PodCamp AZ meeting at the desired location

I met with Michelle and Brent Spore from TheCreationShop.com among other sites. We met with Darlene from Bentley Projects, which is where we intend to score a home run with an awesome PodCamp.

This location is simply awesome. Shies from being perfect, but still rates awesome. It is an old warehouse practically in downtown Phoenix that is currently being used as an art gallery. I did not see one piece that is worth less then about 125% of what I make in a month, and many of the pieces are worth much more. My favorite pieces were the red and white canvases, each worth $9,000, and by red and white I mean there were no other colors on the canvas. I told Brent and Michelle I think I need to become an artist. Anways, this building was a linen laundry since 1918 until 1999. This building has a lot of character.

So I thought I would mention some of the topics that we discussed today:
*Should we hold the podcamp 1 or 2 days? Looks like we will have a Friday night kickoff event.
*What about projectors? Are many presentors going to need them? How do we get them? Do we really need them?
*Sound systems… there is one built in for the main speaking area…. will the smaller groups need them? I’m thinking no.
*How long should each session be?
*There is an extra parking lot (that we will need), it rents out for $250 a day.
*This is an art gallery, so no attaching things to the wall, stay clear of the paintings.
*There are only two restrooms, and each one is the one at a time kind… do we need more?
*How many people do we figure are going to come to this thing anyways?
*There is a cool projection room, Brent think we should get video podcasters to submit an example of their work, and we can display it in this video room, it is not good for anything else really.
*Lunch? There is a small restaurant on location, but could only handle about 100 premade lunches. Just have folks try to take lunch throughout the day? Bring it in?
*The building will require a deposit of 50% to reserve the day.
*We are thinking of holding the event from 9 to 5 on Saturday… registration opens at 8, out the door by 6. Still considering Sunday… everything costs money
*Looks like 6 smaller meeting rooms, and one large main one.
*There is an area for sponsor booths… should we even have that?
*There is no wifi or internet of any kind… we need to get that sponsored.
*There are a few sponsors looking to pay for the building…. we need to get that done.
*How many are going to be coming anyway? Wait, did I already say that?
*Dan from the Love Long and Prosper podcast mentioned in our first meeting that he would like to have an area where podcasters can sign up for a slot and do a show, live, streamed, and in your face. We have a place for that.

Ok, there was my braindump… now I can make room for moving forward.