I completely Agree, Memorial Day weekend is bad for the WhereCamp! The weekend before would be much better!
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Catherine Burton < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey Folks, > > > > Would it be possible to hold WhereCamp the weekend before Where 2.0? My > thought it that Memorial Day weekend may be a problem for some people. > Travel and hotel costs may be slightly higher and those with kids or loved > ones with the day off may want to spend time with them. > > > > Also, are there space/accommodation requirements for where WhereCamp is > held? I know at Google last year they feed us, gave us tents and cool > places to hang out. Is all of that required by one sponsor or is there a > possibility that those responsibilities could be divided among a few > groups. Further expanding on this thought – perhaps NASA Ames could provide > us with the space to meet but then some other group could sponsor food and > goodies. > > > > Thanks, > > Catherine > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Catherine Burton > > Member, Endpoint Environmental LLC <http://www.endpointenvironmental.com/> > > Lead Organizer, Web 2.0 Mapping and Social Networks Meetup > Group<http://web.meetup.com/49/> > > Office: (415) 668-4222 > > Cell: (415) 902-0403 > > Creating Your Map > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Longson (nym) > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:09 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Geowanking] wherecamp 2009 space > > > > Lets do it in a missle silo like Toorcamp! > ( http://www.toorcamp.org/ ) > > nym > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Anselm Hook <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey rockstar peeps, > > Ryan Sarver and I are looking around for space for WhereCamp 2009 San > Francisco - which looks like it will be on May 23rd and 24th 2009 > since Where 2.0 is May 21st onwards : > > http://en.oreilly.com/where2009/ > > http://wherecamp.pbwiki.com/WhereCamp2009 > > Memorial Day of course is on May 25th. We think that this won't affect > our crowd very much but if you have any thoughts about this please > advise. > > We do have some choice in good spaces where we could go; notably the > awesome venues we've used before such as the Yahoo Campus - but it > just seems fair to let everybody have their say. > > If you have any thoughts please dm me. > > Also of course we'll be looking for sponsorship - please sponsor if you > can. > > Other WhereCamp's that I know of coming up include WhereCampAfrica (in > April 2009 I believe ) and WhereCampPDX ( in September 2009 ) - these > folks will be twittering as well into the main channel so keep your > eyes on the twitternets : > > http://twitter.com/wherecamp > > Take care, > > anselm - http://twitter.com/anselm > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > >
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