2009

[thebitguru]

Hi Folks,

I am planning my trip to FOWA and was thinking of attending the
barcamp. How many attendees are there generally? The site (http://
barcamp.org/barcampmiami) is listing about twelve and there is only
one topic planned for presentation. Are you expecting more activity
as we get closer to Feb. 22nd?


Thanks,

Farhan
ShopFiber (http://www.shopfiber.com) | Blog (http://blog.shopfiber.com)

[Rick Martinez]

It seems like all the action has been at the Eventbrite page
(http://barcampmiami.eventbrite.com/), but last time it was packed.
Also, the events are usually planned and posted at the event itself
instead of in advance. I just posted mine out of convenience in case
someone was interested in seeing.

Best,
Rick

[Brian Breslin]

Farhan,
Really last year we had 300 or so show up. This year I expect 400-450.
If you are coming in for FOWA and are into meeting lots of people, I
definitely recommend it.

Like rick said, the stuff doesn't get posted til the day of.

Cheers,
Brian
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[Alex de Carvalho]

Rick, thanks for replying to the question.

Farhan, the wiki page is a small part of BarCamp. As Rick says, all
the action is at the EventBrite page, where if you scroll down you
will see that about 180 people have already signed up. This year's
Eventbrite page is at:

http://barcampmiami09.eventbrite.com/

We've also set up two websites for the event, http://barcampmiami.org
and http://wordcampmiami.com/

We are looking for sponsors, please let me know if you know of
companies that would be interested in helping out our community.

I look forward to seeing you at BarCamp!
-Alex

[Farhan Ahmad]

Thanks a lot for all the replies.  I was wondering because even at a fairly small city like Madison, WI, the bar camps are bigger than twelve people that I was seeing on the wiki :)  I was on EventBrite at one time, but got kinda lost among the three sites.

I know of a company that might be interested in sponsorship, I will follow-up.  We are a bootstrapped startup ourselves and fairly early in the lifecycle, but I will see if we can contribute.  Just out of curiosity, how many sponsors are you looking for?

Also, I can probably do a presentation on django, if people are interested.  With this barcamp and FOWA, this should be an exciting week.  I am looking forward to meeting everyone!

-Farhan

[Rick Martinez]

Farhan,

Awesome! I'd love to say more on Django. I'm a hardcore Rails guy
myself, but I love seeing what everyone else is up to.

I'm really looking to this Barcamp. Last year's was so huge I can't
imagine how great this one will be.

- Rick