Friends, Puneites & Campers... lend us a hand! (Volunteers signup here)

[dexterous]

If you would like to participate in the organization or volunteer to help run the event, drop us a post on this thread.

[Ketan Khairnar]

I would like to help run the event . let me know

[dexterous]

good to know, ketan; could you post a little about yourself and what areas you would be willing to help out with?

[Chandra Challa]

count me in too...

[Mayank Jain]

Hi,
I am interested to volunteer. I have designed all the gif images for
Nullcon 2011, Logos, Standees, Posters for that Event.
http://null.co.in/
Check Out The "Destiny Doesn't Choose You..." banner.
I also designed the Posters for INC 2010 For my College PICT Pune.
I am a 3rd Year Student of IT Engg, in pursuit of learning Hacking.
I am interested in helping the event in any possible way. Let me know
what All I can do to help for the event.
Cheers.

[Gautham H]

Thanks Mayank,

Can you provide me have your contact number.

Cheers
Gautham

[Saager Mhatre]

Mayank/Gautham, while the list *is* moderated (and there's not too much traffic over it yet!), if anyone is going to send put private contact details, please send them directly to the other person's email. The last thing I want is for this list to become spam bait!

Also, I will be publishing some more updates later today. If anyone from TW has updates on the logistics, feel free to put them up here, especially if there's something other people can pick up.

Thanks
dexterous

[dexterous]

Alright, we've had some traffic on this list with people asking how they can help with DevCamp, so here goes.

Most of the logistics and venue related items will be taken care of by our friends at ThoughtWorks, who've been kind enough to host us again- yay ThoughtWorks!

Mayank Jain has volunteered to design he T-shirts for the event; so, here's a big shout out to Mayank. We'll be working that out on a separate thread here. If any of you would like to help out with this or have design ideas, please feel free to post them to that thread.

What we really need help with right now is drumming up some visibility for the event. While the registration page is filling up, we haven't gotten nearly as many people as we did last time. We're almost up to a 100 as I write this, but there's a whole month till the event! Of course, the tendency is for that page to start filling up in the last couple of weeks before the event, but a little push wouldn't hurt ;).

So, we'd like your help to spread the word and get people to sign up. Also, if anyone has trouble adding their entry to the wiki, please do help them out yourself or point them to us. And let people know that they can attend the event even if they haven't registered on the wiki, we usually have some spare capacity planned out. And even if you our your friend don't plan to attend this time, get them to join the mailing list so that they can stay abreast of updates about future events. I've assembled a bundle of links relating to DevCamp Pune here => http://bit.ly/gDA9rE, feel free to refer people to it. A couple of links in particular that I'd like to call out are:

• http://lanyrd.com/2011/devcamp-pune/ Lanyrd is shaping up to be quite the tool to announce and track events, give it a spin.
• http://foursquare.com/item/4d68cdbf2ab82d43ede3cfd5 I've put up a foursquare tip for the event; if you're on foursquare too, add it to your to-do list and who knows we might just be able to unlock some swarm badges at the event! ;)

One surefire way of getting people to sign up will be to add to our proposals page. We already have a some big names up there like:

• Baishampayan Ghose (Infinitely Beta)
• Sidu Ponnappa (of RubyConf India fame); and
• Ajey Gore (Head of Technology, ThoughtWorks); as well as
• Chandra Challa, who is returning to speak for a second time in a row!

I am in conversation with a few other big faces in Pune IT circles and will update details as they materialize. If any of you know someone who you'd like to listen to and know others would be interested in, go ahead and point them here.

Nevertheless, DevCamp isn't just about listening to the popular faces talk. It's a great forum where any of you can share your projects, ideas and experiences with fellow geeks and hackers, so don't hesitate to put up a talk yourself. Also, if you're not up for a talk, you could set up a workshop or hack session or even some OpenSpace discussion ideas.

Feel free to get back to us with any queries/concerns you may have.
Here's looking forward to meeting you at the camp! ;)

[dexterous]

Ok, so Google managed to  mess up the link to the discussion on T-shirt designs in that last post.
Here's the correct link => https://groups.google.com/d/topic/devcamp-pune/gSKyd3oTEYA/discussion

Inconvenience regretted
dexterous

[Galaxy]

Hello,

I am Galaxy from IIIT, Pune.
Can I get any posters of the event? I'd love to put up those in my
college notice board.
I've already made people got registered in the wiki.

[Saager Mhatre]

Hey, sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. Ignore this if Gautam has already gotten back to you, but we don't have any formal posters designed for the event; at least not yet! If we actually get around to doing the same, we'll be sure to put up links to them on this list.

If you're looking for something to boost visibility in your college, feel free to cook up some posters on your own. Just make sure to use the DevCamp logo from devcamp.in and use as many links from http://bit.ly/gDA9rE as you feel relevant! And don't hesitate to send us links to your posters too. Maybe we'll like them so much that they'll end up all over the place! ;)

- dexterous

[Sandeep Mukhopadhyay]

Hi, 

I am interested to volunteer. 

Regards

Sandeep Mukhopadhyay

[dexterous]

Following the general update about the camp, I wanted to quickly call out all the guys who volunteered. Ketan, Chandra, Mayank, galaxy and Sandeep thank you so much for your enthusiasm.

I'm just sorry we couldn't really involve you more. Given this is only the second time we're doing this event in Pune and because we're still keeping it a little lofi, we've been somewhat disorganized. But once we understand it a bit better, we'll be able to pull you in some more.

In the meanwhile, I do see one opportunity where you guys (and anyone else who's interested) can help us out. Given that we're branching out into Workshops and Fishbowls this time, we're going to need more hands to coordinate the activities and connect speakers/campers to the right people in case something goes south.

If you feel like you're up for the job, let us know and we'll plan a quick discussion next week to work out the details.

Thanks again!

[Galaxy]

Thank you Saager. I am always available. :)
Sorry for the late reply, was busy in project work! :(

I don't know much about poster design so I just mailed about DevCamp
and listed all the links in our college mail system.
Expecting a good number from our college itself. :)

Thanks,
Galaxy

[Saager Mhatre]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Galaxy <bubb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you Saager. I am always available. :)
Sorry for the late reply, was busy in project work! :(

That's ok man, we still have a little over a week to go ;)
 

I don't know much about poster design so I just mailed about DevCamp
and listed all the links in our college mail system.
Expecting a good number from our college itself. :)

Awesome! Would be great to see a lot of inquisitive students in the audience, maybe some of you could even present a talk or two...

- dexterous

[sanmukho]

Thanks Sagar
I am always available for DevCamp.

-Sandeep

[Mayank Jain]

Hi,
Thanks a lot. :)
I am ready to help. Let me know in what way I can be of help to you
Guys.
Cheers.

[dexterous]

Asif, looks like we have enough people interested. We should catch up some time next week and work out the details around our Workshops/Fishbowls and coordinate with the volunteers.

dexterous

[Asif Momin]

Please join in one of the standup at 2.00 PM

[ratnadee...@gmail.com]

Hey guys,

I am also interested for volunteering, please let me know how can i help.

@dexterous - have we finalized on any volunteer meetup yet ?

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http://rtdptech.com

[dexterous]

We've decided to have a quick volunteer meetup at the ThoughtWorks office [http://bit.ly/twpune] [http://4sq.com/dXXZ92] 6:00 PM on Thursday 7th April (basically today!). I know this is a little last minute, but like I said before, we're flying by the seat of our pants here! :P

Anyone who's interested can drop by and ask for Asif Momin. It should be a quick meetup running for just about 30 mins. We'll quickly introduce you to the core group as well as work out what activities you can help out in.

Thanks and sorry again for the last minute notice!
dexterous