Happy New Year – Are You Ready for WCChicago ’10?

Brian and I would like to give you a warm welcome back to WordCampChicago.com and wish you a very HAPPY new year! We hope everyone’s holiday season was fantastic and safe. We’re rarin’ to go over here and are already in the planning stages for WordCamp Chicago 2010! Last year was such a success, and so much fun – we really hope to see everyone back again – – and that you’ll all bring a friend. We’re looking to ramp up the registrant numbers this year and already have a large venue in mind and are close to confirming the location – – which will be announced here shortly (soon as i know, you’ll know!)

Will you do us the kind favor of answering our short little poll on whether or not you’re planning to attend WordCamp Chicago this year? We know, and understand, that it’s a little early in the year – but if we can get a rough idea on how many people are looking invade the Windy City in June for WordCamp – that will help us a great deal with our planning and plotting!

Do you plan to attend WordCamp Chicago 2010?(polls)

We are now accepting submissions for speaking and sponsorship opportunities – if you are interested, please contact us with your ideas and proposals! We have lots in store including (but not limited to):

• At least two tracks – a User track and Development track
• A WP Genius table where you can connect with your favorite WP genius for answers to your burning questions
• Food and drink
• Goodies and such (TBA)

As soon as we have the 411, we’ll post answers to your most burning questions here, including (but not limited to):

• Venue/location
• Capacity limitations
• Maps
• Driving direction and transportation information (planes, trains and automobiles)
• Wifi information
• Hotel and lodging information
• Registration
• Check-in details
• Before and after party and meetup details

What CAN we tell you right now?

• You can follow WordCampChicago on Twitter for all the latest information
• The official hashtag for the event is #wcchicago
• There is a WCChicago Twitter Hashtag widget you can install on your WordPress blog to display the latest BUZZ going on about WordCamp Chicago on Twitter – – download the WCChicago Twitter Hashtag plugin here (be sure to rename the file twitterhash.php) – – courtesy of our good friends over at WebDev Studios – thanks guys! (download then upload to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder and activate – then add the widget to your sidebar. Easy peasy! here is the CSS we use to style it – feel free to nab and tweak as needed.)
• Yes, we have a facebook page!
• We also have a Flickr group – feel free to join and share your photos from ’09 and ’10
• Your friendly hosts are Brian Gardner and Lisa Sabin-Wilson – on behalf of us both, we’re looking forward to a rockin’ WordCamp in Chicago this year!