1.   When do I arrive?

There will be an informal meetup from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday at Hammontree’s restaurant, 326 N. West Ave., in the Dickson Street Entertainment District. Everyone is invited to attend, whether or not you are attending the conference.

Otherwise, we will see you Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the Fayetteville Town Center. You can find directions and a map at the website (http://wordcampfayetteville.com). You might want to arrive a little early to enjoy theFayetteville Farmers’ Market which is just outside the conference center. There is free parking behind the Town Center for you.

2.   Should I bring my laptop?

Absolutely. We will have wireless internet access and you should be able to use it freely during Saturday’s conference. We’re also going to try to make available several power strips so people can continually charge their equipment.

3.   Which room am I in?

We’ve divided the presentations into two tracks – a blogger track and a developer track. You can freely attend any seminar you wish.

However, a problem has emerged of space. One of the rooms is smaller than the other and it looks like the interest in our seminars is almost evenly divided between the two tracks. This is my fault for assuming the developer group would be smaller. In order to rectify the situation, the developer group will have the larger space (they are the slightly larger group) in the morning and then that will reverse in the afternoon to give the blogger track more space.

I appreciate your patience on this matter. I’m hopeful this is the biggest snafu we run into.

4.   What else should I bring?

In your goodie bag will be a very cool water bottle from Beaver Water District, a generous donation which we encourage you to use to instead of bottled water. We will have a water jug set up for you. Also, we encourage youto bring your own coffee cup. We’ll have plenty of coffee but we’d like to minimize trash where possible.

Jammin’ Java is providing some pastries and coffee in the morning. Lunch is also provided.

Jammin’ Java is located just outside the conference center and will be open during the day if you want something else to eat.

5.   What about dinner Saturday night?

You’re on your own from 6:30 to 8 p.m. when the After Party starts. I can recommend from personal experience any of the following place – all within walking distance of the square.

Jammin’ Java, Tim’s Pizza, Oseguera’s, Damgoode Pies, Hugo’s and Little Bread Co.

Then you can bring your thirst, alcoholic or not, to the After Party at the New Design School

6.   What’s a ‘Guru Gallery?’

This is just a fancy word for unstructured conference time. Most of the speakers will still be available for some drop in time at the New Design School to talk one-on-one with you about your specific WordPress issue. Also, I hope you take this time to get to one another even better. Maybe we will even have an inpromtu presentation or two. If you have an idea for one, please let me know.