Getting things started

[Erica George]

Hi all,

So hurray - we have a wiki page (http://bit.ly/CupcakeBOS) and we have
a discussion group!

I'd suggest everyone read the "How to" on CupcakeCamp.org to start
getting thinking. We've had a few brainstorms on the wiki but long-
term it'll probably be easiest to have brainstorming & discussion
here, and info sharing on the wiki...

The How-To: http://cupcakecamp.org/howto/

Also, let's try to make sure that everyone who expressed interest is
invited to this group.

Erica

[Purd...@gmail.com]

I'm interested in participating/helping out...

[alyssa]

Count me in too!
I'm a Cambridge School of Culinary Arts grad- I'd be glad to ask the
school if they would host. It also might be a way to get more people
excited.

Any ideas for dates? Promoting to local media?

Alyssa

On Mar 19, 7:45 pm, "beantownba...@gmail.com" <Purdue...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Purd...@gmail.com]

I would think sometime when the weather is nice would be good for a
date. Maybe something in June or July? That way we'd have plenty of
time to plan and to get a bunch of publicity for the event too.

[ela...@bu.edu]

I agree, I think sometime in the summer would be best. The weather
will be great, and we have plenty of time to research and contact
possible venues and recruit more members. I also think that tieing in
a college campus could be a great way to raise publicity and increase
attendance. I go to BU... we could look into doing something there if
you like?

Erin

[Jen Perez]

I saw the update to the wiki page about the location. I don't think we
need a location with a kitchen, right?

Jen

[anitamp]

i don't think we need a venue with a kitchen, just something that is
big enough to hold the amount of people that will be attending... here
is the link on the cupcake camp how-to: http://cupcakecamp.org/howto/

the summer sounds like a good time to do it, and to be slightly
selfish i would like to suggest August :)

@alyssa, that would be great if you could ask the Cambridge School of
Culinary Arts if they would be interested in hosting or supporting the
event in any way. i will be contacting a few bakeries i know to gather
a sense of interest from them.

-anita

On Mar 23, 9:53 am, Jen Perez <purdue...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw the update to the wiki page about the location. I don't think we
> need a location with a kitchen, right?
>
> Jen
>

> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:02 PM,  <elag...@bu.edu> wrote:
> > I agree, I think sometime in the summer would be best.  The weather will be
> > great, and we have plenty of time to research and contact possible venues
> > and recruit more members.  I also think that tieing in a college campus
> > could be a great way to raise publicity and increase attendance.  I go to
> > BU... we could look into doing something there if you like?
>
> > Erin
>

[Elizabeth]

Hi!!
I just joined the group. I attended CupcakeCamp NYC yesterday and it
was fabulous. I'd love to be involved in planning CupcakeCamp Boston.

Elizabeth

[yehwan]

I could see about having Le Cordon Bleu host this in their restaurant,
Technique, on a weekend. I serve as the president of the student
government and would love to see the school get behind this.

Erwin Chuk

web: yehwan.com
twitter: yehwan

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That sounds good to me Erwin! Thanks for looking into it.
 
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> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:56:56 -0700
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[Erwin Chuk]

I brought up Cupcake Camp at the Le Cordon Bleu Boston student board
meeting and have a go-ahead from the Director of Education to hold
this event at Technique. There aren't too many events planned yet for
the weekends so the sooner we nail down a date the better.

Erwin

On Apr 13, 1:25 am, Anali's First Amendment

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[Anali's First Amendment]

Other people said the summer and I agree, but the more time we have to plan the better.  July? August? September?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:20:28 -0700

[Donna D.]

Hi Everyone!

I am Donna. I live in NYC, but am moving to Boston. I want to help
plan. How can I get involved?

On Apr 13, 7:30 pm, Anali's First Amendment

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[Jen Perez]

That's awesome. I don't know anything about Technique. Do you think it
will be big enough? From what I understand, we'll basically be having
a bunch of people bringing cupcakes and a bunch of people eating
cupcakes...

I'd vote later for the date. Mostly because a lot of people do
traveling and such during the summer months.

Jen (aka Beantown Baker http://beantownbaker.blogspot.com)

[anitamp]

Great, so then maybe in parallel of deciding on a date we can list out
all of things we'll need to do to prepare? That might help us decide
how much time we'll need. According to the CupcakeCamp how-to:
http://cupcakecamp.org/howto/, we'll need to:

Plan for supplies
Make a logo
Set up cupcake registration method and a place for attendees to RSVP
Promote / Communicate how CupcakeCamp works

I am a web developer so I can take care of the logo (based on their
template, I already have it done) and create a website to gather
registrations and whatnot.

-anita

[Guido Stein]

I am also happy to help in the organization of this fun... is there a meeting coming up??

-guido

[Anali's First Amendment]

I agree with Guido.  We have a lot of momentum going, which is really great.  A meeting would help us even more.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” - Rumi

 

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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:29:09 -0400

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