Chris Kinsman sent this out today:
It's that time of year again... Time for a Code Camp!
We are holding Seattle Code Camp November 15-16, 2008 at the DigiPen campus in Redmond.
You are getting this email because you have attended a previous code camp in Seattle. We would like to invite you to come back and help make the 2008 Code Camp a great success.
Please pass this notice on to folks you think are interested in either attending or speaking.
Speaking of speaking we are looking for speakers. If you hit the code camp site at https://seattle.codecamp.us you will see that we don't have sessions or tracks listed at this point. This code camp is a blank page at this point that needs to be colored in.
This is a great venue for presentations. If you have something you are passionate about but have never done any public speaking I encourage you to give it a try. If you are an experienced speaker this is your time to get involved in your local community and share some of your experience.
What types of topics are we looking for? Pretty much anything goes as long as:
1. It involves code
And
2. It isn't a direct advertisement for a product or service.
Yep that means that this isn't limited to .NET or even Microsoft technologies. Past code camps have included sessions on XBOX 360 development, Java, PHP, and Rails. Submit your sessions at https://seattle.codecamp.us/registered/submitsession.aspx
Alternatively if you have no desire to get up in front of a bunch of developers and impart your wisdom we could still use your help. Please promote this code camp at your user group meetings, post it on your blog, email it to interested locals and encourage your friends and coworkers to submit sessions.
Finally if you plan on attending please head to https://seattle.codecamp.us/register.aspx and register so that we can get some idea of the required space and food needs.
Looking forward to seeing you in November!
Thanks,
Chris Kinsman
Code Camp Organizer