Hey Everyone!
Its time for BARcamp Chicago 2008! Last years was great and this year will be even better.
A quick intro for those who dont know: BARcamp Chicago as a weekend long (60 hours straight) technology fest. People call it an "un-conference" or a "user-defined conference" or a "Burning Man for coding". It happens once a year here in Chicago and is free to all. Come give a talk, listen, learn, code and drink.
FYI- BARcamp is not about bar's but a play on FOO=BAR and Oreillys private camp called FoO camp (Friends of Oreilly) in the Valley.
We are shooting for the weekend of August 15th, but here is the rub. (like every year) we need to find a venue. Requirements for space are:
1) In Chicago
2) Open for use the whole weekend, 24 hours a day.
3) Allow beer and drinks (most colleges dont).
4) Room for ~300 people.
We have event insurance and can chip in cash if our sponsors are good to us this year ;-)
And as always, sponsors are welcome. We have no prospectus or ROI or anything and no set amounts. If you are start-up chip in $50 or whatever you can spare, if you are further along, help out the community ;-)
Its really about YOU, the engineer, the entrepreneur, the manager, the hacker, the coder, the artist. YOU the Chicago Tech community.
Come make it happen and like the previous years, have a blast!
If you want to keep up with it, you can join the mailing list:
send email to: barcamp-unsubscribe@corp.hostedlabs.com?Subject=subscribe
Or check out the wiki:
Feel free to ping me with questions, suggestions, offers of help ;-)
-jason