events/2009-06-26-microformats-4th-bday

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This page is for organizing a party for the upcoming 4th birthday of http://microformats.org. One of several microformats events.

If you'd like to help out, please add your name!

planners

I'm donating my time before the event to help plan and make the party happen!

Tantek Çelik - coordinating
Rohit Khare - venue, sponsors
Kevin Marks - venue, sponsors
Ben Ward - tshirts, sponsors
- contact Dan Cederholm re: current/previous design and vendor used
Lauren Scime - design / venue / sponsors / publicity?
- party graphics - Main Upcoming graphic, badges/banners to put on your blog, other print collateral such as stickers & possibly buttons??? Other suggestions for graphics/collateral?
- possibly redesign the "Microformats Cheat Sheet" - either for party or at least by MicroformatsDevCamp, also will communicate with venue, sponsors
Jeremy Anderson - will help Lauren w/design, etc.

We need:

Sign up to be a volunteer! We need volunteers to check people in at the door, take donations, hand out stickers, t-shirts etc.

Some thoughts on donations:

take donations at the door, sliding scale $5-$20. $10 or more gets you a t-shirt.
donations go towards the party and microformatsDevCamp this summer.

I want to show up and help celebrate so I'm signing up here and stating what dates work for me:

There are several possibilities for venue, let's figure out what makes the most sense:

111 Minna
21st Amendment mezzanine
- capacity: 38 people seated, ~50 standing drinks plus appetizers.
- cost: no charge for user groups
Varnish
- available for the 20th;
- costs $350/hr with non-profit discount (one hour setup is free)
Bambuddah Lounge (@ the Pheonix Hotel Tenderloin area) -
- pros: it's cute and trendy, art on the walls, can do all cash bar or buy packages by the hour (I think for totally open bar it was going to be $25/pp but I could call the girl there and see if we could purchase drink tix or something to give to ea. person) - they have Hors D'Voures (spelling?) - most are $3 - $4/pp, definitely can accommodate a full crowd.
- cons: Might be more pricey than some places, never hosted anything there before
The Gallery Lounge or DaDa SF
- Gallery Lounge is on Brannan St. near 4th St. & Dada is on 2nd near Mission. Both are available for private & corporate parties - no rental fee, just a minimum bar tab based on approx. party size. No food but possible we could cater separately if we can find a donation? Will email/call & follow up.

We could do this on either June 19th (Friday) or June 20th (Saturday) depending on venue and attendee availability.