Bitcamp 2017

Bitcamp Spring 2017

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Dates/Location

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Friday, April 7th to Sunday, April 9th, 2017

XFINITY Center

University of Maryland

11 Regents Dr, College Park, MD 20740 Shipping Address: Bitcamp Attn: Fedora 387 Technology Drive, Suite 1100 College Park, MD 20740 Google Maps: University of MD

Train, Air, or Car to Washington DC

Last day to ship things for event: April 2nd, 2017

Event Description

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Bitcamp is a hackathon, where students from all over the country flock to the University of Maryland, college Park for a weekend of coding. They create things, solve practical problems, compete for prizes, and interact with sponsors.

Google's definition of a hackathon: an event, typically lasting several days, in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming.

Event Owners

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Corey Sheldon

Fedora Representatives

Corey Sheldon (linuxmodder) - local Mid-Atlantic ambassador

Mike Depaulo (mikedepp3) - NorthEastern Ambassador

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Event Schedule

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Friday April 7th: Arrive and setup Booth

approx: 1930-2000 hackathon, keynote and start of the hacking

Saturday April 8th: All day Hacking

Sunday April 9th: Approx 1400 hacking ends, and break down starts.

Ideas/Brainstorming

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We need an event box Swag to give out: pens, stickers, media? F25 media if possible ( ~ 50-75 DVDs) Mentoring at Bitcamp (if you can code, please sign up)

Important Deadlines

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Create ticket Approve funding ~ $1250 * Done

Event Budget

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Item	Comments	Budget	Actual
Sponsorship	** Starter Sponsorship (3'x6' booth)	$1000.00	$999.99
Shipping		$100	$76.62
Swag,		$0.00	$0.00
Travel	Corey Sheldon (linuxmodder)	$50.60
Travel	Mike Depaulo (mikedep333)	$25.00
Approved Budget $1250	Total	$1,075.60

• • Update 20170323: Modified to $999.99 and paid by FCAIC 20170323

Event Report

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linuxmodder's review will be on https://linuxmodder.wordpress.com