Thanks to everyone who turned out for the second WordCamp Fayetteville meetup last night at U.S. Pizza.
I found the restaurant to be accommodating to our meeting and am inclined to try them again sometime. If you know or want to suggest another location please do.
So for those who weren’t there, we kept the organizational stuff light. Let me give you the quick rundown
- We’ve sold 11 of the 80 tickets. This a good amount I think with three months to go
- Paze Interactive of Fayetteville stepped forward amazingly with a $1,200 donation to fly and feed at least two folks to lead seminars at the WordCamp. Thanks Paze! We’re flying Mitch Cantor of studionashvegas as a result. Others soon to be announced.
- New Design School is allowing us run of their building and picking up the rental fee so we can have an outstanding space on Sunday. It’s gonna be a great space and I’m really looking forward to it. Thank you.
- The WordCamp Fayetteville schwag bag is coming together. We’ve got water bottles and canvas bags donated from Beaver Water District, as well as a folder with our logo on the front and a networking list (with the names of participants who want to be listed), sheets for holding business cards, a printed schedule and a sponsors list
- Gave away a WordPress embossed moleskin and a copy of Scott McNulty’s How to Build a WordPress Blog People Want to Read. Congrats to the winners.
Also, we decided that at the next monthly meeting we would like a short informational presentation. That topic has not be decided yet, but some of the potential topics are: How to monetize your blog, plugins, the 3.0 merger?
Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act pamphlets are in
A hundred Arkansas Freedom of Information Act pamphlets, courtesy of the Arkansas Press Association
Many thanks to the Arkansas Press Association for giving WordCamp Fayetteville 100 copies of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act pamphlet. I went to Little Rock yesterday and picked them up.
These are going to be included among the giveaways for conference attendees.
In this age of citizen journalism, it’s pretty important for civic-minded bloggers to know their rights to public records and public meetings.
This is one of the reasons I’m so excited about State Rep. Lindsley Smith’s presentation at WordCamp about the act, its exceptions and how to use it.
If you don’t want to wait till May to get your copy, you can download a PDF version here.