So you may be asking yourself – I think I remember hearing something about BarCamp in November….

You’d be right – except when we dusted off our hardhats we found out that year end budgets were tighter than ever, and many companies in town were doing layoffs. It’s remarkably hard to get companies to pay for a BarCamp when they can’t pay their own employees – so we did the sensible thing and scootched BarCamp out to January.

here’s the current lowdown:

• January 16th and 17th
• Intuit, Santa Fe Campus in Carmel Valley

We’ve updated the wiki and created a new Eventbrite Registration Page for BarCamp San Diego 6.

We’re starting collection for sponsorships as well, so if your organization would like to sponsor BarCamp San Diego 6, drop a line to sponsors@barcampsd.org.

That’s it for now! Feel free to log into the wiki and add a proposed talk or host a contest for Saturday Night!

There are some last minute provisions that came up we need to get the word out for:

• We’ve manually backed out every order on eventbrite that contained more than 1 ticket. For Intuits security policies we need every attendees name, so people who got tickets like “Joe smith – 5 tickets” will need to have those extra four people go sign up themselves. This has also opened up a significant amount of spaces too – so more people can come! :)
• Intuit has some policies that they’d like to iterate to all the attendees:
• Attendees must stay within a 20 foot perimeter of the building. Going back to cars in the parking lot is okay, but the rest of the campus is off limits to us (that means the hiking trails, basket ball courts etc)
• Fire codes must be observed: no smoking in the building, and nothing that generates smoke inside the buildings
• Be responsible with alcohol consumption
• Do not attempt to enumerate the network. Be nice. This isnt a hacker con (viss is watching. he controls your packets)

Thats it! Short n sweet. We need everyones eyeballs on this, so please repost, retweet etc.

Howdy Campers! Its been 6 months and it’s time for another BarCamp! This seasons BarCamp will be held at Intuit again! The last event went over smashingly well and Intuit warmly welcomed us back.

Here are some details:

• WHEN: May 30th and 31st
• WHERE: Intuit Campus, Carmel Valley
• HOW: With Cashy money! We’re still looking for sponsorship!

We’re currently working on a new system for registration so that nobody has to mess with the wiki markup anymore, and we’ve actually set up our own wiki so that we are fully in control of our own documentation.(www.barcampsd.org/wiki – you must register to make changes).

Thats it for now! Any help you guys can lend us a hand by spreading the word about the event and sending potential sponsors our way (have them email sponsors@barcampsd.org) would be greatly appreciated!

Stay tuned for more info soon!

And thats coming up soon!

Here are some things to consider

• Camping IS ALLOWED! Bring a sleeping bag! :D
• Be courteous to fellow campers – dont torrent, or use p2p software on the barcamp wifi
• The wiki is the registration roster for Intuit Security – If you’re not on it you cannot get in. If you haven’t signed up already, do it here
• There is ample power all over the place!
• Come early (9am), nosh on some breakfast, and help us set up!

There are some additional rules that our venue sponsor has asked us to instantiate:

• Alcohol consumption must be moderated – we will be passing out drink tickets, and there will be a droid manning the keg (need a volunteer for this!)
• Safety conditions: There will be both security personnel and intuit employees on site to help maintain a high level of safety
• BarCamp is limited to the first floor – please do not attempt to obtain access to any other floors

Given the previous track record of BarCamp, nobody is expecting anything out of the ordinary. Lets keep on our streak of successful and pleasant barcamps and show Intuit how awesome of a community we are!

This time around we should have floorplan maps printed up on the walls to show everyone where the food, snack, presentation and restroom areas are.

Greetings campers!

BarCamp San Diego 4 is upon us, this time at Intuit’s campus (link/map) in Carmel Valley.

There are a ton of activities planned for Saturday evening, somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 campers signed up so far on our wiki. It’s happening in the middle of November (the 15th and 16th), so make sure you have no plans!

This season we can only have 250 people total at the event, so if you’d like to come, please make your way to the wiki and add yourself. The venue is using the wiki as the official roster for who is going.

Things are lining up nicely – The planners are getting excited, the sponsors are getting REALLY excited and you should be too :)

here are some pictures of the venue!