WordCamp Code of Conduct

All of us on the WordCamp Baltimore team take the WordCamp code of conduct quite seriously. WordCamps are fun, low-cost, volunteer events that promote the use, design, and development of WordPress across regional communities across the globe. They are a positive thing!

This year, we had an incident during our “after crawl” (the informal, post-after party group social hours). A group of attendees, sponsors, and volunteers enjoyed a nice cruise along the Baltimore Inner Harbor on an excursions known as Urban Pirates. Effectively, a mobile, pirate themed, BYOB excursion.

Preceding this cruise, an employee of a sponsor who was volunteering joined the group, having had a bit too much to drink. His behavior become unruly and he was asked to adjust his behavior multiple times. Because the group was on a 45 minute boat ride, we could not remove him from the ship safely. The inappropriate behavior was contained as best as possible.

Upon return, organizers and members of the WordCamp Baltimore attempted to settle the individual to avoid them causing harm to themselves or possibly others; but, despite the efforts, they ventured off on their own.

The sponsoring company’s HR department was notified; apologies were made; everyone was safe and got home safe; and every one is okay.

We wanted to take a moment to document the issue, note that while some things cannot be controlled, violating the code of conduct is not acceptable, and that we’ll make every effort to avoid further incidents.

We look forward to having future events and thank the 99% of individuals who operated within the code of conduct.

Thanks and see you next year!

[Sponsor] Antti Koskenrouta

I develop most of my sites using WordPress, because it’s a great platform for small and mid-size websites; It’s cost-effective to develop on and easy to maintain.

I work with individuals, small companies and associations helping them to define their goals for the web and achieve them. My strength is that with me you’re not just hiring a web developer, I can help you with marketing, social media, and search engine visibility, too. We can come up with an complete plan to tackle all aspects of the project at once.

I’d love to discuss how we could work together, so please don’t hesitate to contact me!

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[Sponsor] WPWes

If you’re thinking about a new web site, I can help you build a rock solid presence with WordPress, the Genesis framework and best in class plugins. My years of WordPress experience has given me the chance learn what should be done and more importantly what shouldn’t be done when building a web site using WordPress. I’d love the opportunity to put my experience to work for your business today. You can find me online at WPWes.com

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[Sponsor] BeeDragon

BeeDragon Web Services was created in 1995 by Lori Berkowitz and is based in Baltimore, MD.

Lori has 20 years of experience with web design and development for individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations nationwide.

All BeeDragon web sites are built using the latest web standards and are guaranteed to work in all modern web browsers.

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The Event Is Here

Registration
Is 8am-9am in the upstairs main lobby. If you purchased your ticket by 9/1/2015 you will receive a t-shirt. If you purchased your ticket after this date, please wait until after the event to grab an extra t-shirt.

Parking
Street parking may be metered, so be careful. We recommend parking at The Fitzgerald’s garage. Parking is $10 but we have a limited number of $7 flat rate passes at the registration desk.

Rooms
The DOWNTOWN room is the main auditorium (upstairs) through the atrium on the back left when walking past the registration tables/sponsor tables.

The STATION NORTH room is a classroom downstairs, on the left as you walk down the hallway.

LUNCH is at 12:00pm in the main atrium.

WiFi
WiFi details are as follows:

NETWORK: ubalt-secure
USERNAME: auxsvc7
PASSWORD: Qe560470

Username and password are case-sensitive. BE VERY CAREFUL, the system will lock after 3 incorrect login attempts and we will need to call to have it unlocked each time!

AFTER PARTY
This is 7-9pm at the Waterfront Hotel on 1710 Thames St. in Fell’s Point (Baltimore, 21231). See you there!

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[Sponsor] Yikes Web Design and Development

Thank You Yikes
YIKES, Inc. is a web design and development company located in the vibrant Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. YIKES specializes in custom WordPress theme and plugin development, site maintenance, eCommerce, custom-built web-based applications and more.

In addition to building great websites, YIKES is dedicated to sustainable business practices by observing the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit. YIKES is committed to building a more socially, environmentally and financially sustainable local economy.

Sponsors like this one make WordCamp Balitmore 2015 possible. Thanks, Yikes!

WordCamp Baltimore 2015 Details

Saturday, September 12, 2015

William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center
11 W Mount Royal Ave
Baltimore, MD, 21201
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[Sponsor] Woo Commerce

thank-you-woocommerce
WooCommerce is the world’s most popular eCommerce platform. Powered by WordPress and built by WooThemes, the goal of WooCommerce is to allow you to sell anything online – beautifully. You can integrate with payment processors, easily manage shipping methods and inventory, set up flexible tax rules, and view detailed store reports all from your WordPress dashboard.

With a free core platform and hundreds of premium add-ons available, WooCommerce allows you to set up an online shop with functionality catered to your store’s needs.

Sponsors like this one make WordCamp Balitmore 2015 possible. Thanks, WooCommerce!

WordCamp Baltimore 2015 Details

Saturday, September 12, 2015

William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center
11 W Mount Royal Ave
Baltimore, MD, 21201
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[Sponsor] InMotion Hosting

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Founded in 2001, InMotion Hosting is one of the premier providers of web hosting worldwide, with a consistent record of award-winning customer satisfaction due to their 24/7, proactive customer service.

With a commitment to Open Source and a sponsor of WordCamps across the country for the past half-decade, InMotion offers WordPress users a great platform to power your WP site.

Our backend technology is based on Better Linux and combines with powerful hardware to offer our customers continuous 99.999% network uptimes.

We provide a variety of tools and technologies geared toward Word Press users, including auto-installs of WP, WP-CLI, and immediate Root access.

It’s our goal to innovate constantly so that we continue to be among the most popular names in web hosting.

Sponsors like this one make WordCamp Balitmore 2015 possible. Thanks, InMotion Hosting!

WordCamp Baltimore 2015 Details

Saturday, September 12, 2015

William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center
11 W Mount Royal Ave
Baltimore, MD, 21201
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[Sponsor] DreamHost

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DreamHost is a global Web hosting and cloud services provider with over 350,000 customers and 1.2 million blogs, websites and apps hosted. The company offers a wide spectrum of Web hosting and cloud services including Shared Hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Server Hosting, Domain Name Registration, the cloud storage service, DreamObjects, and the cloud computing service DreamCompute. More information can be found here.

Sponsors like this one make WordCamp Balitmore 2015 possible. Thanks, DreamHost!

WordCamp Baltimore 2015 Details

Saturday, September 12, 2015

William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center
11 W Mount Royal Ave
Baltimore, MD, 21201
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[Sponsor] WPML.org

thank-you-wpml

WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.

WPML allows users to translate everything in the site, including content, menus, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 400,000 commercial websites from all over the world.

More information about going multilingual can be found at WPML.org

Sponsors like this one make WordCamp Balitmore 2015 possible. Thanks, WPML.org!

WordCamp Baltimore 2015 Details

Saturday, September 12, 2015

William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center
11 W Mount Royal Ave
Baltimore, MD, 21201
View Complete Venue Details

Register Now

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