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Let There Be Wireless Internet at Washington, DC Drupal Meetups
Connecting Washington, DC: One Bar at a Time
When we last left our protagonists, they were having a beer at the June DC Drupal Meetup at Stetson’s Bar, grumbling about the lack of wireless internet access. There had been an attempt earlier that night to get an access point working, but it had been thwarted by an uncooperative and inaccessible upstream router. Can you say “no DHCP lease for YOU!”?
And so it was resolved by the DC Drupal Meetup High Command that our protagonists would be deployed behind the lines. Mission? Restore wireless to the thirsty masses at Stetson’s before the next DC Drupal Meetup. Equipment was chosen, a date was set, and a plan was hatched.
Plan Your Trip to Rootscamp and Washington DC
One Week Countdown to Rootscamp
Earlier this week I mentioned that most of us from Development Seed will be headed to Rootscamp next weekend. It will be fascinating to hear stories from the campaign trail about big wins and disasters, and it will be great to meet the people who are helping the candidates I'm pulling for. But I have to admit, I'm almost equally excited about how the conference is formatted.
As an unconference, Rootscamp is truly organized by the people there based on what they want to talk about and listen to. And it has all the equalizing factors that we should strive for in an event meant to attract a wide swath of people - it's free to attend and communal rides and accommodations are facilitated. This is such a great approach for events like Rootscamp that attract campaigners and activists, and I'd love to see even more people follow it for events about politics, advocacy, and open source. In this spirit, we decided to sponsor the communal sleeping space for the out of towners on a budget and willing to brave a hard wooden floor in a beautiful old mansion.
If this is you, just sign up here and you'll be able to sleep on the floor of the Josephine Butler Parks Center. The place happens to be in a great neighborhood and Development Seed's former neighborhood, so I thought I'd share a few local picks for the budget-minded ahead of next weekend. See some recommendations after the jump.
