First BaconCamp post mortem & notes:

Judging

• audience choice (1st place & runner up)
• 3 dry erase boards, large grid post-it paper (~3ft x 4ft)
• passed out 3 dot stickers to each attendee
• 7 judges recruited & announced before the event
• other awards chosen by judges
• waited for audience choice to finish voting before announcement
• some categorie created on the fly

Presentations

• notes here http://baconcamp.pbwiki.com/Bringing-a-Dish
• computer-tv hookup & microphones

Facilities

• setup
• started at 9:30am (3 1/2 hours before the event)
• 3 people to do majority of furniture moving
• redundancy - assign multiple people per task
• equipment list
• vacuum
• beer keg spout thingies
• ice bucket for keg
• tool kit
• gloves (mechanical or gardening for moving stuff)
• volunteers
• 1 at downstairs door at all times
• 1 at upstairs door
• 1 checkin
• 1 at beer/drinks
• break down
• ~ 1 1/2 hours to clean up with 10-20 crew
• vacuumed, threw out garbage, moved back furniture

Misc

• checked ID before handing out alcohol
• encouraged bringing your own cups/plates & sold cups for $1

Lessons Learned

• Composting - fail
• attemptened to encourage composting
• sent out 2 notes via upcoming
• trash cans lined with compost bags laid out throughout the venue
• signs on trash cans illustrating what is compostable: http://www.sfrecycling.com/pdf/compostposter.pdf
• result : plastic cutlery & cups mixed into compost bins
• take away
• distribute biodegradable/compostable cutlery, plates, cups
• MC reminders throughout the event
• bigger, more obvious signs on the bins
• Presale tickets
• EventBrite is not ideal
• lacks multiple moderators
• cannot "purchase" multiple donation based tickets at a time
• better to have ticket sales available at time of event announcement
• Facilities respect
• some office booze consumed despite "not your beer" stickers
• deliberately hitting pingpong balls out the window
• take away
• post signs requesting maturity & consideration
• Lost & found
• multiple messages to encourage labeling of equipment
• lots of kitchenware left behind
• take away
• bring masking tape & encourage labeling on site
• Beer
• incredibly popular, ran out relatively early
• although probably good for those driving home by 5
• take away
• more sponsors, ask earlier

---- planning notes -----

Whether you're cooking, providing supplies, or just filling your belly, Baconcamp asks that everyone participate.

Things to bring

• name tags & pens - Karen
• cups (regular sized & mini mouthwash-sized cups for the bourbon) Leah Culver will be bringing these
• drinks
• money box & security mechanism - Karen will provide
• bullhorn - RICK!

Volunteers - we need them!!!  11am - 5pm. Sign up below with your name, email and available timeframe.

• Leah Culver -
• Scott Kveton - 11am until we're done
• Michael Whelpley - whelpley at gmail - noonish to the bitter end

Warm bodies

• Pre-event planning - email karen [at] karenism [dot] com for wiki access 

• Promotions - evangalize BaconCamp, create fliers/banners/etc, get people excited and talking
• Sponsors - be the primary contact for them, maintain a list of who they are & what they’re bringing - Jason Glaspey and Eden Hensley
• Facilities & Supplies - acquire cups & such, decorations
• AV Nerd - Audio equipment for preso and video documention of event - Caleb Sexton
• Head Bacon Dish-er - create the presentation board, add dishes to the wiki as necessary, answer questions about bringing dishes

Logistics

• Scheduling and Presentations - each presenter briefly describes his dish before bringing it out.  They can sign up for timeslots when they arrive. 
• How to prevent chaos? - Do this on video too for posterity sake?
• What if we say arrive at 1pm and then at 2pm we do a "tour-of-bacon" where the people who brought dishes get 2 minutes (a la Ignite) to describe their dish, inspiration, etc?  That way its not just mayhem ... this could be done around the judging table?
• How-to (or just general) bacon sessions in true BarCamp form?:
• Scott Kveton, Making your own bacon
• Encourage other types of preso
• bacon craft time!  Toothpicks & frosting to hold pieces together, weave strips into shapes
• Sponsors:
• Bacn.com sponsoring:

• Trophies

• T-shirts

• Archie McPhee bacon stuff

• BaconToday.com sponsoring:

• Bacon pillows

• baconcamp.org domain name

• Goodies from Bacon Freak

• Bacon Jerky

• Bacon Pancake Mix

• "Bacon is Meat Candy" shirts

• Pete Hottelet

• bacon of the month subscription

• design for SF sticker

• Quinn

• custom onsite silk screen

• Caleb Sexton

• PA system (speakers, microphones, etc)

• Leah Culver
• Utensils, cups and dishes

• Winning Categories:

• most visually appealing

• most likely to convert a vegetarian

• overall tastiest

• best name

• most creative use of bacon

• Other winning categories likely to emerge at the event ... got an idea for one?  Write it down on your ballot!

• best blu ray ripper
• bluray ripper software
  

   

• Food registration
• live streaming