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3rd Annual Atlanta Code Camp a smash hit

Lining up to sign in 290 attendees.

$270,000 in prizes given away from over a dozen contributors. Dozens of books  Shirts, software, and Xboxes!

6 tracks * 5 time slots = 30 presentations.

Lunch from Justix was so well orchestrated that all 290 people were feed in less than 15 minutes!  Meat (and tofu) on a stick with custom sauces...delicious!

Yes, this year's Atlanta Code Camp was a record breaker on many fronts.  We drew the largest crowd to date.  370 people registered and 290 attended.  This marks the lowest rate (21% drop-off) of no-shows for any of the non-Microsoft organized .NET community events.  Crowds were so large we almost had too many people for our venue!

Raffle prizes were so numerous that no one walked away without at least picking up a shirt or pen.  Of course, this doesn't include the $700 worth of free software from Cizer which EVERY attendee received simply for showing up!

I personally want to say "Thank You" to Jim Wooley for spearheading the planning and organization of the 3rd annual Atlanta Code Camp.  The reason this event went off as well as it did was because Jim poured himself into the event. 

The only shadow over the success of the event is that a laptop went missing.  In the off chance that someone associated with the event mistakenly took the wrong laptop home, please send me a note so we can get it returned to it's rightful owner.

 

Thanks so much to every attendee, speaker, volunteer, and Microsoft who all contributed to make this such a memorable experience.  Photos will be up on the Code Camp site soon...

Published 22-01-2007 05:35 by Matt Ranlett
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Jim Wooley said:

Thank you for setting a record in swag as well. For anyone interested, we are already starting to post speakers session materials at http://www.atlantamspros.com/codecamp/Sessions/Downloads/tabid/159/Default.aspx
January 22, 2007 6:40 AM
 

Heidi said:

That thank you card reminds me of two guys I know....  who could that be????
January 22, 2007 12:21 PM
 

Jerry Dennany said:

Kudos to all the organizers.  This was a great event!  Good job, guys.
January 22, 2007 8:07 PM
 

Michael Rivera said:

You guys did a great job! The event was excellent.
January 23, 2007 9:37 AM
 

Kim Ranlett said:

You guys should give yourselves a pat on the back.....what an amazing turnout, and what amazing prizes!

I am not even a developer, and I think I want to go next year!

:-)
January 24, 2007 11:44 AM
 

Rashid Z. Muhammad said:

Hey guys, I was at the Code Camp and had a great time. Congrats on making it look so easy and I'll be back next year with more friends!
January 25, 2007 12:42 PM
 

Socrates said:

interesting
October 18, 2007 10:27 AM
 

Stamatis said:

Cool!
October 19, 2007 11:56 AM
 

Nikodemos said:

Sorry :(
October 19, 2007 11:15 PM
 

Rhigas said:

Cool.
October 20, 2007 5:17 AM
 

Aristotelis said:

Cool...
October 20, 2007 8:20 AM
 

Zaharias said:

Nice!
November 8, 2007 8:51 AM
 

Xenophon said:

interesting
November 8, 2007 12:19 PM
 

Ioannes said:

Interesting...
November 8, 2007 2:54 PM

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About Matt Ranlett

One of the two original Atlanta .NET Regular Guys, Matt fills his free time by helping to run several Atlanta area user groups, the Atlanta Code Camps, and works as one of the two INETA co-Vice Presidents of Technology
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