Posted on: February 17, 2010 – 12:04 pm
WordCamp Richmond needs your help finding a venue for this year. We’ve been searching around, trying to find a great venue but haven’t had much luck so far. A perfect venue for this year’s event would be one that:
- Can support 100-150 people
- Has 3 rooms — 1 big enough for the full group, 2 big enough for roughly half the group each
- Donated/Sponsored/Low cost
- Near restaurants for lunch break
Of course, we know we may not be able to find the perfect place. So if you have suggestions that might at least match some of the above criteria, we’re open to hearing about them.
We’re hoping to have a great event this year with some tremendous speakers. I already have a commitment from a well-known WordPress Rockstar, and tentative commitments from others depending on timing. I don’t want to drop names until we have location and date confirmed, but they’ll be traveling from far away and have really helped shape WordPress into what it is today and are continuing to do so on a daily basis.
So with that all being said, we could really use your help finding a venue. We hope to keep ticket prices to a minimum, so someone sponsoring (paying for / donating) a venue or a venue that is willing to donate their space to us on their own would be greatly appreciated. If you want to speak with us regarding a location, please contact us right away.
Posted on: November 22, 2009 – 1:15 pm
It’s time to start thinking about WordCamp Richmond again. We’re hoping to have some pretty exciting items to announce and present at this years WordCamp. For the time being though we need to start getting potential speakers and topics arranged. Sadly, last year we ended up having to turn away a few speakers due to time constraints. This year we’re planning to do things a little bit differently. The plan is to have to separate tracks for attendee’s so that everyone can make the most of their experience and time.
- Admin / Content Provider Track
- Developer / Designer Track
- Common Track – Everyone is involved
To this end, if you have a topic you would like to present at this WordCamp, please contact us so we can see about setting up a program for participants. We ask that you please copy / paste the below template and fill it out so we can best arrange things. Thanks!
Your Name:
Your eMail Address:
Proposed Topic:
Time needed for presentation (30 minute increments, please):
Bullet-point outline of your presentation (keep it short, we just want to get a feel for what you plan to say):
(Once completed, please submit via our Contact Form)
Posted on: May 10, 2009 – 12:33 am
I’ve created a page as an archive of the 2009 WordCamp RVA event. I’m hoping to get the presentations together and posted on that page as well.
Stay tuned for upcoming workshops and news regarding next years event.
Posted on: April 27, 2009 – 8:51 am
We’re looking forward to the first WordCamp in Richmond, VA that is now under two weeks away. In case you haven’t heard, the schedule has been finalized and we’re going to have a packed day. So that we can begin on time, we ask that you please try to arrive at 9am (when the doors will open) so that we can get everyone through registration and name badges then up to the conference room where the event will be held.
Some things you should be aware of:
- Doors open at 9am
- You must have a ticket or be on the registration list to enter the conference room of the event
- Coffee and bagels will be provided in the morning by Chris Gatewood of Hirschler Fleischer
- Outlets will not be readily available for charging electronic devices, however WiFi is available in the room we will be in. Please plan accordingly.
- Lunch is 1.5 hours and will be free for all. There are many restaurants in the local area for you to choose from.
- Soda and snacks will be available in the afternoon, courtesy of Business Bullpen
- For those interested, immediately following the event we will be heading to another location for drinks and socializing.
- Interested in volunteering to help as event staff? Let us know.
NOTE: We still have a small waiting list and other individuals interested in attending. If you’ve discovered that you will be unable to make it to the event, we ask that you please let us know so that we can make your ticket available to someone else.
The event has been at capacity (70) for the past two months and we’re looking forward to meeting each of you.
Don’t forget you can keep up to date with what’s going on at the blog or on twitter. If you’re referencing WordCamp RVA on twitter, don’t forget to use the hash tag #wcrva If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Event: WordCamp RVA
Date: Saturday, May 09, 2009 from 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM (ET)
Location:
Hirschler Fleischer
2100 E Cary St
3rd Floor
Richmond, VA 23223
Posted on: March 31, 2009 – 11:36 am
The WordCamp RVA schedule has been updated. Festivities kick off at 9:30am, although the doors will open at 9:00 for registration, coffee, and networking.
Just a reminder that registration for the event is closed and we have reached full capacity for the venue. Apparently our ticket prices were too low. If you are already registered and cannot attend, please let us know so we can give your ticket to people on the waiting list. Thanks!
