{"id":551,"date":"2011-01-06T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordcampvictoria.ca\/?p=551"},"modified":"2011-01-06T14:42:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T21:42:09","slug":"wordcamp-victoria-2011-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoria.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wordcamp-victoria-2011-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Victoria 2011 &#8211; Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Victoria 2011 is only 16 days away &#8211; <strong>January 22nd, 2011<\/strong> &#8211; and most of the seats are now reserved.<\/p>\n<p>We are absolutely firm on the number of seats available (due to limited space), so please don&#8217;t wait and be disappointed, <a href=\"http:\/\/meetup.wordcampvictoria.ca\/calendar\/14906966\/\">register now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are very excited about some of the <a href=\"\/speaker-biographies\/\">fabulous speakers<\/a> coming, and the <a href=\"\/2010\/12\/are-you-a-wordpress-genius\/\">Genius Bar<\/a> is filling up fast, too.<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to WordPress, don&#8217;t forget about the <a href=\"http:\/\/meetup.wordcampvictoria.ca\/calendar\/15372286\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress 101 orientation on January 13th<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are coming from out of town, please consider staying at our host hotel, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accentinns.com\/victoria\" target=\"_blank\">Accent Inn Victoria<\/a>. Ask for the &#8220;WordCamp&#8221; rate, which is $79 per night plus tax.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ucan.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">University Canada West<\/a> has graciously contributed the space again for WordCamp. They also now have an audio system in the gymnasium, which has allowed us to expand the offerings this year.<\/li>\n<li>Once again, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambrosiacatering.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ambrosia Catering<\/a> will be providing a fabulous lunch. A special thanks to them for supporting the WordPress community!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuePublishing\" target=\"_blank\">Que Publishing<\/a> has donated <strong>9 books<\/strong> for our door prize draw, including three by speaker Rebecca Bollwitt.<\/li>\n<li>My company, IdeaZone.ca, has donated all the graphic and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideazone.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">web design<\/a>, and partner DotCanuck Domain Services has contributed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dotcanuck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website hosting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, my new coffee business, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeebean.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Everything Coffee<\/a>, is sponsoring all the coffee for the event (and a gift basket worth over $70).<\/li>\n<li>We still have room for additional sponsors and door prizes; please contact us this as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Victoria 2011 is only 16 days away &#8211; January 22nd, 2011 &#8211; and most of the seats are now reserved. 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