>We might have access to a shower, so bring a towel if you want.<br>
<br>Dude, always bring a towel. Check your Douglas Adams.<br><br>--heusser<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Dave Brondsema <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@brondsema.net">dave@brondsema.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hey Barcampers,<br>
<br>
We're going to get started around 5-6 pm tomorrow. (If a few people<br>
would like to get there a bit early to help set up, that'd be nice.) On<br>
Saturday, we'll start with breakfast and coffee at 9am. See<br>
<a href="http://barcampgr.org/wiki/BarCampGrandRapids5Schedule" target="_blank">http://barcampgr.org/wiki/BarCampGrandRapids5Schedule</a> for the general<br>
plan. Specific talks will be filled in our schedule board as we get<br>
started.<br>
<br>
BarCamp is at the DeVos Communication Center at Calvin College. Take<br>
the Beltline exit and get to the East side, then head south a little bit<br>
to the parking lot. Map at <a href="http://www.calvin.edu/map/" target="_blank">http://www.calvin.edu/map/</a><br>
<br>
It's not too late to tell other people, they can still register or just<br>
show up. You can show up for just part of BarCamp too.<br>
<br>
If you haven't been to a BarCamp before, you should be thinking about<br>
what you'd like to talk about. You don't have to give a presentation,<br>
but it's encouraged - whatever you're excited about. We'll have<br>
5-minute lightning talks on Saturday, which are nice for short topics.<br>
Lots of conversation will happen in the hallways and during meals too.<br>
<br>
We've got meals, drinks, and snacks covered for the whole time.<br>
<br>
All rooms have projectors, so bring a VGA adapter if you need one (Mac<br>
users). A couple of rooms have document cameras, so you can put a<br>
droid/iphone/whatever under it if you want to.<br>
<br>
Use the tag "barcampgr" for your tweets, flickr photos, etc.<br>
<br>
If you want to stay overnight, bring a sleeping bag and pad. There's a<br>
conference center/hotel on campus if you want to get a room, but most of<br>
us will just pick a spot on the floor. We might have access to a<br>
shower, so bring a towel if you want.<br>
<br>
Anyone who has a wireless router to spare, please bring it along and we<br>
can plug it in to make sure we get good wireless coverage. Remove any<br>
password beforehand, to make it easy.<br>
<br>
I know there are people driving from Ann Arbor, and from Holland. If<br>
you want to share a ride, email me directly and I can get you in touch<br>
with them.<br>
<br>
And thanks to our all our sponsors for making this all possible:<br>
<br>
Gold:<br>
* Calvin College, providing the venue<br>
* Atomic Object<br>
* Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference<br>
* Software GR<br>
* Gentex Corporation<br>
<br>
Silver:<br>
- Idea Foundry, hosting the Friday night afterparty<br>
- RCM Technologies<br>
- Mutually Human Software<br>
- Fusionary<br>
- Momentum<br>
- Pretty Squares<br>
- The Image Shoppe<br>
<br>
Bronze:<br>
# BitManic<br>
# EllisLab, providing ExpressionEngine to create a better <a href="http://barcampgr.org" target="_blank">barcampgr.org</a><br>
# The Factory, providing free coworking visits<br>
# Liquid Web<br>
# O'Reilly<br>
# Biggby<br>
# Subway Delivers<br>
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--<br>
The BarCamp Grand Rapids organizing team<br>
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