fldrupalcamp

The fourth edition of Florida DrupalCamp is rapidly approaching - Drupalists from Florida and beyond will be descending on Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida on February 11 and 12, 2012 for the largest Drupal event Florida has ever seen. Registration is currently open at fldrupalcamp.org at the low cost of $20 per person - the cost will be going to up $25 on January 11, so be sure to register soon to get the lowest possible price. Admission will include a t-shirt, drinks, snacks, and lunch and access to the entire session program. Session proposals are still being accepted as well - the deadline for submitting a session is January 12, so if you're interested in sharing some of your Drupal knowledge, be sure to submit your proposal soon.

While we're fresh off the heels of Florida DrupalCamp 2011, it's a good time to take a look back and see how we did as well as try to figure out how to make next year's camp even better. Using results from our post-camp survey as well as feedback from my fellow organizers, here's a closer look at some specifics.

While it is still fresh in my mind, I wanted get some words down about Florida DrupalCamp 2010 that took place over the weekend of February 20-21. I'll be writing up a much more detailed case-study in the coming days, but I wanted to get some thoughts down while they were still fresh in my head. First of all - wow, wow, wow. If last year's Florida DrupalCamp showed what was possible, this year's camp shows that the Florida Drupal community has arrived. We sold out at 150 attendees (at $5/each) nearly three weeks prior to the event and eventually had a waiting list of rougly 40 additional people. Rather than completely turning away the wait-listers, we decided to do a two-hour "Intro to Drupal" session (led by DrupalEasy's Ryan Price) on day 2 of the camp that was open only to people on the wait list. In the end, more than half of them showed up for the free session (and got free lunch and a swag bag as well!)