[GRLUG] Are You Ready for BarCampGR 2016?! (August 26,27)

[Thomas Wodarek]

Geeks, makers, and programmers lend me your inboxes! The eleventh annual
BarCampGR will be on Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27, 2016 at
Calvin College’s DeVos Communications Center.

To register and attend for free, visit: http://barcampgr.org/register/

New to BarCampGR or want more information? Read on!

What is BarCampGR?
BarCampGR is about meeting interesting people, talking about what you want
to talk about, and listening to what you're interested in. Subjects of
discussion have ranged from web programming and digital photography to
computer vision and turkey basting. (No, there wasn't a talk on having a
computer visually monitor your turkey, but if you've tried it, you're
welcome to report on your experiences!)  You see, the talks are not set
beforehand. It's you, the attendees, who give BarCampGR direction and
content.

What's the format?
Presentations are 25 minutes long, with five minutes in between. You're
welcome to sit in on a presentation or hang around in the lounge and talk;
it's all the same with us. If you run a presentation, we don't care how you
run it - so long as you don't get us in trouble! Give a monologue, a Q&A or
a round table; it's your topic, your presentation, your audience. If people
didn't want to spend 25 minutes on your topic, they wouldn't be there.
Please be considerate when signing up for multiple talks at the start of
the conference. If you see slots lingering open later on, feel free to fill
them in then.

Don't know what to talk about?
Certainly you have some relatively unique experiences. What do you do for a
hobby? What's something you managed to fix that you're proud of? It doesn't
matter if the height of your accomplishment is changing your car's oil or
if you've war-driven half of the Grand Rapids area; if people are
interested, they will show up at your talk. If they aren’t interested, they
will probably attend one of the other talks during that time.

But I'm not an expert!
Sure you are! If you know the first thing about a subject, you know more
than people who don't. And, yes, people who know more than you will
probably attend your presentation. Interact with them; you both have
something to learn from each other. Chances are, if you're both really
interested in a subject, you'll find yourselves looking for each other in
the lounge later.

But perhaps you're...

Shy?
That's fine. Come on in, take a look around and get a feel for things. It's
a two-day event; come by on Friday, sit in on the presentations which
interest you or hang around in the lounge and network with other people.
Perhaps you'll be inspired to talk about something later or on Saturday.
You never really know.

If you'd like to be able to listen, but don't know if you'll have
anything to say, you can still...

Help Out
On the days of the event itself, we typically need greeters, people to
babysit the facility overnight (some folks stay overnight), people to
respond to technical issues such as "why won't the projector work with my
laptop" and "could someone turn down the lights so we could see the screen?"

We also have a Slack organization again this year, slack.barcampgr.org. Use
it to ask for certain subjects to be covered (#topic-requests
<https://barcampgr.slack.com/archives/topic-requests>). Use it to offer
subjects that you can talk about. During the event, use it to have live
discussions about things with people who aren't immediately present. After
the event, use it to post supplemental materials and ask followup
questions. We have a lot of other ways you can keep up to date on BarCampGR
news and updates via the following social media outlets:


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   Website: http://barcampgr.org
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   Twitter: @barcampgr <http://twitter.com/barcampgr>
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   Slack: http://slack.barcampgr.org/ ( Replaces IRC )
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   Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BarCampGR/
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   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BarCampGR/112347402141619
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   Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/116952079842867940611/


Also, if you'd like to help us organize BarCampGR, then sign up for the
BarCampGR Organizers' Email Group and jump right into the conversation at
http://lists.barcampgr.org/listinfo.cgi/organizers-barcampgr.org, or join
the Slack team noted above.

T-Shirts will be available online for purchase, details will be sent out
once that’s ready.  Don’t worry, we'll have other free swag at BarCampGR
this year.

CODE OF CONDUCT
You can read our code of conduct here:

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   http://barcampgr.org/code-of-conduct/


REGISTRATION

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   http://barcampgr.org/register/


LOCATION
   DeVos Communications Center at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI

SCHEDULE
Friday, August 26, 2016
   5:00-6:00 PM - Check-in and setup
   6:00-7:00 PM - Dinner
   7:00 PM - Kick things off with opening session
   7:30-9:30 PM - Sessions every 1/2 hour
   9:30 PM - After party

Overnight
   10:00 PM-whenever the next morning - Camping, all-night hacking, etc.

   There will be plenty of room to crash on Friday night, so bring a
sleeping bag. Better yet, bring a tent for the geek base camp. You can also
reserve clean, close accommodations at Calvin College’s Prince conference
Center (http://www.calvin.edu/prince/accommodations/).

Saturday, August 27, 2016
   9:00-10:00 AM - Continental Breakfast
   10:00 AM-12:00 PM - Sessions every 1/2 hour
   12:00-1:00 PM - Lunch
   1:00-2:00 PM - 5 minute Lightning Talks
   2:00-4:00 PM - Sessions every 1/2 hour
   4:00-4:30 PM - Closing session
   4:30-5:30 PM - Cleanup


Note, despite the 'bar' in BarCampGR, the event doesn't take place in a
bar, only the (optional) Friday after-party does.



See you there!

BarCampGR 2016 Organizers
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