Before asking for your input let me give you the back story.

After the last BarCamp Orlando, Gregg caught a lot of flack on what is
and is not BarCamp. As a result, he decided to not be involved in the
next one (http://groups.google.com/group/barcamporlando/browse_thread/
thread/d0eddadfbc31f617). At that time I said that I would step up and
coordinate the next one, and Dan Kinchen said he would pitch in as
well. In a later post (http://groups.google.com/group/barcamporlando/
browse_thread/thread/9e544b48b594e6c8) Mike Blake said he would
volunteer to have the next planning meeting at his house in order to
facilitate coordination.

In listening to what many of you had to say about what is and is not
BarCamp, I offered the suggestion that if we could find a single
sponsor to provide the venue (and possibly equipment) then BarCamp
could be done without any sponsors required. It would purely be people
getting together to get together - no guaranteed speaking spots, no
commercialization, and no one getting credit (or getting beat up).

We have an opportunity to make this happen.

** The Opportunity ***

Ryan Price had a chance to speak with Katrina, who is coordinating
Create Chaos 2008 (http://www.createchaos.com/08/). Knowing that Dan
and I were interested in helping coordinate another BarCamp, he set up
a meeting with Katrina (along with himself and Eric) and we met over
coffee. I am getting more details on how exactly things would work,
however, what I do know is that they would provide a room and the
required AV equipment. This means that BarCamp would be at Create
Chaos during one night of the conference. As I see it here are the
pros/cons:

Pros
- Venue
- AV equipment
- 2500 creative professionals in attendance
- While we would of course say that Create Chaos provided the room,
they wouldn't require "sponsorship" status
- No complex coordination required - all we would need is a white
board for the schedule, a room moderator, and people to show up
- We wouldn't need to find sponsors to pay for stuff as there would be
nothing to pay for

Cons
- No shwag (including t-shirt)
- No food provided (thought they have multiple restaurants and a
Starbucks in the hotel)

** The Big Question **
So, while I gather more details about how large the room would be, and
what night of the conference BarCamp would be, and more, my questions
for you are:

1. Would you all be interested in this?
2. If we had an unconference during Create Chaos would you come?
3. Knowing how many people feel about what is/is not BarCamp, would
the name "BarCamp Orlando" being attached to it be, in your opinion,
good, bad, or neither?

I look forward to hearing what you all think. Thanks!

Sincerely,