Dear FloatCampers,

We hope this e-mail finds you well. We’d like to take this opportunity to apologize for not having gotten in touch sooner. We understand your frustrations as some of you have been inquiring as to where your T-shirts might be. We have your T-shirts and thought it only fitting to throw in some cheese with your wine!

Please join us as we will be celebrating the success of our first-ever FloatCamp Tri-Cities at Spark Plaza in downtown Johnson City on July 10 at 5:45 p.m. If you did not previously order a T-shirt, we have a few extras if you’d like to pick one up. We will have wines from local vineyards, cheeses from our ever-supportive Earth Fare and fresh breads from WM Paul’s Bakery in Kingsport, Tenn. Please come by! We’d love to see everyone at this event. We’ll also have more information about our upcoming FloatCamp Tri-Cities which will precede our second annual Will This Float in November.

Check out http://sparkplaza.com for directions and more information about the Tri-Cities first and only all-inclusive work space.

The folks behind Will This Float? have another awesome event ready to take off.  FloatCamp ‘09 will be held March 28, 2009 at the ETSU Innovation Lab.  

What is a FloatCamp?

Ever hear of a BarCamp?  We have taken the BarCamp concept as a base to create the next Will This Float? event.  We have a few pre-planned sessions during the day which will be of interest to entrepreneurs and the community in general.  And at the end of the day there will be an impromptu pitch competition somewhat similar to the November 2008 event.  However, the rest of the time is BarCamp time.  There are 11 open slots (45 minutes) each for you to present a session on something you are the expert on.

I Want To Lead A Session

Awesome!  Head over to the Proposed Sessions page at www.floatcamp.org and click the Edit Page button (you must have a Google Account to be able to edit pages).  Add some details to that page about what you’d like to present and be ready on March 28th.

Now here is where it gets interesting.  The morning of the event, everyone interested in presenting will have a chance to stand up and describe quickly what it is they want to talk about.  Attendees will then get to vote on what they’d like to see and the schedule will be set. 

I’d Love To See Someone Present About [enter neat topic here]

Help give others the motivation to come out and lead a session.  Please add any topics you’d like to learn more about to the Session Wishlist page over at www.floatcamp.org.  Hopefully someone will come along and take the challenge.

FloatCamp Needs Sponsors

Please see the Sponsor Info page for more information on what we need and what you get!