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| + | * 03/06/2007: We've been approached by the makers of [http://www.outerz0ne.org Outerz0ne], the Jacksonville 2600 guys, and the [http://www.shmoo.com/ Schmoo Group] offering help toward putting a con together. I'm waiting till after [http://www.shmoocon.org/ SchmooCon] before I start trying to put anything together assuming it's not too late already to throw something together for this year. I think we're going to try an gear it as a tech conference and try to bring together groups similar to our own in once place for a weekend of project showcases, open discussion, and brainstorming. | ||
Revision as of 06:01, 6 March 2007
Overview
It's been mentioned before that Huntsville, AL needs a con. It's centrally located with respect to other cons in the Southeast and enough people know about us from attending other cons that it would be received well.
What's needed
- Hotel
- conference rooms
- centrally located
- easy to find
- free wifi
- Speakers
- interesting talks about anything techie
- reliable people
- Con Schwag
- reasonably cheap
- useful
- at the very least memorable
- Programs
- don't have to be super fancy just informative
- adequate amount of them
- Staff
- reliable
- able to follow instructions
- self starters
- easy to find
- frs radios
- t-shirts specifying their status
Progress
- 03/06/2007: We've been approached by the makers of Outerz0ne, the Jacksonville 2600 guys, and the Schmoo Group offering help toward putting a con together. I'm waiting till after SchmooCon before I start trying to put anything together assuming it's not too late already to throw something together for this year. I think we're going to try an gear it as a tech conference and try to bring together groups similar to our own in once place for a weekend of project showcases, open discussion, and brainstorming.
