Meeting Topic: LaidoffcampNY Planning Meeting : Feb. 24th, 2009

Attendees:

• Michael Gruen
• Peter Chislett
• Arathi Ramappa
• Rob Blatt
• Dwight Irving
• Jesse Ma
• Tony Bacigalupo
• Fredrick Selby

Time/Date/Location:

5:30pm – 6:30pm/ 2-24-09

@New Work City

http://nwcny.com/

200 Varick St, Room 507B

Notes:

Overview of Call with Chris Hutchinson of LaidoffCampSF:

-      San Fransisco’s camp will be held at club that is 4 floors

-      They are expecting 400-500 attendees

-      They are still actively seeking sponsors

Survey Update:

-      33 people answered the survey as of Feb. 24th

-      Most of the people were employed

-      Majority of the people were open to having the conference for both days

-      We need to find other avenues to send out the survey so we receive more feedback.

Discussed industries to target for LaidoffcampNY:

-      Finance

-      Technology (digital media/publishing/advertising)

-      Law

-      Need to figure out another word for “unconference” to use in the description for LaidoffcampNY

April Space Options Update:

-      Pace is out because they do not have any space open until mid May

-      ITP is out because they do not have any space open until mid May

-      NY public library is high on the list

-      Arathi and Jesse Ma will call the rest of spaces and find out availability

-      Space Requirements:

--6-9 rooms that can hold approx 30 people possible auditorium that can hold approx. 300 people

Sponsorship Update:

-      Sponsorship Letter is finalized,  we just need a date and space for the letter.

-      Media sponsors:

• Mashable
• Business Insider
• Next Web

Conference Tracks:

-      Need to start working on and decide what conference tracks will be available and the sessions that will be under each track.

-      This will be for up for discussion at the next meeting.

Twitter:

-      Use cotweet if you want to twitter through @laidoffcampny

-      Please contact Peter to be setup on cotweet

-      Make sure to tweet about info that is relevant to NY