiring
      • Tee Shirts (Patio?)
    • Scheduling manager - Damien
    • Room Managers
      • Room 1 (Big room)
        • Mike
        • Ryan
      • Room 2 (Tron)
        • Erik
        • John
      • Room 3 (DK)
        • MindComet will handle this room
    • Door person - Hewie
      • Station someone at front door (definitely in the morning)
    • Runners - Andrew
      • Janitorial
        • 1 person (AM vs. PM, overlap at lunch time)
        • Garbage
        • Bathrooms
      • Drinks/Refreshments
        • 1 person
        • put out snacks at appropriate time
        • purchase ice in the morning
      • Meals
        • 1 person (same as Drinks/Refreshments?)
        • meet delivery people at appropriate time
    • CFCS Volunteers - Hewie
      • 6 am shifts
      • 4 pm shifts
  • Paying for Stuff
    • anything that might be tax exempt and that we can pay for in advance, we should get a total amount and request check from Jay
    • Mike will be the middleman for getting checks from CFCS
  • Friday Night Setup
    • 5pm, then dinner afterwards
    • Mike, Don, Elizabeth, Andrew, Ryan, Stephen, Hewie, Damien*, Erik, John, Anne, Marc*
    • Post on g.d.o.
  • Saturday Night Change Setup - Marc
    • clean up
    • rearrange tables
  • Sunday Afternoon Breakdown
    • Mike, Don, Elizabeth, Andrew, Ryan, Stephen, Hewie, Damien*, Erik, John, Anne, Marc*
  • Lunch Groups
    • have "Table Topics"?
      • librarians
      • designers
      • developers
      • project managers
      • media/video
      • non-profits
  • Sessions - Damien

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