[Geowanking] wherecamp 2009 space

[SteveC]

On 19 Feb 2009, at 14:05, Andrew Turner wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Catherine Burton
> <catherine at endpointenvironmental.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> When this has been discussed in the past the general idea was that
> everyone is preparing for Where (presentations, organizing, booths,
> etc.) so "sitting around" brainstorming may not be an option. In
> addition, there are often many new announcements that people wouldn't
> be able to talk about beforehand.
>
> I could imagine that it would be interesting to demo/highlight some of
> the interesting hacks at Where2.0 that come out of a preceding
> WhereCamp, but WhereCamp is also exhausting, and going from
> all-nighters into a conference would be trying.

agreed - wherecamp is great decompression time after where


>
>
> From my perspective, WhereCamp leads Where2.0 by about 2-3 years.
> We've come out of the exhilarating "here's what's just crossing the
> horizon" at Where2.0 and then can move into thinking "What's just
> beyond that horizon" at WhereCamp.
>
> Anyways, that's just my opinion. Looking forward to the result of  
> Anselm's poll.
> Andrew
>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Catherine Burton
>>
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>> From: geowanking-bounces at geowanking.org
>> [mailto:geowanking-bounces at geowanking.org] On Behalf Of Tom Longson  
>> (nym)
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:09 PM
>> To: anselm at hook.org
>> Cc: wherecamp-pdx at googlegroups.com; makerlab-announce at googlegroups.com 
>> ;
>> geowanking at geowanking.org
>> 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 <anselm at gmail.com>  
>> 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
>>
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Best

Steve