[wp-testers] Detroit Wordcamp?

[Mark Styles]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 02:53:39PM -0500, Paleo Pat wrote:
> Takes Money. Something I have zero of. I figured some well heeled people
> that read this list would be willing to fund something like this.

It doesn't have to take your own money. Find sponsors, find a venue
willing to host it for free, tell Matt he has to come, and you're all
set :)


> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Mark Styles <wp-testers at lambic.co.uk>wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 02:07:21PM -0500, Paleo Pat wrote:
> > > Okay here's a question for the Wordpress people. How come there's never
> > been
> > > a Wordpress Wordcamp in Detroit? (or surrounding area?)
> > >
> > > It seems mighty funny to me that a piece of software, that is supposed to
> > be
> > > about the inclusion of all people, seems to terminally ignore a city of
> > > great importance, like Detroit.
> > >
> > > There are Bloggers here, we might not be, say Liberal L.A. or Washington
> > > Beltway types, but we are the automotive capital of the world.
> > >
> > > Just irks me a bit, that's all.
> >
> > We had some Detroit folks at the Toronto WordCamp; nice people they were
> > too.
> >
> > If you want one in Detroit, why not organise one? If you build it they
> > will come and all that.

-- 
Mark 
http://www.lambic.co.uk