Central Coast Code Camp

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Coming September 22nd, 2007 to the California Central Coast!

The inaugural Central Coast Code Camp will be held September 22nd and 23rd, 2007, at the Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Yes, that is right! We are going to have our very own FREE Code Camp right here on the Central Coast in September of this year. For those of you not familiar, a code camp is a FREE 2 day seminar put on by software developers in the community and abroad. It takes place on a weekend, so it doesn’t interfere with working hours, and welcomes all people with an interest in sharing development ideas, philosophies, and most importantly CODE.

CODE CAMP RECAP
Thank you all again for attending our first annual Central Coast Code Camp. It was an absolute smashing success that surpassed our best expectations. More than 120 people from as far away as Ventura, Bakersfield, and the Bay Area, came to soak in the knowledge and expertise of our presenters, both local and from as far away as Southern and Northern California, Texas, and Seattle. This was a truly national effort that revealed a lot about how vibrant and living our local technology community really is on the Central Coast!

We are going to do our very best to bring the Code Camp back again next year and we hope to see you all there. Please remember to mention sponsorships to your companies. All it takes is a small monetary effort from ten or so local companies on an annual basis and we can continue to bring Code Camp to the Central Coast.

We have asked the speakers to send us their slides and materials. As we receive them we will load them up on the website for download.

Finally, my personal thanks once again to Softec, the Ecomonic Vitality Corporation, Justin Couto and Couto Solutions, the Arroyo Grande High School Robotics Team, the San Luis Business Center, Woody Pewitt, the excellent staff at the Embassy Suites, all of our volunteers, all of our speakers, the companies that provided our raffle prizes, and anyone I might have forgotten for making this event a success.

Until next year,

Robert Hope and
The Central Coast Code Camp Team
www.centralcoastcodecamp.com

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The Code Camp Manifesto

The original Code Camp was a conglomeration of ideas by many different people across the development community. The idea was simple provide an off hour forum for the development community to speak and share ideas for them to come and enjoy. The results have been astounding. I am happy to report that they are being planned across many different cities.

The question is what makes a Code Camp?

The answer is actually simple. In order to use the official Code Camp name and banner follow these simple protocols.

By and For the Developer Community

Code Camps are about the developer community at large. They are meant to be a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community.

Always Free

Code Camps are always free for attendees.

Community Developed Material

The success of the Code Camps is that they are based on community content. All content that is delivered is original. All presentation content must be provided completely (including code) without any restriction. If you have content you don't want to share or provide to attendees then the Code Camp is not the place for you.

No Fluff only Code

Code Camps are about showing the code. Refer to rule #1 if you have any questions on this.

Community Ownership

The most important element of the Code Camp is always the developer community. All are welcome to attend and speak and do so without expectation of payment or any other compensation other than their participation in the community.

Never occur during work hours...

We need to understand that many times people can't leave work for a day or two to attend training or even seminars. The beauty of the Code Camp is that they always occur on weekends.