BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

**Please use** our new [https://barcamp.osuosl.org/register.php|registration page] as well as adding your name below, so we can get an accurate count.

**Event Information**: We will be posting the schedule and other event day into on the [http://sites.google.com/e/beaverbarcamp.com/www-beaverbarcamp-com/Home Beaver Bar Camp Google Site], and don't forget to join the [http://www.googlegroups.com/group/beaverbarcamp Google group] to get important notifications about the event!

! Event details

''When:'' Friday Night and Saturday, March 1st, 2008  (Note - change in date from earlier announcement)

Friday 2/29 - 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Saturday 3/1 - 9:00am - 11:00pm

Tag photos, blogs, del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, etc. as **BeaverBarCamp**


''Where:'' Kelley Engineering Center ([http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2500+NW+Monroe+Ave,+Corvallis,+OR+97330,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title map]) at Oregon State University; 2500 Monroe, Corvallis, OR ([http://engr.oregonstate.edu/prosperity/building/KEC_brochure.pdf|brochure with a floor plan])

What rooms at Kelly do we get? The classrooms on the west end? (Yes, plus all the little conference rooms scattered throughout the building, so we have a lot of space for discussion).


! Where to stay?

http://www.visitcorvallis.com/lodging/index.html

Can we get a sponsor for this?

!! Looking for someone to stay with

* [mailto:johnca@ourpla.net|John Abbe] (Friday night only) - ''got space, thanks!''
* add your name / contact info here

!! Have space for someone to stay

* [mailto:ben.kero@gmail.com|Ben Kero] Friday+Saturday - Got a free couch, and plenty of floor space.
* [mailto:toby@coas.oregonstate.edu|Toby] Friday+Saturday - Open futon, and plenty of floor space.
* add your name / contact info here

! Sponsors

* [http://www.sao.corvallis.or.us|Software Association of Oregon Corvallis Chapter]
* [http://www.mystrands.com|MyStrands]
* [http://www.jivesoftware.com Jive Software]
* [http://www.sandacom.com Sanda Communications]
* [http://www.woodstocks.com Woodstocks Pizza ]
* [http://engr.oregonstate.edu/ OSU College of Engineering]
* [http://www.insightsnow.com InsightsNow! ]
* [http://www.microsoft.com MicroSoft ]
* [http://www.mozilla.com Mozilla ]
* [http://www.bizcenter.org LBCC Small Business Development Center ]
* [http://www.securityallstars.com Security All Stars ]
* Centaur Software Engineering

Want to be added to this list? You can volunteer from our [https://barcamp.osuosl.org/register.php|registration page]

! Budget

* Incoming donations (cash, in-kind)
** [http://www.sao.corvallis.or|SAO] - $500
** [http://www.mystrands.com/corp MyStrands] - $300
** [http://www.jivesoftware.com Jive Software] - $250
** [http://engr.oregonstate.edu/ OSU COE] - $300
** [http://www.insightsnow.com InsightsNow!] - $300
** [http://www.microsoft.com MicroSoft ] - $300
** [http://www.mozilla.com Mozilla ] - $300
** [http://www.bizcenter.org LBCC SBDC] - $250
** [http://www.securityallstars.com Security All Stars] - $100

* Outgoing expenses
** Assume 200 people? Or can we get up to 300? (Probably <100 -- that's still great for Bbarcamp#1)
** Building Rental + cleanup : $600
** -Wireless:-  (Can use existing osupub, its free)
** Friday reception snacks: $5/person - $150
** Sat Breakfast: $5/person - $500   (rough guesses , depends on number of people)
** Sat Lunch:     $8/person - $800
** Sat Dinner:    $8/person - $800
** -Sunday Brunch: $5/person - $1000- (No event on Sunday)
** Drinks:        $3/person - $600     (NOTE: OSU has a No Alcohol policy)

** T-shirts       $6 each?      (would attendees be willing to pay for these?)
**


! Schedule
!!Friday 6:30pm - 11:00pm 

Working meeting to plan Saturday...

!!Saturday 9:00am - 11:00pm

* Morning

Sessions

* Lunch

Eat

* Afternoon

Sessions

* Dinner

Eat

* Evening/Party

!Sessions and Events

!!"Ignite" style event

I'm thinking of possibly adding an "Ignite" style event - speakers with timed ppt presentations.

I like it!

[http://youtube.com/watch?v=7QuBdD7mzts|What is Ignite?]

[http://www.igniteportland.com/|Portland's apparently rocked!]

!!Proposed Sessions

*** add your topic...


!!Planned/offered sessions (slide shows, talks, presentations, and discussions):

** Programming from an off grid Mud Hut - Shannon Dealy
** Hands on set up your own OpenID - Colleen Dick
** IntroToLinq (presentation, demo, q&a) - Sat. AM and/or late PM - RoryPlaire
** CorvallisDotNetUserGroup - Sat. AM and/or late PM - RoryPlaire
** How to create an Investor Pitch - Sat. - Steve Morris
** (or -- "Finding the Money" - an overview of angel/vc fund raising) Steve Morris
** The Six Hour Startup - Robert Eickmann
** Seattle Saturday House - Or collective intelligence on tap - Or building a geek house -Robert Eickmann
** Supporting non-profits with Google virtual office (Google Apps) - Robert Williams
** [http://wagn.org Wagn demo] - John Abbe (Sat am)
** Community Building roundtable discussion (Sat early-mid-day) - DawnFoster
** OSU OSL Tour (Sat AM, early PM) - Lance Albertson
** So... you have a business idea... Now What?  -  Frank Hall, Robert Best
** The Art of the Start (Guy Kawasaki's great book and presentation)  -  Frank Hall
** Is Google a God? (see thechurchofgoogle.com)  -  fanatic discussion
** Getting started in e-tailing  -  Frank Hall
** All things Pythonic: recursive generator generators - K Lars Lohn

** add your topic...


!!!Topics I would like to hear about (backlog)

*** Doing funky stuff with Linux routers
*** Amazon EC2 + S3 + SimpleDB (seconded!)
*** JungleDisk storage that uses Amazon S3
*** Hobby Rockets + computer Control
*** Kinetic Sculptures
*** JavaScript
**** DojoToolkit
**** JQuery - Dave Merwin (Designer's Perspective)
**** Google Widget Toolkit
**** Yahoo UI Library
*** Starting a Tech Businesses
**** Angel Funding
**** lendingclub as a way to start a business
**** Free tools to help startup businesses (Google Apps, GrandCentral, etc)
*** Social Networking online
**** Linkedin/Facebook
*** Ruby
*** Ruby on Rails for making dynamic websites
*** Animation
*** Game development
*** Scrum Development
*** repurposing embedded computers.
*** How wiki technology was invented
*** Django - Dave Merwin (Designer's Perspective)
*** BluePrint CSS - Dave Merwin (Designer's Perspective)
*** growing a material-world living-in-the-same-place community
*** how learn to build (''buildings'') -- including alternative building methods & materials
*** naturalistic spirituality -- "How can fun, inspiring, transcendental, sacred ways of living, thinking, and being, exist in a purely naturalistic, scientific framework?"
*** Best tools for team collaboration?

*** add a topic...

* Oracle Database : Performance tuning
* Myspace/Networking sites: Using Web Services, what services are available etc
* Jobs: Whos hiring in Corvallis, what are they looking for
* Jobs: How to update one's skills/switch skills for the local companies
* Javascript: ASP.NET AJAX
* Visual Studio 2008: Linq and Silverlight
* Javascript: Performance tuning
* Test Driven Development
* OpenID
* Business models based on FREE (Free-based business)
* Performing music live with computers

! Planners

*[http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~budd/|Timothy A. Budd]
*[http://www.cbchambercoalition.com|John Sechrest]

! Planning meetings
* 1/31 5:00pm McMinnemans on Monroe


! Volunteers

* Bill Ford
* Mike Gallagher


! Participants (aka Campers)

**Please use** our new [https://barcamp.osuosl.org/register.php|registration page] as well, so we can get an accurate count.

* Justin Gallardo
* Lee LaTour
* Gary Prothero
* [http://kveton.com Scott Kveton]
* [http://fob.po8.org Bart Massey]
* [http://thebec.com Bill Ford]
* Thom Lesser - [http://open-source-intelligence.org/|Open Source Intelligence]
* [http://www.aboutus.org/User:Ward_Cunningham|Ward Cunningham]
* Jason McKerr
* [http://psas.pdx.edu/ Portland State Aerospace Society] members
** Andrew Greenberg
* [http://ifup.org/ Brandon Philips]
* [http://www.tixrus.us Colleen Dick]
* Mark Frischmuth
* [http://sigma-valve.com.tw/|Patrick Richard]
* [http://www.deer-run.com/~hal/|Hal Pomeranz]
* [http://www.deatech.com/ Shannon Dealy]
* [mailto:ernesto.borrego@gmail.com|Ernesto Borrego]
* DawnFoster
* [http://www.entredigm.com Frank Hall]
* [http://www.brassmedia.com Joe Crowe]
* Michael Gallagher
* [http://www.blueheaven.ws Ben Kero]
* Brian Weldon
* Rob Hudson (with partial certainty)
* Mike Cherba
* Larry Price
* [http://RWTechServices.com|Robert Williams]
* Jason Prothero
* Kirsten Petersen (maybe)
* [http://www.k2dd.com Kevin Kenan]
* RoryPlaire
* BryanStearns
* PaulBingman
* Robert Eickmann
* [http://www.visionquestbusinessconsultants.com|Robert Best]
* [http://ourpla.net/ John Abbe]
* -[http://www.speakeasy.org/~lion/ LionKimbro]-
* -SakuraKimbroJuliao-
* Jim Noel
* Denise Wolf
* [http://www.opentechcenter.com | Steve Morris]
* [http://www.securityallstars.com | Clint Kaiser]
* [http://2006.recentchangescamp.org/GlassPlateGame | Dunbar Aitkens]
* [http://twitter.com/ramereth | Lance Albertson]
* [http://dberkholz.wordpress.com Donnie Berkholz]
* [http://staff.osuosl.org/~lohnk/blog K Lars Lohn]
* Sarah Cooley
* Brandon CS Sanders
* Mark Dilley
* Ted Ernst

 [http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/414159/?ps=5 | Upcoming Event ] set up for this.

! Eugene Carpoolers?
(anybody interested in RideShare up from Eugene?)

* [mailto:hal@deer-run.com|Hal Pomeranz]
* Rob Hudson (if I am able to go)
* [mailto:kevin@k2dd.com|Kevin Kenan]
* [mailto:johnca@ourpla.net|John Abbe]

! Task List
(please -cross out-  when it's done)

**Tech**

*** -Wifi- (taken care of, support will provide a guest login to osupub)
*** -Projector, White Boards- (each classroom, conference room already has these)
*** -Photo- http://rwtechservices.com/BeavBarCampImages/ register yourself.
*** Video
*** Audio
*** Streaming or Stickam or Skype

*** Notes and Minutes: How are we going to jointly edit, share and coordinate notes?
*** IRC - Is there an IRC channel we should use? #BeaverBarCamp



**Marketing**

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/barcampportland/interesting/|PortlandBarCamp Flickr Photos]

* Contact GT
* Press Release
* -Contact SAO membership-
* -Contact OSU LUG-
* -Contact PLUG-
* -Contact EUGLUG-
* -Contact SalemLug-
* -Contact ProITForum-
* -Contact Pdx-pm-list-
* -Contact OSUOSL-
* Contact UofO CS
* Contact OSU CS
* Contact Willamette CS
* Contact PDX CS
* Contact Portland Barcamp group
* Set up Upcoming notice
* -Contact BEC-
* -Contact PDX Ruby Group-
* Contact PDX Drupal Group
* -Contact Portland Rocketeers group-
* -Post to [http://www.wazzuplocal.com Wazzuplocal]-



**Non-tech**

Breakfast
Lunch
Coffee/Tea (See the SignUpSheet)
Tables and chairs (See the SignUpSheet)


! Who's blogging?


! Archived discussion

* -Do we want a Friday night reception? Yes: 3    No: 1-  We are doing Friday, planning for Saturday
* -Do we want Friday night working meeting to plan the Saturday program?  Yes: 2    No: 0-
* -Do we want a Sunday Session?  Yes: 1   No: 2-  (No Sunday Sessions)