Budget - the more the better. Right now we have $0 and from memory WhereCampDenver's budget was 3 or 4k and that got us lunch and beers.
People - 70 signed up so far. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Mano Marks [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:57 PM > To: Andrew Turner > Cc: Steve Coast; geowanking > Subject: Re: [Geowanking] WhereCamp 2012 > > In terms of budget, what do you need? I'm working on trying to get funding > at this point, but it's just been crazy with Where prep. How many people > currently attending? > > > Mano Marks > Maps Developer Advocate > http://profiles.google.com/mano.marks > http://twitter.com/ManoMarks > > > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Andrew Turner > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Steve Coast <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We have Microsofts gigantic SF office for use and Anselm has a lead > >> on another space on Sunday I believe. > > > > That's awesome. Thanks for lining that up. > > > >> > >> We have no sponsors at all. I've taken phone calls with a bunch of > >> people but there us a perception where and where camp will be small > >> this year. Plus the timing (before where) isn't optimal. Not that > >> there is a great time to pick from. > > > > Well, I know I bought a decently upgraded ticket. Fortunately we can > > fall back to the origin of BarCamps that can run on shoe-string > > budgets, money out of pocket and in-kind donations. > > > > Regarding being before hand, that has always been the concern, and > > time to test it out. Fortunately since Where & the industry has gotten > > more established there have been fewer launches that result in "wow > > that changed everything!" And in fact everyone will not be burned out > > from the long week but coming in fresh. So could be even more jazzed > > than usual. > > > > At least, that's how I'm looking at it. Let us know what else we can > > do to help! > > Andrew > > > > > > > >> > >> Steve > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrew Turner > > mobile: 248.982.3609 > > [email protected] > > http://highearthorbit.com > > > > http://geocommons.com Helping build the Geospatial Web > > Introduction to Neogeography - http://oreilly.com/catalog/neogeography > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
