Fwd: credit crunch + barcamp sponsorship
Douglas Whitfield
Milwaukee lists), but I thought this was a good thing for everyone to
see. I'll let someone else forward it to the two cities' respective
BarCamp lists if people feel it necessary.
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From: Christopher St John <ckstj...@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 29, 8:39 am
Subject: credit crunch + barcamp sponsorship
To: BarCamp
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Emma Persky <emma.per...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Spend less? Concentrate on the people rather than the extras?
Have smaller camps in free venues? Require people to take
public transportation to a cheaper venue in the suburbs? (Meet
up and have a session on the bus/train on the way out.) Ask
individuals to donate a small amount ($5) instead of companies
to donate a large amount? Etc.
I helped with BarCamps in NYC, so I'm aware of the cost issues
(and enormous convenience) of a good venue that can hold
hundreds of people, but there's nothing that says every event
must have hundreds of people, or even be convenient (if a
smaller, or even tiny, number of really passionate people show
up, is that a bad thing?)
This isn't directed to the poster in particular, but I feel like the
BarCamp culture is becoming addicted to free money and
"spectacle events." That's so wrong. This is punk, not the
conference circuit.
-cks
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Christopher St. Johnhttp://artofsystems.blogspot.com