Notes From March 21st Barcamp Planning Meeting

[Andrew Shell]

1. Discussed sponsorship money.

• $200 sponsorships should be easy.
• Also look for in-kind sponsors (e.g. food, T-shirts, space, etc.)

2. Marketing strategies:

• Keeping "Barcamp Madison" name and not switching to MadCamp or other
  
• Use other Festival events as feeders (FT Conf, HTHH, Cap Entreps)
• Update barcampmadison.org with embedded Eventbrite and self hosted session registration
• Facebook Fan page
• Twitter strategy
• Articles
• "Keynote" presenters who'd draw a crowd
• Early commitments from presenters who can write about what they'll be presenting on 

3. Location, related to participation:

• College of engineering was best location yet.
• Last year petered out by 3/3:30.

4. Target Date

• August 17th

TO-DO BEFORE NEXT MEETING DATE (toward end of April)

Andrew:

• Get numbers and budget from last year (as goals/benchmarks)
• Get list of last year's sponsors
• Reach out to Dane Net

Jody:

• Create a marketing launch schedule once we have an event date (Jody)

Preston:

• See if College of engineering is available this year