DC-Area Python BarCamp
Goals
- 2-day event, held on a weekend in October or November 2008.
- Held in the DC or Baltimore area.
- Will feature 1 track of self-scheduled talks, and at least 3-4 sprints, up to as many as we have room for.
- ~50 attendees maximum.
Free admission, or admission <$10.
- Do we want to have swag, in the form of a T-shirt or tote bag?
Possible venues
DC:
[http://www.washingtonparks.net/parkscenter.html Josephine Butler Parks Center], near U Street.
- U. of Maryland College Park
- GWU (CS dept, or Cafritz Center)
- Another DC-area university?
- Look for a hotel (downtown; near Courthouse or Ballston?)
Baltimore:
- JHU CS dept.
Current tasks
E-mail possible CS department contacts
- JHU: Michael Droettboom
GWU: [http://seas.gwu.edu/~simha/ Rahul Simha] (supervised a project called $ython).
- U. of MD: Bijan Parsia?
Howard: [http://www.scs.howard.edu/faculty_staff.aspx faculty listing]
U. of DC: [http://www.udc.edu/academics/soe/faculty.htm faculty listing]
Research hotel prices in the fall: Baltimore vs. DC; is one city much cheaper?
What to do about wireless, which is critical? Bring it in? Rely on the venue's wireless? What if it fails, which would cripple us?
Budget notes
Assuming 50 attendees:
1500? Venue 500? Projector rental 1500 Food for 50 attendees ($15 x 50 attendees x 2 days) 250 Contingency 250 Equipment (power strips, etc.) 250 Printing --------------------------- 4250 Total
Charging $10 admission to 50 people only brings in $500; we'd need to charge at least $80 to break even. Maybe we should just forget about charging admission and look for sponsorship instead.