[wp-testers] Detroit Wordcamp?

[Aaron Brazell]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Kim Parsell <kparsell-wp at kpdesign.net>wrote:

> Pat -
>
> Aaron Brazell mentioned over the Hackers list this afternoon about
> approaching universities for space to have the Word Camp event in, as the
> costs associated with holding it there are minimal. To quote him:
>
> "Why don't you approach a University? In my experience with PodCamps,
> WordCamps and BarCamps, the best events are held at Universities. Many times
> they will give you their space for virtually nothing! For instance, we are
> doing WordCamp Mid-Atlantic at University of Baltimore. PodCamp Philly was
> held at Drexel Univ in 2007 and Temple in 2008. The worst events are held in
> corporate space, IMHO. There's usually too many security issues (can't have
> walk ups, gotta have badges, etc) and they aren't as cozy."
>
> Put the word out in the blogging community and start connecting with other
> bloggers in the Detroit area to get a committee together to organize the
> event. All of you together can pull this off. ;)
>
> Kim
>

Also, for Detroit, talk to Scott Monty. He might be able to point you to
people who can sponsor/help/have venues. He's @scottmonty on Twitter. VP,
Social Media at Ford but very approachable.