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This is just a quick announcement post to everyone out there to say that I've been in talks with the hosts of Drupalcamp Colorado about doing a joint Ubercamp 2.0 with them. Turns out it's a great match, and they'll be happy to have us join them with a strong showing of Ubercart. The event will be in Denver at this venue and should be quite affordable (i.e. $20ish a head).

What do we need to do to make it happen? Well, as soon as the site is open for registration, we should create accounts there and post some sessions. We don't have a firm agreement on the number of Ubercart sessions, but there will be 4 rooms, a few hundred people, and two full days of scheduled events. This means the more sessions we propose and get up there for people to vote on, the more Ubercart will be represented at this joint event.

There's the possibility of sticking around for the Monday after, as well, if we need some time for more Uberhackin' and eating. Gosh I loved that Mongolian grill in DC... We don't necessarily need to stay at the venue for the bonus day, but it's an option depending on how many people are gonna show.

Folks interested should sound off. Also, we won't call for sessions in specific topics, but I'd LOVE to see an abundance of "here's how to set this up" sessions. Everything from a simple store to complex taxes, multi-currency, multi-domain e-commerce, customizable products, marketplaces, and more. You guys are doing some incredible stuff with Ubercart, and the more we get the word out about how awesome your contributed modules are the better! If you think you'd want to come and present on a topic, let us know!

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heck yes

We had a great time with DrupalCampColorado last summer. This summer should only be bigger and better.

Book your tickets now and if you have any questions about turning your visit into a vacation of the surrounding area, just ask and we'll do our best to answer questions.

For any bluegrass/american roots music fans, there is a Punch Brothers Concert in Boulder on the 30th. Ezra and I will be going for sure.

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Re: Ubercamp 2.0 Coming in June 2009

Pretty sure I'd be able to make it, and if so I'm game to do a quick "how to set up a hotel booking system" session using the module I'm finishing up -- it ought to be fairly well tested by the time this rolls around, and it seems interest for the module is growing daily. Eye-wink

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Re: Re: Ubercamp 2.0 Coming in June 2009

FWIW - The Commerce Guys team (Ryan, Mike, Tim and others) is staying at The Warwick Denver http://www.warwickdenver.com for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, we are scheduling our outbound flights later in the day on Monday June 29th. This will give us some extra Ubercart time on Monday if anyone is interested. I doubt we will have enough interest to need the Drupalcamp venue for a whole day on Monday, but if we have 20 people or so we could get a small meeting room at our hotel for the day.

FYI - we got the Warwick on Hotwire for $79 a night, not bad for a 425 sq ft 4 star in downtown Denver.

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thill wrote:

FYI - we got the Warwick on Hotwire for $79 a night, not bad for a 425 sq ft 4 star in downtown Denver.

Nice place! How are you guys planning on getting back and forth? I haven't looked at transit yet. We were looking at staying closer to the venue (there is a Ramada Inn a few blocks up and over) so we could easily walk.

Either way, we'll look at staying for most or all of Monday as well for extended Uberhacking Smiling

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wait for the meetup

There's a meetup of the Drupal Denver/Boulder user group next Wednesday (May 13th). We'll try to drum up some more interest there. (Greggles will likely be there too.)

I attended Drupalcamp Colorado last year, and I'll certainly do what I can to be there this year.

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I would rather be closer but with hotwire beggers can't be choosers Smiling

The hotel and venue are 3 miles apart but they are on the same bus line. Bus route 28 Smiling

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Three miles? Sounds like walking distance to me! Evil

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I'll likely be staying at the Radisson downtown, which according to google maps is about 8 miles away... and relatively close to this Smiling

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Oho! We have a bd's in Louisville. It can be hard to know what to get since there are so many options, but all of the combinations I've tried have been delicious.

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I'm basically all set for this trip.. I've booked my room at the Radisson, as I mentioned previously, since I can take advantage of the awesome $49 employee rate. Smiling

Just have to book my flight and rental car.

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"Downtown"

The downtown radisson (1550 Court Pl, Denver, CO 80202) is 1.8 miles away, right? To our out of town guests, please consider hotels in the true downtown of Denver (not Highlands Ranch, not Denver Tech Center).

Night time events after the camp are likely to be in the real downtown which is just to the East of the DPPA Event Center, and it's no fun to have to drive 20 minutes south to get to your hotel at the end of the night.

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Nope, that's a Sheraton... I'm booked at the Radisson Hotel Stapleton Plaza (3333 Quebec St. Denver, CO 80207) about 8.5 miles away.

So, I guess I was wrong when I said downtown -- it's between downtown and the airport, but closer to downtown. Google maps claims it's about a 13min drive from my hotel to the event center. Doesn't bother me, I'm used to driving about 20 minutes to a half hour to go anywhere. Smiling

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Re: Ubercamp 2.0 Coming in June 2009

I'll make a block for it once I have a button, but just wanted to let folks know that the site should be open for registrations and session voting. I'm posting up a couple of Ubercart sessions and expect to post more. Let's have a good show of support on all the Ubercart sessions so we can have a rocking Ubercamp!

My goal here is for Ubercart sessions to focus on configuration walkthroughs and practical module demonstrations. These prove quite effective at introducing modules to people with real world needs. However, feel free to post up any session idea you have. I wouldn't begrudge any session from site showcases to development oriented sessions. It's all good and encouraged!

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Recording Sessions?

Guys, I would love to make it, but can't!

Are you going to record the sessions?

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Hmm... I'm not sure if they record sessions there or not. Ideally my session content will be made available as screencasts from my company's Ubercart resources directory. Will keep you posted, and in the meantime you might post your question in the forums at the Drupalcamp's site.

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Woot! Got a trip to Colorado approved today. Probably will fly Friday and Tuesday, so I'm up for an UberMonday.

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Rock on! I saw you signed up for the dinner and such. Will see ya there! Cool

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Re: Ubercamp 2.0 Coming in June 2009

Damn, $20/head? That's a complete no brainer. Drupalcamp sounds amazing on its own, where do I sign up?

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Re: Re: Ubercamp 2.0 Coming in June 2009

You missed Drupalcamp Colorado, but there's another one coming up in L.A. on August 8th:

http://2009.drupalcampla.com/

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