It's just been brought to my attention that my dates overlap GeoWeb! Please, if you are at all interested in WhereCamp5280 but are also attending GeoWeb, let me know. We can shift the dates.
-Eric -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- Eric B. Wolf 720-209-6818 USGS Geographer Center of Excellence in GIScience PhD Student CU-Boulder - Geography On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Eric Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > I am in the early stages of planning an unconference based on the > WhereCamp/BarCamp format (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp). The > University of Denver has graciously offered to host the unconference but I > need to nail down dates and approximate number of people ASAP. Please email > me, [email protected], with a non-binding expression of interest. A simple > +1 reply is adequate. > I am currently planning around these dates and number of attendants: > > Dates: July 31-Aug 1st > Rooms: 6 rooms on Friday, 4 rooms on Saturday > People: 80 first day, 20 second day > > I expect the Front-Range Geospatial community, being what it is, will have > a stronger draw for a weekday focused on presentations than a weekend of > hacking. So I split the dates over a Friday and Saturday with a much higher > anticipated attendance for Friday. > > Note: DU won't allow overnight camping. If there is strong interest in an > all-night hackathon, I'll track down nearby cheap hotels with free WiFi. And > to put a little more camp back into WhereCamp, I'm suggesting an assault on > Long's Peak or some other notable hike for the following Sunday, August 2nd. > > -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- > Eric B. Wolf 720-209-6818 > USGS Geographer > Center of Excellence in GIScience > PhD Student > CU-Boulder - Geography > > >
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