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Today we're discussing WordCamps with: Lucy Beer, Suzette Franck, Jon Brown, Verious Smith III, Cody Landefeld, Chris Lema, Steve Zehngut, Dre Armeda, Jeff Hester and our host Jason Tucker.
WordCamps

* Meeting people face to face and that awkward moment when you realize you aren't following someone you just met.
* Networking and social aspects are key for these events.
* Observing knowledge and learning, after attending a few events you tend to pick and choose the talks to want to see.
* Hallway discussions are used more with the seasoned WordCampers.
* Meeting in person makes it feel more like a community then just knowing people online.
* Meetups are great for local networking, WordCamps bring in talented people from all over the country/world.
* Dre speaks about WordCamp San Diego and how he brings in people that make his WordCamp a great event.
* Intensive learning in 1 day is important to Suzette
* Best sessions for Steve Z are the ones with more discussions occurring during the talk then just a presentation.
* Cody L discusses his recent talk at WPLV and how he may team up with someone else to do more of a discussion about UX than a presentation about UX.
* Dre talks about the Sucuri security presentations and how they go about doing their talks at various WordCamps. Lots of interaction.
* Jeff Hester talks about various ways that people do things during their talks and how you can learn more by their live demos
* Everyone asked Jon Brown about his upcoming WordCamp Maui, no date yet but all 10 of use want to go! Lots of logistics to still work out.
* Suzette purchased tickets to BuddyCamp Vancouver
* Question: What is the farthest WordCamp you have attended:

* Cody – Austin, bbq!
* Steve – San Diego
* Lucy – Seattle
* Chris – Toronto


* Question: Where is one that you'd like to attend?

* Jeff Hester – Maui and Paris
* Dre – Australia
* Chris – He'd suffer through going to Maui


* Question: Do you bring your family and kids to WordCamp if it's in a remote location?

* Dre – He has 30 kids, no way.
* Chris – Travels 30-40% a year, he sometimes takes them but typically local.
* Jason – Wants to take his up to SF next year.


* WordCamp IE?
* WordCamp Fresno?

Meetups

* Meetup Groups we talked about:

* Orange County WordPress Meetup (OCWP)
* Pasadena WordPress Meetup
* WordPress Wednesday
* Inland Empire WordPress Meetup Group (Coming Soon)
* Southern California WordPress Meetup Group
* Topanga WordPress Meetup Group
* Advanced WordPress San Diego
* Arizona WordPress Group (Chandler, Avondale & Tucson)
* Maui WordPress
* Find a local meetup near you on Meetup.com


* Steve talks about Zeek's meetup space for OCWP
* Verious is looking for a meetup space for the IE meetup.
* WordCamp Central

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