Drupal Camp UK hosted by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Backstage
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| 09:24 UK time, Monday, 15 June 2009
Recently there's been talk about what events ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Backstage have done in the North. Instead we've been waiting and watching, I would say becoming a good citizen and looking where it makes sense to get involved. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Manchester building on Oxford Road isn't ideal for large events unless we use a studio.However since the Ubuntu 9.04 launch party which crammed about 80 people into our ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Bar, we've been thinking about the ability to maybe support some kinds of camp events.
was discussed ages ago and Dan did a great job putting the whole thing together. Being the host, I just stepped in when needed. Everything went well and a special thanks to Herm and Derek for there help. The only complaint we had was the heat which is currently broken. But generally there were about 80 smiling faces at the peak but even on Sunday the numbers didn't drop far below 50. Its certain the drupal uk community is certainly a lot tighter since this event.
From a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ point of view, the event was relatively simple and cheap to host. The biggest cost is actually peoples time to help out. Having someone else also run the event took most of the management out of it. So whats next? TED-X Manchester seems to be next but the dates are TBA. Currently we're masterminding the idea of a Friday afternoon with a suitable event to follow it into the night.
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