WordCamp Victoria

Robin Heppell’s WordPress as a CMS:

Here is the video of Robin’s presentation, too:

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Want to connect with everyone you met? Leave a comment with your website address, Twitter handle or Facebook link.

Thanks for coming!

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The event includes Level Ground coffee, tea, and Mount Doug Springs water.

Ambrosia Catering will be bringing in an array of sandwiches and dessert squares for lunch. A special thanks to our lunch sponsors, Sneakers Computers and Dial A Geek Consulting!

You may bring your own food, snacks, lunch, etc.

Quadra Village

If you’d prefer to have lunch out, or want to grab a late day snack, Quadra Village is your answer.

University Canada West is located in the heart of Quadra Village, and there are some great restaurants right in the area.

Right across the street from UCW is Caffe Fantastico, open 8am to 5pm. They serve specialty coffees, pastries and snack items.

Cafe Marrakech serves authentic Moroccan cuisine, and is open from 11am to 3pm and 5pm to 9pm.

Naanwich is like Indian fast food, only it’s delicious and nutritious. It’s open from 7:30am to 9pm.

Caribbean Village has some amazing smells! There is limited casual seating, and it is open from 7am to 6:30pm.

Young’s Restaurant serves Chinese food from 4pm to 10pm.

San Remo’s Deli is open from 10am to 5pm, and the restaurant is open from 11am to 10pm.

Fifth Street Bar and Grill, where I will be having dinner, has a restaurant open from 11am to 11pm, and the pub closes a little later (usually around midnight).

Pazetti’s Pizza and Pizza All Nite are in the area. I don’t know the hours, and there is very limited casual seating in both.

Taco Time is close by, serving Mexican fast food.

Fairway Market has a deli, and Mac’s is open 24 hours.

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If you have been waiting to buy your tickets, you don’t want to wait any longer! We have 70 people registered for WordCamp on November 14th, and have tentatively capped the attendance at 80.

We will be visiting the location on Tuesday to see how to accommodate more people without compromising the presentations, or making things uncomfortable or crowded. But don’t delay, as we may have to hold the line at 80 people for this first event.

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We are absolutely thrilled to have Lloyd Budd from Automattic come to the event.

Lloyd has agreed to make himself available for questions in the student lounge for a couple hours during the day, and will be featured on The WordCamp Roundup at the end of the day.

For those who haven’t heard of Automattic, they are the company that operates WordPress.com, but they are also the silent genuises behind the whole WordPress revolution. Shhh.

Lloyd also blogs at A Fool’s Wisdom.

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Automattic, Lloyd Budd

For those who haven’t been, a “Camp” is like a standard “Conference” in that it is educational, but unlike it in that it doesn’t need to be all that formal.

That said, many people like to know there is something “formal” going on, or they feel lost in the shuffle.

We’re offering both!

Yes, there will be a formal agenda for the day, with speakers, Q&A, workshops, panels, etc.

But there will also be “The Campout”, an opportunity for people to power up their laptops, connect in small groups and share their WordPress experiences with each other in an informal way.

Be Informal … Plan Ahead

While informal and impromptu is welcome on the day of the event, we also want you to have the opportunity to plan ahead. If there is something you really want to show off, demonstrate, discuss or otherwise conjure up, use the comments below as your “Campout” board.

Here’s how it will work:

1. For your Campout, write a subject, time, contact person, and a sentence or two on your proposed topic (in the comments section below).
2. We will attempt to compile these, and make topics available on a board at “The Campout” (in the Student Lounge) on November 14th.
3. Show up and be ready, laptop in hand, at least 10 minutes before your Campout is scheduled to begin.
4. Have fun!  No campfires, please.

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We are very pleased to announce that WordCamp Victoria 2009 registration is now open.

A very special thanks goes to University Canada West for generously contributing the space for WordCamp!  This contribution has allowed us to reduce the cost of the event to $40.

Speaker profiles are forthcoming!

See you on November 14th!

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In order to provide the best possible event for the people who are interested in participating, I have prepared a little survey.  It’s only 9 questions.

Complete Survey

Your thorough and honest responses will go a long way toward making WordCamp Victoria 2009 a huge success!

Please only complete the survey once.  Is there a question missing on the survey you think should be there?  Please contact me or leave a comment below.

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WordCamp Victoria is scheduled for Saturday, November 14, 2009 in Victoria, British Columbia.

The event will be broken down into components:

• Novice
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Development
• Social Media Integration

Details on the actual times, ticket information and more will be made available here over the coming weeks.

We have a number of excellent speakers lined up, but are still soliciting more.  Are you interested?

Contact Paul Holmes for details about speaking or sponsorship.

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