2013 Conference Fun Stuff Planning

2013 Conference Fun Stuff Planning

PURPOSE: To foster relationships among and recharge the Apereo community through organized informal activities.

ACTIVITY NOTES

Activities jasig-Sakai 2012:  

  • Baseball, CNN Coca Cola, PubNGrub, run, karaoke

Apereo 2013 Activity Ideas:

BRAINSTORMING NOTES

Apereo 2013 Fun Subcommittee 1/29/13

Purpose/goal

  • Break up a long week

  • Create a break

  • Casual networking/integrate people

  • Foster longer-term relationships

  • * Target new people: help them becoming insiders

  • Help families

  • Conference tends to be a "family reunion"

    •  raise awareness among others to reach out

    • * Dan to create purpose statement in wiki

What needs to be done

  • Need to determine what is in our scope

    • Welcome reception?

  • Reinforce the idea of an Apereo theme / establish conference culture

    • More than the sum of the parts

Timeline

    3/24 program online = events ready?

    3/4 reg open?

TASKS

Public vs Private Wiki Page - Need private page

Purpose statement @Dan Biondi
Negotiate costs (varied prices for different budgets)

Budget? aim to be net zero (need temporary/up-front funds)
Coordinate with "vendors"
Schedule
Marketing
Registration + fee collection (Concentra or Eventbrite)
Coordinate event leaders
Determine potential Sponsorships of events

Information Gathering Tasks:

Transportation options @Jennifer Cummings

NOTES FROM WESTIN SAN DIEGO REGARDING LOCATION

Event Costs and options @Sadie Hastings
Vendor Customer Event Plans @Dan Biondi
TitanPad Setup @Eric Goldman (Deactivated)
Live Like a Local (Live Like a Local)
Parking
Driving Directions to the Westin (Driving Directions to the Westin)

ACTIVITY NOTES

Activities jasig-Sakai 2012:  

  • Baseball, CNN Coca Cola, PubNGrub, run, karaoke

Apereo 2013 Activity Ideas:

BRAINSTORMING NOTES

Apereo 2013 Fun Subcommittee 1/29/13

Purpose/goal

  • Break up a long week

  • Create a break

  • Casual networking/integrate people

  • Foster longer-term relationships

  • * Target new people: help them becoming insiders

  • Help families

  • Conference tends to be a "family reunion"

    •  raise awareness among others to reach out

    • * Dan to create purpose statement in wiki

What needs to be done

  • Need to determine what is in our scope

    • Welcome reception?

  • Reinforce the idea of an Apereo theme / establish conference culture

    • More than the sum of the parts

Timeline

    3/24 program online = events ready?

    3/4 reg open?

TASKS

Public vs Private Wiki Page - Need private page

Purpose statement @Dan Biondi
Negotiate costs (varied prices for different budgets)

Budget? aim to be net zero (need temporary/up-front funds)
Coordinate with "vendors"
Schedule
Marketing
Registration + fee collection (Concentra or Eventbrite)
Coordinate event leaders
Determine potential Sponsorships of events

Information Gathering Tasks:

Transportation options @Jennifer Cummings

NOTES FROM WESTIN SAN DIEGO REGARDING LOCATION

Event Costs and options @Sadie Hastings
Vendor Customer Event Plans @Dan Biondi
TitanPad Setup @Eric Goldman (Deactivated)
Live Like a Local (Live Like a Local)
Parking
Driving Directions to the Westin (Driving Directions to the Westin)

 TitanPad Sessions: