* Tech geeks first time, venture folks next time
* hold out a number of slots to dole out to folks at the last minute; to invite folks to participate
* Location choices
** wharehouse
** pioneer square
** retreat
** GameWorks?
** sabey
** islaned
** port of seattle
** container ship
** cruise ship
** vulcan building?
** rei bldg
** verizon?
** attachmate space - factoria
** athletic facilities
** training camps
** university campus
** gas works park
** community center… where?
** dead malls
** dead safeways
** dead grocery store (on alki)
** nintendo?

* Who’s got a line on a place?
** Doug
** Chris?
** David G.

* Gender mix?
* Bar camp complaints: showers
* Lots of local game devs to highlight
* Who’s going to be responsible for getting the space?
* What’s the date?

Need to:
* find locations
* secure wireless
* proximity to food/getting catering
* in-kind donations
* Insurance, permitting, liability issues?
** can get temporary policy

Do we know an event planner?

Showers?
** Shower trailers can be rented - Doug

hours:
** need to account for cleanup time
** Saturday & Sunday all day

Dates
* Start looking mid- October through mid-november (8 Oct through 29 Oct)

Who gets to come?
* locals only?
* invites only?
* Give the coordinates at the last minute
* Set some bar that makes it a challenge to get in to the event.

Should we talk to others outside of the group
* Yes.  Get the word out.

We need to have commitment

Do we need to think about a keynote speaker or two?
* Brainstorm on the mail list
* someone local

This is peer-to-peer
* Follow foo-camp model of letting everyone speak about something.
* We’ll have just-enough structure, but let the thing be self-organizing

Mail in 150 biz cards; organizers will sort them & hand out stacks to particpants

* Opening ceremony & icebreaker - very important!
* Help from O’Reilly folks is possible.

’‘'A week from today is the deadline for venue & date proposals’‘’
* Use the mailing list & space to coordinate venue
*Make a shortlist by next week, meet at David’s office in Pioneer Square

* We do this twice a year so as not to dilute the value
* Get people aware & get the attention of the tech press about the value of Seattle tech.

Marketing
* Target a list of press in the region.
* Don’t do any traditional press at all
* You get invited if you do someting so cool that somebody blogs about you

* No NDAs.  don’t come if you can’t do a 5K foot overview
* However, do allow no-blogging, off the record conversations