Base camp 2012

Dave R · 8 Sept 2010, 12:06

I had an e-mail from Tricia yesterday. She said she has ash on her desk and the air quality is terrible but she recognized that it's nothing compared to what a lot of folks are dealing with in the area of the fire. I hope they can get it put out soon.

Pout · 8 Sept 2010, 12:13

it really aint that far from Boulder City it seems, 6-7 miles.
I hope everyone is ok.

Dave R · 8 Sept 2010, 13:51

I thought that, too.

My wife and son and I drove up Boulder Canyon to Boulder Falls on Friday afternoon before we started for home. Kind of weird that a few days later that area is all evacuated.

david_h · 8 Sept 2010, 13:58

when i heard about the wildfires. . my first thought. . .geez. . .I hope it was nothing we did!

Graziano Terenzi · 8 Sept 2010, 15:02

Yes, there are really great places around there! We enjoyed the trip to the Rockies very much. Chris, I'm sorry that you could not come with us! But you're still closer to Boulder than us and maybe

Pout!! aka Reinhart! This account is used by at least three people in my company, and Alessandro is not among them. By the way I've got him to read your post. He wanted to let you know that not only he received the compliments for his charm from the policegirl who stopped us, but she also gave him her contact details....maybe she wanted to be invited for a drink...if only I was in his place!!

Alessandro also thanks you, Dave_H, for being put on the spot. I hope you appreciated his good manners!

Regarding the future editions of the Basecamp, it would be great to have a European edition. The community and the SketchUp team should try to consider this possibility. I also agree that a better scheduling of the unconference sessions would benefit all the attendees, as much as a day longer would.

dale · 8 Sept 2010, 15:23

My wife and I were staying up 4 Mile Canyon at Boulder Mountain Lodge. It was a beautiful setting, with a long history. I have been trying to find out if it was affected by the fire, but no luck so far. WE are really saddened, as they were wonderful folks who ran the lodge.

Pout · 9 Sept 2010, 07:08

@unknownuser said:

Pout!! aka Reinhart! This account is used by at least three people in my company, and Alessandro is not among them. By the way I've got him to read your post. He wanted to let you know that not only he received the compliments for his charm from the policegirl who stopped us, but she also gave him her contact details....maybe she wanted to be invited for a drink...if only I was in his place!!

Say 'hey' to Alessandro and Grazione from me! Italians and their charm! I bet he told you guys back there he was pulled over because he's good looking
So if I understand correct, if that other policegirl was not there, the alcohol test would have been of a completely different nature?
He indeed got the contact details... never saw that before... must have had a true connection there (Is he sure the details are from police girl nr1 and not police girl nr 2, if so, burn the card quickly, it probably has some tracking device in it )

Can you tell them i will contact them soon?
Ciao!

Aris · 9 Sept 2010, 12:23

it was wonderful!!!
It was an amazing experience and for me it was breathtaking meeting all that great people in person!
indeed a little more preparation would be useful.
I hope somebody will take the initiative to gather all the videos that were taken in one forum or youtube channel.

I propose making the 2012 basecamp in the Ionian Islands. (if you do that, I'll take you sailing for free)

khintanar · 10 Sept 2010, 06:21

I had a great time.

I am mostly grateful for the folks at Google that made us feel welcome. For the many people that I met (from this forum and all over) and the oportunity to learn from them, not only about our favorite tool, but also about what they do and other non SU topics.

I agree with the opinions already expressed about the un-conference format. My experience was similar to others in that most of the topics were of interest to me, so it was just so hard to decide which session to attend, so more time to spread the topics over 2 days would be better.

Two things completely blew me away: 1. Meeting Steve Oles and seeing him use SU, how great is that! 2.Learning how new and exciting 3rd party applications are being developed for SU (Augmented Reality, 3D Printing, Energy Analysis, 3D Rendering, etc) was refreshing because it means SU will be more than a GE modeler for years to come.

Cheers,

lewiswadsworth · 12 Sept 2010, 01:05

@dale said:

My wife and I were staying up 4 Mile Canyon at Boulder Mountain Lodge. It was a beautiful setting, with a long history. I have been trying to find out if it was affected by the fire, but no luck so far. WE are really saddened, as they were wonderful folks who ran the lodge.

I was in just north of there on Monday, in Lefthand Canyon, and ash was coming down from the sky like light snow.

I believe Fourmile is on the other side of the ridge in this photo, that I took from Route 36 that afternoon.

Dave R · 12 Sept 2010, 01:09

Thanks for that photo Lewis. I hope they get it put out soon.

dale · 12 Sept 2010, 01:39

@dave r said:

Thanks for that photo Lewis. I hope they get it put out soon.

+1 on all the above.

Dave R · 12 Sept 2010, 01:43

I just read an article indicating that they expect to have the fire totally contained by Monday or Tuesday. I notice the latest map from Boulder OEM shows a smaller area than they were before.

Jean Lemire · 13 Oct 2010, 15:14

Hi folks.

Finally back from vacation and trying to find a few minutes away from work to give my impressions.

First: it was as interesting as the previous Basecamp (2008) to meet and remeet other SU's enthousiasts and SCF members as well as Google SU team members. Boulder is an excellent choice and the lodging, close to the unconference site, was also an excellent idea.

The unconference idea turned out to be a viable experience. However, as expressed by a few others, it would have been a better idea to do the preparation session on day one to get more time on day 2 for the unconferences. Day 3 should also have been a full day.

Second: having more than one unconference going on at the same time in the same room created some distracting noises. I agree that finding a building with 12 conference rooms is not that obvious but, maybe a school could be used, during the summer.

Third: not having videos is a bit disapointing since a lot can be taken from movies. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words, a movie is worth a thousand pictures and a movie about 3D stuff is worth ... OK, you get the point.

Just ideas.

JClements · 13 Oct 2010, 15:23

Jean, all good points.

It was a pleasure "hanging out" with you and the other fellows at the Baker Street Bar and Grill.

utiler · 13 Oct 2010, 22:38

@jclements said:

Jean, all good points.

It was a pleasure "hanging out" with you and the other fellows at the Baker Street Bar and Grill.

Sure was. My head still hurts.....

Gaieus · 14 Oct 2010, 10:46

Were we hanging around? (or over?)

utiler · 14 Oct 2010, 23:02

I'd say 'over' Csaba. as well as a descent dose of insomnia for me.....

liam887 · 26 Oct 2010, 06:36

yeah ditto on the insomnia! I had a great time Boulder was definitely a best first basecamp for me to attend as its smaller size and local bar made it easier to socialize even though my hotel was a 15 min walk away. Not sure if I would like to do a basecamp in California in 2012 rather than Boulder again but who knows? I had hoped they would do one in 2011 although I dont think thats going to happen.