{"id":112,"date":"2009-02-23T20:34:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T02:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/?p=112"},"modified":"2011-05-17T19:16:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T00:16:46","slug":"movin-right-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/movin-right-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Movin’ right along…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m still on target for announcing our venue for WordCamp Chicago next week – it’s been narrowed down to a few and confirmation will take place over the next few days, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n

I’ve also been updating our Sponsors Page<\/a> with information on the companies who are helping sponsor WordCamp Chicago by making monetary contributions to help us cover the expenses involved in hosting an event like this. I have a few more sponsors to list there over the next week, as well. I want to give a shout out to Wiley Publishing<\/a>, of Dummies.com<\/a> for their generous sponsorship of the event! As many of you may know, Wiley is the publisher for my WordPress For Dummies<\/a> book – – they are also being generous to give discount codes to every WordCamp attendee for Dummies.com products.<\/p>\n

Another big shout to my friends over at ServerBeach<\/a>, who just confirmed as a sponsor today! ServerBeach was launched to serve the market’s thirst for self-managed servers equipped with powerful hardware, fast and reliable bandwidth, convenient automation tools, and first-class support – all at an affordable price. Self-managed servers are not an afterthought at the Beach, it’s our business. And we do whatever we can to satisfy the needs of our core customers, the “Geeks” – people like you.<\/p>\n

E.Webscapes<\/a> and BlogsAbout Hosting<\/a> are both my own companies and are kicking in to sponsor WordCamp Chicago. Brian Gardner’s StudioPress<\/a> is also a generous sponsor for the event. We are getting there, but still in need of more sponsorship – so if you, your company, or anyone you know is interested in sponsoring WordCamp Chicago – get in touch with me<\/a> and we can talk about how we can help one another.<\/p>\n

Brian has also been hard at work recruiting and scheduling some fantastic speakers for your educational pleasure – – I’m really excited about some of the names he has on the line-up<\/a> so far:<\/p>\n