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) |