Sorry my comment was out of place. Are we still seeking sponsors? On Mar 19, 2012 5:27 PM, "Steve Coast" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My bad - actually our current budget is $600 or so which would cover some > beers - thanks to people buying the $10 and $99 tickets... > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:geowanking- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Coast > > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 5:24 PM > > To: Mano Marks; Andrew Turner > > Cc: geowanking > > Subject: Re: [Geowanking] WhereCamp 2012 > > > > 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 >
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