[GRLUG] GR GiveCamp Was: Re: BarCamp -- it's upon us!

Ed Howland ed.howland at gmail.com
Sun Sep 6 17:03:51 EDT 2009


Sorry, forgot the web site:

http://grgivecamp.org/

Ed

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Ed Howland<ed.howland at gmail.com> wrote:
> Speaking of which, is anyone going to GiveCamp this November? We need
> volunteers! Both technical and non-technical.
>
> We are going to help about 44 non-profits for one fun-filled weekend.
> Not all of the work is programming/web design, but a fair bit is.
>
> It's being held at the (new?) David D. Hunting YMCA on Lake Michigan Dr.
>
> I've volunteered my Mom for registration.
>
> Additionally, it is a chance to promote the West Michigan IT community
> nationally.
>
> Ed
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Casey DuBois<casey at grlug.org> wrote:
>> Hey GRLUG,
>>
>> I was up late printing Name Tags for BarCamp and was surprised at how few of
>> my friends from GRLUG were registered.
>> There's going to be FREE T-Shirts, Food and even Drinks tonight.
>> Still time to register @ www.barcampgr.org
>> I look forward to seeing you there.
>>
>> Casey
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> BarCamp starts tonight!  We're excited for another awesome BarCamp this
>> weekend.  (It's not too late to tell your friends; we'll be taking
>> registrations all day)
>>
>> BarCamp is at Calvin College's DeVos Communication Center this year.
>> See http://www.calvin.edu/map/ and my custom directions at
>> http://bit.ly/iYMnM
>>
>> If you're coming from a distance, check out
>> http://barcampgr.org/wiki/BarCampGrandRapids4CarPooling
>>
>> The basic schedule is at
>> http://barcampgr.org/wiki/BarCampGrandRapids4Schedule  We'll fill out a
>> detailed schedule of presentation & discussion slots when we're there.
>> We'll provide food & drinks for Fri dinner, Sat breakfast, Sat lunch,
>> and snacks.
>>
>> For those planning on staying on-campus overnight, bring a sleeping bag
>> and pad.  We'll just be on the floors in the rooms.  There are
>> bathrooms, but no showers, sorry.  If you have a van or something you
>> want to sleep in in the parking lot, that's fine too but the doors to
>> the building will be locked during the night.
>>
>> And thanks to our sponsors for making the whole thing possible:
>>    * Calvin College Computer Science department
>>    * Idea Foundry
>>    * SourceForge
>>    * Elevator Up
>>          o Downstream
>>          o The Garage / The Factory
>>    * XP West MI
>>    * Atomic Object
>>    * Fusionary Media
>>    * JetBrains
>>    * RCM Technologies
>>    * Spearia
>>    * Rhoades McKee law firm
>>
>> Thanks,
>> The BarCamp Grand Rapids organizing team
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
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> Ed Howland
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