{"id":59,"date":"2008-12-08T21:29:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T03:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2011-05-17T19:16:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T00:16:46","slug":"still-kicking-over-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/still-kicking-over-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Kicking over here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, I want to thank <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogtoolscollection.com\/archives\/author\/mark\/\">Mark Ghosh<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lorelle.wordpress.com\/\">Lorelle VanFossen<\/a> for mentioning WordCamp Chicago on <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogtoolscollection.com\/archives\/2008\/12\/04\/wordcamp-chicago\">Weblog Tools Collection<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogherald.com\/2008\/12\/04\/wordpress-news-wordpress-27-out-on-wordpresscom-wordpress-27-news-wordcamps-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-updated\/\">Blog Herald<\/a> over the past week &#8211; &#8211; it is very much appreciated!\u00a0 Spread the word &#8211; WordCamp is coming to Chicago!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an update on where we are at currently:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have officially confirmed the dates of <strong>June 6 and June 7, 2009<\/strong> as the date of the event.\u00a0 We are planning full day Saturday and half-day Sunday presentations from speakers on various topics.\u00a0 Ticket sales and registration to open soon &#8211; most likely after the holidays.<\/li>\n<li>We have a couple of different venue options in the works right now &#8211; &#8211; the right one will be determined and confirmed shortly, and announced here soon as we have a location you can count on &#8211; most likely after the holidays.<\/li>\n<li>As soon as we have the venue confirmed and announced, we&#8217;ll be updating the site here with information on hotels, area attractions and transportation (i.e. how to get to where you need to be!)<\/li>\n<li>We are currently organizing the speakers list and Brian will be updating our <a href=\"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/speakers\/\">speakers<\/a> page and <a href=\"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/event-schedule\/\">event schedule<\/a> as he goes.<\/li>\n<li>We would LOVE to organize a Meet n&#8217; Greet party\/reception for Saturday night &#8211; preferably somewhere close to the venue and hotels.\u00a0 When we announce the confirmed venue &#8211; we&#8217;d love to get feedback from any local Chicago folks on any recommended places to host a group of fantastic WordPress fanatics!<\/li>\n<li>Thank you for interested parties who have emailed, commented and Twittered with interest in volunteering and sponsorships &#8211; &#8211; I will be getting in touch with you all within the next week.\u00a0 Apologies for my delay in getting back to you right away &#8211;\u00a0 I had &#8230;something&#8230;.I needed to write before I could put my nose to the grindstone over here \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for your continued interest and for sticking in here with us as we continue our planning and plotting!\u00a0 More updates to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, I want to thank Mark Ghosh and Lorelle VanFossen for mentioning WordCamp Chicago on Weblog Tools Collection and the Blog Herald over the past week &#8211; 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