WordCamp Salt Lake City is TOMORROW!
Are you ready?
A couple things you should be aware of for tomorrow’s event:
We’ve SOLD OUT!
Six months or so ago, when we started planning this WordCamp, I made the arbitrary decision to set the number of tickets to 250. This was before we even knew for sure that we were moving to Church & State and it was more or less random. We’d never sold more than 200 tickets, after all, so 250 seemed like a pretty good, large number, that we’d probably never reach.
We sold our last ticket yesterday.
Church & State is an amazing venue and we can absolutely fit that many people in here. We’ve made some adjustments with chair rentals and food to accommodate more people but those were based on numbers earlier in the week. As a result, we won’t have tshirts for absolutely everyone, so if you registered late, you might not get a shirt. In the past, we’ve always had leftover food and had to find people to take the leftovers home with them. This year that will probably not be the case, so we ask that our attendees make sure that everyone has had a chance to get lunch before going up for seconds.
Because we want as many people as possible to be able to come to WordCamp, we’ve opened up a few more tickets for late registration. If you were holding off getting a ticket, I urge you to get it now before they’re gone. We won’t be adding another block of tickets.
Parking and transportation
Church & State is in downtown Salt Lake City and parking is limited or paid. If you are driving, probably your best bet is to park in the underground lot by the Salt Lake Main Library and walking a block to our venue — which may have been what you did last year when we were at the City & County Building. But I highly recommend you to use public transportation or Lyft to get to the venue. There is a Trax station right across the street, buses run all day and Uber and Lyft have excellent coverage in downtown SLC.
Last minute speaker change
One of our speakers — Natalie Osborne — had to back out this morning after having to make a trip to the emergency room last night. She’s okay, thankfully, but she isn’t able to travel. Her talk was going to be the last one in the Training Room. We’re working on shifting the schedule around but if we aren’t able to find someone to fill in for her, that slot will be left open.
Comicon is this weekend…
Maybe you hadn’t noticed, but there’s another conference going on this weekend.
Be on the lookout for folks in cosplay with large swag bags. This also means that a lot of places downtown (restaurants, hotels, etc.) will be pretty busy this weekend (if you’re coming in from out of town, you may have already figured this out). If you’re in town today, and you can make it, you might want to check them out. The Friday-only pass is just $35.
That’s it! We’re excited to have such a historic gathering this year. This is the largest WordCamp we’ve had in Utah, ever, and you helped make this possible.
Thank you!