Ann Arbor Give Camp Agenda
•Friday, July 11
5:00pm – Registration Begins. Participants should plan to arrive between 5 - 5:45pm, and should park in lot #4, just to the north of the Business Education (BE) Building. Registration is at the information desk just inside the northwest building entrance. Please sign in and then there is a short walk to the kick-off gathering in the next building (there will be signs directing you where to go).
6:00pm – Opening Ceremonies – Auditorium LA 275. The event kick-off will be held at the Washtenaw Community College LA 275. At this time, we’ll briefly go over event logistics and the non-profit organizations will be introduced.
7:30pm – Dinner (Domino’s Pizza) – Community Park between the LA and BE buildings. After the opening ceremony, we will break into development teams, introduce ourselves, begin discussing the project, and get an opportunity to speak directly with the charity representative, clarifying their needs. Pizza, salad, and drinks will be served during this time. Throughout the weekend, volunteers will work on the projects in a number of classrooms in the BE building. Room BE 158 is the “Break Room”, where we will have snacks and drinks, as well as XBOXs set up for when you need a break.
Room Assignments (tentative)
BE 158 – “Break Room” with refreshments, XBOX
BE 160 – Care House/Macomb County Child Advocacy Center/Michigan Chapter of the National Children's Alliance
BE 171 - Michigan Humane Society & Angels' Place
BE 172 - The Wellness Community & Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross
BE 180 - Center Stage Drama & Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
BE 250 - Neighborhood Senior Services
BE 260 - Forgotten Harvest
BE 275 – Sleeping Room
•Saturday, July 12
8:00 am – Breakfast (bagels, muffins, juice) – set up in BE 158
12 noon – Lunch (Arbor Brewing Company) – set up in BE 158
5:30 pm – BBQ Dinner catered by WCC’s Conference Services group, sponsored by Verio – set up in Community Park
•Sunday, July 13
8:00 am – Breakfast (Dunkin Donuts, bagels, muffins, juice) – set up in BE 158
12 noon – Lunch (Aubree’s) – set up in BE 158
3:00 pm – Closing ceremonies and project presentations – Auditorium LA 275. The event wrap-up will also be held at the Washtenaw Community College LA 275. At the kick-off presentation, the spotlight was on the non-profit organizations. At the wrap-up, the spotlight is now on the volunteers, who will demonstrate the website or software that they have created. The event will end at 5pm at the latest.
5:00 – Tear down & clean up
Other Important Information
Where Do I Go? Directions to Ann Arbor Give Camp are here
Directions To Give Camp
What Should I Bring? • A laptop or computer to work on.
• If you plan to spend the night, bring a sleeping bag and tent if you wish. Note that we aren’t allowed to drive stakes into the ground. If you have a tent requiring stakes, please being another means to secure it (heavy bags or something). We will have big event tents set up also. If you wish to sleep inside, there will be a room designated for sleeping. Be sure to bring a sleeping pad or air mattress in addition to your sleeping bag.
• Meals, snacks, and drinks will be provided, but you are welcome to bring food of your own if there are particular snacks you want.
If you are camping out all weekend long
We will have a small kitchen with microwave and sink. If you have anything you’d like to keep cool, please bring a cooler. Again, no tents which drive stakes into the ground.
I’m working remotely from Columbus or Knoxville, not coming to Ann Arbor
If you are working at a remote location, you will need to bring a laptop. Please refer to your local lead (Carey Payette in Columbus or Nathan Blevins in Knoxville) for further instructions.
Any other questions?
Please contact us at info@annarborgivecamp.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
This sounds like a bunch of .NET guys organizing this. Can I help even if I don't know .NET?
Absolutely! We're looking for talent across the board -- PHP, Ruby, SQL, MySQL, .NET, etc… We want to be able to create solutions for the charities, not showcase a particular technology.
Where is the event being held?
The Ann Arbor Give Camp will be held at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
http://www.wccnet.edu
Will there be internet access available?
Yes. WCC has a campus-wide, open wireless network available.
Where can I park?
WCC has plenty of parking available. See their campus map at
http://www.wccnet.edu/aboutwcc/collegeinfo/directionsandmaps/campusmap.php
How much time do we have to code?
The whole weekend! The main event starts Friday evening and we (Give Camp Organizers) will be there 24/7 to help support you. However, we do not have any shower facilities. Also, you will need to bring a picture ID to get in during late evening hours.
When do we need to be done?
Please do your best to complete everything by 4:00 pm Sunday afternoon. We'd like to use the last hour or so to get together and show everybody the apps created over the weekend.
Do I need to bring my own computer?
Yes, that would work best. We don't have the resources to supply a loaner laptop/computer to all of the volunteers.
What will the work environment be like?
We'll be using WCC classrooms so we'll have chalkboards/whiteboards, seats, tables and, as noted earlier, free WiFi!
I've got some friends that may not be able to make it. Do they need to register or can they just come with me if they have the time?
We need everyone to please register. Since the WCC campus is locked down at night, we need a list of names to provide to security. Only those on the list will be allowed to enter after hours.
Are you doing websites or creating applications?
It depends on the charity. We'd love to be able to get a charity's web presence started by providing them with some high-tech talent to get the ball rolling, but we also realize some charities may already have a website that doesn't need work. If there's some kind of data entry app or something that will help them out, we'd like to offer that assistance as well.
If we do a website, where will it be hosted?
Verio (
http://www.verio.com/) is offering two (2) years of free hosting for any charities we help during Give Camp. Their web servers support .NET 3.5 as well as PHP and MySQL.