[PLUG-Devel] Desert Code Camp next month

[Lorin Thwaits]

Darrin and friends,

Perhaps more background about the event would be helpful for those deciding 
if they would like to attend or present a session.  Last time we had over 
300 people in attendance, and after the event we got about 200 feedback 
cards back, upon which many people had commented that they were impressed 
with how well organized everything was, and how much they learned.

We are in "Call for Speakers" mode right now, and very eager to include 
those who would like to present about FS / OSS.  At this point it's true 
that we have only 8 such sessions lined up with speakers.  (Plus another 5 
that are not language-specific, such as general application architecture and 
such.)  Although I feel that it's an OK start, we'd like to have many more. 
This is where you folks come in.  This is a community event, and its success 
depends largely on you, the participants.  We are very interested in 
whatever topics the developer community at large would like to see 
presented, and would encourage you to both suggest sessions and sign up to 
teach them.

The first session starts at 8am, and the last one ends at 6pm.  That's not 
to say that you have to show up at 8am, or stay for the whole thing.  Last 
time when we put the hours up on the site, many people thought for some 
reason they had to stay that whole time, so this time we haven't posted the 
hours yet.  The idea is to come out and attend the specific sessions that 
you're most interested in.  As soon as we reach 65 sessions, we'll switch 
the site over to allow scheduling, and you'll be able to plan out your day.

(By the way, for those thinking about presenting: every classroom has a 
projector, fast Internet connection, and a whiteboard.)

Although we are seeking sponsors, we intend to have no obnoxious marketing 
or corporate bias at the event.  For instance, we are talking to folks from 
the most popular search engine on the Internet, and it is possible that they 
will sponsor lunch for us.  But still we aren't giving them any marketing 
airtime.  (Although we hope some of their developers will come out and talk 
about Python!)

So in short, we'd be delighted to have you participate.  It's a great day of 
fun and technology.  And even if you find that Code Camp sucks, at least it 
happens to coincide with October's InstallFest!  (Same location and 
everything.)  So you'd have a good back-up plan just in case.

Here's the link:

http://desertcodecamp.com

-Lorin
Desert Code Camp Director


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrin Chandler" <dwchandler at stilyagin.com>
To: "List for Linux development and software engineering discussions." 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG-Devel] Desert Code Camp next month


> On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 06:10:39PM -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
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>> Looking over the current presentation list for the October 28th Desert
>> Code Camp, I note many that focus on FS/OSS technologies.  I don't yet
>> know if I can go but I thought a little reminder to the group is worth 
>> it.
>>
>> http://desertcodecamp.com
>>
>> Alan
>
> I looked at it a week or two ago and they listed *tons* of FS/OSS stuff,
> most with no presenter (as in they had nothing, really). Also, they had
> the date but no starting or ending times, so I don't know if it started
> in the morning and ran all day into the evening, or if it was 4 hours in
> the middle of the day, or what.
>
> If you're getting the impression I'm underwhelmed then you'd be right. I
> understand some people went to the last one and it was ok. So tell me
> why I should care about this when they obviously don't (at least didn't)
> have their act together. I'm only being this critical because it's being
> actively promoted, and then you look at their site and it had little
> actual info. If they were in the "call for presenters" or "gauging
> interest" stages I'd be a lot more forgiving.
>
> Anyway, someone talk me out of my bad attitude about this. ;)
>
> -- 
> Darrin Chandler            |  Phoenix BSD Users Group
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