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ErlangCamp Chicago 2010

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<aside> Use of the term "camp". This ErlangCamp seems a neat conference. I'm an erlang lover. The website and proposed content seems compelling.

I helped start a few "camps" about 6 years ago. The idea was you put together all the items to enable folks to get together and decide on content the morning the camp starts. Its an un-conference and everyone is expected to participate. Thats how it was explained to me at the blossoming of the camp phenom. Now it seems the word has been co-opted and in this case its just a specialty "conference".

...thoughts or opinions?

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I agree. Camp = unconference. Schedules are decided the mornings of the event with little to no cost to attend. Also, free food and free shirts.

Otherwise you just have a plain ole' conference.

Names are hard. Two of us running ErlangCamp have been organizers for Chicago BARCamp for the last 5 years (I've actually backed off but Jordan still helps) and we've heard this a few time already, hehe. Now that events like CouchCamp are popping up I didn't think it was a big deal to do the same for our Erlang event.

Sorry if it causes any confusion. It will still be a great conference!

OTOH it's easier to make a decision about going when you know the agenda in advance. Esp. if you're coming in from out of town and would have the added expenses of travel and lodging.

The name was a tough decision. We want to still instill the atmosphere that a Camp provides, basically energetic hackers eager to learn, while still being promise some kind of gain if you do attend. The cost was as low as we could make it, we still may lose money. You will notice it is still much cheaper than similar conferences with similar content. We are really hoping to make this a community event more than anything.

The photo on the front page seems odd, looks more like a bunch of business types at a sales conference than a bunch of Erlang hackers at a camp. But the content looks good; I'm really thinking about going. Wondering what a decent hotel in the area will cost? Would be nice to have a couple of recommendations somewhere on the site, especially if discounts could be arranged.

Heh, yeah, the picture is probably not an accurate representation of the type of attendee we will have.

We are working on getting discounts for hotels. That information should be posted on the site within a few days.

Hotel information posted to the FAQ: http://erlangcamp.com/page/357/faq

Saw this posted on the Nitrogen Web Framework mailing list, and I'm strongly considering going. Seems this would be rather helpful followup/supplement to the Erlang books.

And nice and close to Milwaukee.

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