<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Greetings fellow Campers! Here's the essential information you'll need to maximize the amount of awesome at your upcoming BarCampGR experience:</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br><br><b style="font-size:13px"><font size="4">The Schedule</font></b><br><br><b style="font-size:13px">Friday, August 24, 2012</b><br> 5:00-6:00 PM - Check-in and setup<br> 6:00-7:00 PM - Dinner (catered by Monellis)<br>
7:00 PM - Kick things off with opening session<br> 7:30-10:00 PM - Sessions every 1/2 hour<br> 10:00 PM-12:00AM - after party (sponsored by Collective Idea)<br><br><div style="font-size:13px"><b>Overnight</b><br>
10:00 PM - Saturday morning - Camping, all-night hacking, etc.<br> Midnight BBQ back at the conference hall<br> There will be plenty of room to crash on Friday night, so bring a sleeping bag or your own accommodations for the parking lot.<br>
<br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><b>Saturday, August 25, 2012</b><br> 9:00-10:00 AM - Continental Breakfast<br> 10:00 AM-12:00 PM - Sessions every 1/2 hour<br> 12:00-1:00 PM - Lunch (Subway)<br> 1:00-2:00 PM - 5 min Lightning Talks (and sessions)<br>
2:00-4:00 PM - Sessions every 1/2 hour<br> 4:00-4:30 PM - Closing session<br> 4:30-5:30 PM - Cleanup</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><b><font size="4">Location</font></b></div>
<div style="font-size:13px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">DeVos Communications Center, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Here's a map! <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Mg2HA" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/maps/Mg2HA</a></li>
</ul></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><b><font size="4">What to bring</font></b><br><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Your Mac -> VGA dongles</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Power supply for your laptop/tablet/smartphone</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Enthusiasm for learning and sharing</li></ul></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div><b><font size="4">During BarCampGR</font></b></div><div style="font-size:13px"><ul><li>Comment on and post talk ideas, requests, links to slides, and more on our Subreddit <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/BarCampGR/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/BarCampGR/</a></li>
<li>View the session grid from the comfort of your phone at <a href="http://talks.barcampgr.org" target="_blank">http://talks.barcampgr.org</a></li></ul></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br>We're looking forward to seeing you all on Friday and/or Saturday. Although you don't <i>have</i> to present, we hope you will sign up to talk about whatever interests you.</div>
<div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">The venue, conference, food, and Friday after-party are free for everyone thanks to our generous sponsors:</div><div style="font-size:13px"><ul><li><b>Atomic Object</b> <a href="http://www.atomicobject.com/" target="_blank">http://www.atomicobject.com/</a></li>
<li><b>Calvin College</b> <a href="http://cs.calvin.edu/" target="_blank">http://cs.calvin.edu/</a></li><li><b>Cascade Engineering</b> <a href="http://cascadeng.com/" target="_blank">http://cascadeng.com/</a></li><li><b>Collective Idea</b> <a href="http://collectiveidea.com/" target="_blank">http://collectiveidea.com/</a></li>
<li><b>CQL</b> <a href="http://www.cqlcorp.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cqlcorp.com/</a></li><li><b>Fusionary</b> <a href="http://www.fusionary.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fusionary.com/</a></li><li><b>GrrCON</b> <a href="http://grrcon.org/" target="_blank">http://grrcon.org/</a></li>
<li><b>Mutually Human</b> <a href="http://mutuallyhuman.com/" target="_blank">http://mutuallyhuman.com/</a></li><li><b>NVINT</b> <a href="http://www.n-vint.com/" target="_blank">http://www.n-vint.com/</a></li><li><b>SoftwareGR</b> <a href="http://softwaregr.org/" target="_blank">http://softwaregr.org/</a></li>
<li><b>Start Garden</b> <a href="http://startgarden.com/" target="_blank">http://startgarden.com/</a></li></ul></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div></div>-- <br> Ben Rousch<br> <a href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com" target="_blank">brousch@gmail.com</a><br>
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