Rochester Code Camp Planning

Contact Information

We are not taking code camp registrations at this point in time, but would love to hear from volunteers wanting to help organize the code camp and potential speakers for the code camp. If you have any questions, please contact me at:

David Stevenson
Rochester Code Camp Organizer

Possible Dates
Saturdays, First Quarter 2009

  • January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
  • February 7, 14, 21, 28
  • March 7, 14, 21, 28

I have received a recommendation that we avoid January and February to avoid winter driving conditions. We would also like to avoid taking the same dates as other code camps. The Toronto Code Camp was held March 1, 2008 and and theTech Valley Code Camp (Albany) was held in April, 2008.

Possible Venues

Example Code Camp Topics

The following is presented as an example of the kinds of topics presented at a Code Camp. It does not reflect what topics will be presented at the Rochester Code Camp.

Code Camp Logistics

  • Projectors for each room
    (3-5 tracks => 3-5 rooms)
  • seating per room.
  • Keynote speaker? Requires auditorium...

Web Site - Domain Names

Domain names have been purchased through GoDaddy.com. Length of domain name registration is indicated in parenthesis.

  • www.RochesterCodeCamp.net (3 years)
  • www.RochesterCodeCamp.org (1 year)
  • www.RochesterCodeCamp.com (1 year)
  • www.FingerLakesCodeCamp.net
  • www.FingerLakesCodeCamp.org
  • www.FingerLakesCodeCamp.com
  • www.MonroeCountyCodeCamp.net
  • www.MonroeCountyCodeCamp.org
  • www.MonroeCountyCodeCamp.com
  • Web Hosting? Brinkster.com?

Code Camp Logo

Example Code Camp Logos

Web Site Programming

  • Attendee Registration
  • Speaker Registration, Topic, Bio
  • E-mail notifications, reminders

Andy Beaulieu of the Central NY .NET Developers Group has offered to write attended and speaker registration software in Silverlight. The software will be made available to code camps and the Rochester Code Camp will serve as a test site.

Advertising

Legal Addictive Stimulants

  • Coffee (includes decaf!)
  • Caffeinated and non-caffeinated soft drinks
  • Snacks? Can be omitted for first code camp

Wanted: Person responsible for procuring supplies of legal addictive stimulants for Rochester Code Camp. Experience with Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds McCafe preferred.

Food

(requires sponsors!)
Breakfast
Very optional. Only if sufficient sponsorship.
  • Bagels
  • Doughnuts
  • Danish
  • Juice
Lunch
  • Pizza
  • Soft Drink
  • Or other food?

Possible Corporate Sponsors

Link on web site to sponsors web site?
  • University of Rochester
  • Kodak
  • Xerox
  • Bausch & Lomb
  • Thomson West
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Rochester Business Alliance
  • Consulting Agencies
  • Ajilon
  • Croop-LaFrance
  • CTG
  • Others?

Swag & Give-Aways

Software
  • Microsoft
  • Telerik
  • Infragistics
  • ComponentOne
  • Dundas Charts
Books
  • Microsoft Press
  • Wrox Press
  • O'Reilly Press
  • APress
Items
  • Pens
  • Flash Drives
  • Open Source Writing Tablets (notepads)
  • Coffee Mugs
  • Speaker Drawing?
  • Ticket stubs for drawings?
  • Virtual Conferences, Chris Shaw

Post-Conference Speakers Dinner Venues

  • Applebees
  • TGI Fridays
  • McGregors
  • Tullys
  • Dinosaur BBQ

Prefer closer to Code Camp Venue, so it's easier for out of town speakers to get to. Could be close to expressways as well. (Dinner paid by speaker, unless a corporate sponsor wants to sponsor). Policy: If we are able to obtain a sponsor for the Speaker Appreciation Dinner, sponsors pay only for food.

Search Engine Optimization

Non-profit Incorporation

Sponsorship Policies

Budget

Domain Name Registration$67.81
Web Site Hosting, Brinkster.com
$12/month		$144.00
Incorporation - Monroe County Bar Association Referral Fee
Incorporation - Legal Fees
Coffee, $1/person
Lunch, $4/person
Total

Rochester Code Camp 2009

First Quarter 2009

The Code Camp Manifesto

The original Code Camp was a conglomeration of ideas by many different people across the development community. The idea was simple, provide an off hour forum for the development community to speak and share ideas for them to come and enjoy. The results have been astounding. Code Camps have been held around the world by developers everywhere!

The question is what makes a Code Camp?

The answer is actually simple. In order to use the official Code Camp name and banner follow this Manifesto.

By and For the Developer Community

Code Camps are about the developer community at large. They are meant to be a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community.

Always Free

Code Camps are always free for attendees.

Community Developed Material

The success of the Code Camps is that they are based on community content. All content that is delivered is original. All presentation content must be provided completely (including code) without any restriction. If you have content you don't want to share or provide to attendees then the Code Camp is not the place for you.

No Fluff only Code

Code Camps are about showing the code. Refer to rule #1 if you have any questions on this.

Community Ownership

The most important element of the Code Camp is always the developer community. All are welcome to attend and speak and do so without expectation of payment or any other compensation other than their participation in the community.

Never occur during work hours

We need to understand that many times people can't leave work for a day or two to attend training or even seminars. The beauty of the Code Camp is that they always occur on weekends.

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