Is the planning meeting still on for tomorrow? If so, where is it being
held?

On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 17:31 -0500, justin kruger wrote:
> For a number of months now, I have been networking with all of the
> people we need to pull off a democamp styled event that will work for
> our neck of the woods. We are going to create a casual event, so no
> need for monkey suits, this will just be a chance for food drinks and
> local start ups to actually demo features. Projects that are
> presenting will have 5-10 minuets to show their warze, with only 5 min
> of power point allowed, MAX, no really, this is about showing off what
> you have. Democamps are really about celebrating all of the hard work
> that local entrepreneurs, coders, and inventors are putting into their
> fresh projects.
>
> The first democamp/DemoCircuit will happen some time in July or August
> on a Monday evening. The event will run about 2.5 hours and free food
> and drinks will be provided for the first 50 people to register, late
> registers will have to buy their own drinks and food, but the event is
> free to attend. I have chosen the name DeomoCircuit as the brand for
> our local democamps, as I plan to draw from Milwaukee, Madison,
> Chicago and Minnieapolis if presenters seem willing to drive. I am
> spear heading this now, so that we can get a flavor for all of the
> great start-ups that have been working so hard recently.
>
> At this point I still need a few sponsors to make it happen, even
> though I have a few lined up to kick it off, but the winds of change
> and Innovation have told me that there are a few willing sponsors out
> there, and we need to find them. I would like to bring in 2-3
> sponsors per event at $200 each to cover food, drinks and the location
> costs at first. If the events go well, we may need to increase the
> number of sponsors, but I want to keep it cheap so that startups can
> sponsor event to.
>
> Let me know if you are interested in either locating a sponsor,
> helping with the line up demo'ers, or if you would like to help me get
> the site up and designed.
>
> We will discuss this an other project topics at the next Fireseed
> meeting, Saturday, July 7th, 10am. If you want breakfast be there by
> 9am so we can socialize a bit and then get right into business at
> 10am. We have a lot to cover.
>
> the Fireseed group Obsidian GPU super computer
> barcampMilwaukee/ barcampMidwest
> second life activity
> drupal camp
> US FIRST - high schools team up with companies to build athletic robots.
> the Korporate Media Electric Car Project.
>
> There is so much in tech going on in our area we need to get excited about it.
>
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Eli