--- Michele Leroux Bustamante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > > > I've been talking with Carl about the XP group's > excitement around Code > Camp. I can tell you that the Fullerton Code Camp > was really fun, jammed > with great content, and we had lots of diversity in > content across platforms > and disciplines. We are definitely trying to make > San Diego's Code Camp even > more diverse to represent our community better. > > > > I do want to make a very important clarification > here. This is NOT a > Microsoft event. When you say "they are looking for > non-Microsoft > technologies".guess what? "THEY" are "YOU"! YOU are > the community! YOU are > helping to create this event and make it a success > if you want it to > happen!!! > > > > Ok, now I sound like a marketing person.and I'm > really bad at that as you > can see <G> > > > > It is true that the original code camp was created > by several Microsoft > leaders in Boston, and certainly Microsoft is > sponsoring.but it is truly a > community drive event, only community is working on > the content, the code, > the plan, and the geek dinner. Only one person at > Microsoft is engaged in > this, as a co-organizer, but we can really use more > help because just a few > people can't pull this all together. So far many of > the user groups are > offering help.and I'm helping to coordinate the > individuals that want to get > involved in organizing the event, and who can help > us find a few more > sponsors for the GEEK dinner, because in January > that was a big hit, time to > mingle with your peers, some great rock & roll bands > agreed to play already > (free of charge!!!). > > > > So, please do email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you > can help in any way.we > need to organize activities like: on-site > registration and facility > organization, speaker relations, GEEK dinner > organization, sponsors sponsors > sponsors, and a few other things. Of course.the > content you offer is also > very exciting and important.and I'm glad to hear > about Agile and XP talks > being offered. The site will be up this week for > submissions!!! > > > > Regards, > > -Michele > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of banshee858 > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [xpsandiego] [ANN] San Diego Code Camp - > June 24th & 25th > > > > Microsoft is hosting another Rock-and-Roll Code Camp > this year. The > location of this event is the UCSD Campus in San > Diego. This is a > great event to attend - it is free and held on a > weekend. In > addition, all the presenters are local software > developers donating > their time to provide high quality, code centric > presentations. > > http://www.socalcodecamp.com/ > > While this is a Microsoft sponsored event, they are > sincerely looking > for for people who use non-Microsoft tools and > technologies. Also, > they are very interested in having presentations > relating to agile > software development. I know one idea kicking > around in this group is > if we can get enough spearkers, to have an entire > track related to > agile software development. > > Also, some people might be interested in > participating or hosting an > XPFest - a four to eight hour simulation of an XP > project where the > participants build a small, but functional app. The > link below talks > about some examples of this concept used at the > OOPSLA 2005 conference > held in San Diego. XPFest is a great way for people > to dip their toes > into the XP process and learn how it works by doing > it. > > http://www.oopsla.org/2005/ShowEvent.do?id=804 > > Let's use this space to talk about any presentations > this group might > want to make for Code Camp and\or how to set-up an > XPFest. > > Carlton > > > > > > > > _____ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > * Visit your group "xpsandiego > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xpsandiego> " on the > web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of > Service. > > > > _____ > > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
