Re: Digest for wordcamp-melbourne@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 1 Topic

[Chris Higgins]

I'm in Melbourne, and would love to get on board.  Would be great to see an event like this running here in 2011.  I've done a fair bit of work in live theatre and plenty of corporate gigs, so I know Melbourne venues reasonably well.  What kind of venue are you looking for?  Capacity, features, location?

Cheers,

Chris

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 Topic: So, WordCamp AU '11

Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au> Jun 15 05:30PM +1000 ^

 
Hey All,
 
So I've just gotten Jason's email - I'm not sure if he's alerted you, but he can't do WordCamp AU at the given time.
 
I just wanted to give a brief intro and talk a bit about me, then I'll shut up and get to the point that we all want to talk about - WordCamp. My name is Anthony, and I'm a WordPress developer based down here and I've just moved from Dunedin, New Zealand. I was on the planning committee of the WordCamp that was held in Sydney and New Zealand.
 
I was at the first and second WordCamps ever to happen in the US as well, so I've got a fair bit of background on that side of things - and I love WordPress, have been using it since around ~1.0.
 
If no one has any objections, I'd love to take over Jason's role as a lead organiser. I don't know Melbourne as well as some, but I think it would be really great to get things rolling and get us all on the same boat and moving forward. Given the February date it's a fair way away, but I think it would be awesome to get it started now.
 
Dan has been emphasising that we need to keep this as open as possible - and I'm really keen for that. I think it would be awesome to get a bunch of publicity going for the conference and get some awesome sponsors and keep everyone in the loop as to what's going on, and grab people going in.
 
My only real concern is that we need volunteers to commit to doing things, and the biggest problem that's been had in the past is that people talk alot and don't really do anything to help out.
 
Let me know your thoughts, and feel free to give me a call - I'm available on 0434122200.
 
Cheers,
Anthony


 

Brent Shepherd <brent.e....@gmail.com> Jun 15 06:01PM +1000 ^

 
Hi Anthony,
 
You sound like the perfect lead for WordCamp '11. :)
 
To start off the discussion, the best venue we found for this year's camp
was RMIT's Storey
Hall<http://www.architecture.rmit.edu.au/About/Storey_Hall.php>with
the State
Library <http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/services/venue-location-hire> a close
runner up.
 
Thoughts?
 
Cheers,
 
Brent
 
 
 
 
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Joseph Ortenzi <j...@joiz.com> Jun 15 06:21PM +1000 ^

 
All good points Anthony
 
As a sydneysider, I can only do so much. But I remember you from the
Sydney word camp in 08 and you have my support, for what that's worth,
as I thoroughly enjoyed that one.
 
I am still interested in helping out in whatever way I can and once
the details firm up I hope that will become more apparent.
 
Looking good!
 
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Dan Milward <d...@instinct.co.nz> Jun 15 11:36PM +1200 ^

 
Well done Anthony!
 
I think we should get quotes / ballpark figures for all the suggested
venues and then list them here.
 
Heck I could do this tomorrow but the calls would cost me more then it
would a local. Any local takers :D
 
Best,
Dan
 
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On 15/06/2010, at 7:30 PM, Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au>
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[Dan Milward]

I think we need to allow for 200 people. Maybe 250 (but its unlikely).
We need wifi.
2 rooms for 2 concurrent tracks?
Or 1 track plus a genius bar in a separate room.

Location. I'm not sure. Somewhere close to good coffee ;)
I think we can get Supreme coffee as a sponsor by the way.

Best,
Dan

[Dan Milward]

I'm really excited about all this. Wellington and Melbourne are kinda sister cities - dual WCs like this will be a first and I'm sure we'll get good international attendance! Hoorah!

Ciao,

Dan

On 16/06/10 4:41 PM, Chris Higgins wrote:

[Anthony Cole]

Rather conservative there dan :)

Personally, I think we're going to attract around 300 if we do this right. There's so much interest from different web firms that I've talked to in the past - I mean, seriously - and if we get people coming from Perth, Sydney, and Adelaide and Brisbane, then we can easily get 300 without a sweat.

It's going to be massive.

I think the venue needs to be very central - RMIT would rock, but Melbourne would be just as good. I'm a fan of Universities - they're cheap, generally welcoming, and have a pretty sweet 

Might be good to have a meetup - I'm in Sydney at the moment, but when I get back if we can all meet in person somewhere it would be great to get talking.

For those of you in Syd willing to help out - I'll probably be up here in and out and I'm sure there's something we can get you guys to do. It would be cool to have a contribution or something from each major city - but not sure about how viable that is. 

-ac

PS - I'm giving a lecture on WP at IEEE Vic later this month - anyone keen on coming? We're also trying to get a local meetup going, but I've just got a bit on right now so it's a bit hectic on my end of things. The group is wpub-melb on google groups if you want to join.

[Brent Shepherd]

300+ sounds good too me. I've never attended/organized a wordcamp so perhaps I'm naively optimistic, but I think we can get at least 300 if we do things right. :)

Dan, did you know Webstock is on in Wellington the 14 - 18th February? It would be great to have the NZ camp fall on a weekend next to that!

[Thene]

Hi Anthony,

We're a couple of people that were super keen to help out with WordCamp. (I think you originally put me in touch with Jason.) Hadn't heard anything back for a month? So it's good to see things are getting going again.

We'd be happy to participate in next week's meeting if you are still looking for people to get on board.

(Am I to understand right that it will now be in February '11 as opposed the end of this year?)

We have access to print/promo (clothing) etc.

Cheers,
Thene