Wow - is it already March?  I can’t believe the event was almost four months ago.  Time flies…I have been wanting to write for a while, but have been holding off as I wanted to clear all monies before doing so.  It is now way past due so I just decided to post the numbers AS IS, and if/when the last check comes in, I will update the spreadsheet to close the door on this puppy.

Once the Eventbrite and Paypal fees were cleared and the donations made, the event ended with a net profit of $475.40.  Overall, I think we budgeted well, and looking back – I am really happy with the way the money was spent (even the $6k bar bill for the After Party).  And the thing we really ‘splurged’ on (American Apparel t-shirts) is the one thing I still receive comments on today, so I am happy we made that decision.

The event was an interesting one as we tried to blend the structure of a conference with the fly by the seat of your pants model found in unconferences everywhere.  I think there were some definite successes, and there were some absolute failures, but all of it a learning experience for everyone involved and I think we are better for it.  I still like the idea of blending the two models, but some tweaks are to be made if we decide to go for Web 2point3 this year (up for discussion).

One thing I know for sure – we would not have been able to do any of it without the amazing support of our volunteers – and I need to give props out to two of them specifically as they were my guardian angels during the two day event at Microsoft – a huge ‘thank you’ to the wonderful Sarah Dopp and to C. Lee (sorry C, I don’t have a link for you  :/).  You guys were amazing and I cannot thank you enough for lending me (personally) the support that you did.

And while I am on the topic of thanking people…big love to all the folks who joined us for the two day event.  We had over 150 people registered from five countries.  Thank you for your input.  Thank you for your support.  Thank you for participating.

I would also like to give mad props to our sponsors.  Without their support, both financial and moral, the event would not have taken place so we owe you the biggest debt of grattitude.  So, in alphabetical order, we thank: Blue Whale Labs, BuzzLogic, Factiva, Fleishman Hillard, France Telecom (Orange), Furl/Looksmart, FutureWorks, Israel Chamber of Commerce, Joyent, LaughingSquid, LockerGnome, Loomia, Microsoft, Mighty Leaf, MobiTV, No Starch Press, Odesk, Personal Bee, Photobucket, Rate It All, Scripting News, SimplyHired.com, Social Media Club, SpotDJ, Tangler, Well.com (Salon), Wordpress, and Yahoo!.  Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.

Ok.  I think I will call this one a wrap.