We are currently planning Dallas GiveCamp 2011 redux, for the weekend of October 21-23 and are currently looking for a home. If you know of a place that would be willing to open there doors to 100 highly caffeinated developers for a weekend for a great cause please email us, dallasgivecamp@live.com.  Participating in this event will earn your company great exposure to and karma points with the community.

Here is an overview of our venue requirements:

1. # of Attendees: our plan is to have 7 teams this year. Typically a team will have 5-8 developers and 3 charity representatives during the weekend. Additionally there will be about a dozen volunteers. In total there will be about 100 people in the venue on and off over the course of the weekend.
2. Space needed: Each team will need a work area. This work area will need a set of cubicles, a conference room, or even a big table where the team can gather and work together.
3. Facility Hours: In a best case scenario we would like to have access to the facility during all hours over the weekend. A few dedicated individuals will work really late, and some folks will start really early. Also we would need to ensure that the A/C is kept on that weekend.
4. Security: While we have never had an issue in the past with anything getting broken or stolen, it is best that the area be free of anything that could.We will have a member of our core team on site, during all hours.
5. Internet: One of our biggest issues every year. We are very, very heavy internet consumers. Wireless is great but it would be icing on the cake to have a hard wire drop for each team.
6. Schedule: The event will be Friday Oct 21 till Sunday Oct 23. Volunteers will arrive Friday morning to help with setup. Attendees will arrive at 2 PM Friday afternoon and we should be all cleaned up by 10 PM Sunday evening. (we are flexible on these dates depending on what else you have going on)
7. Orientation: about 1 month before the event we hold an orientation meeting where we assign teams to charities. Logistics would work like a typical UG meeting and would be from 6 -9 PM on a week night like a typical UG meeting.
8. Post Mortem: about 1 month after the event we hold an post mortem meeting where we figure out what we did wrong and attempt to learn from it. Logistics would work like a typical UG meeting and would be from 6 -9 PM on a week night like a typical UG meeting.