WordCamps and WordPress Meetups For August, September, and Beyond
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted August 21, 2008 at 8:26 pm | No Comments ยป

There are WordCamp and WordPress Meetups starting up all over the world. A WordPress Meetup is a frequent meeting of WordPress fans. A WordCamp is a day or two long event with sponsors and dozens if not hundreds of WordPress fans gathering annually.
Here is the list of WordPress WordCamps and Meetups coming to a location near you for August, September and more in 2008. September is going to be very exciting as there are so many WordPress events, including multiple WordCamps on September 27.
- The Dallas/Ft. Worth Area WordPress August Meetup – August 23, 2008
- WordCamp South Africa – Cape Town – August 23, 2008
- Copenhagen, Hovedstaden WordPress Meetup – August 24, 2008
- The New York City WordPress August Meetup – New York – August 26, 2008
- Central Coast WordPress Meetup – Pismo Beach, California – Aug 30, 2008
- WordCamp Philippines – September 6, 2008
- The Boston WordPress September Meetup – September 18, 2008
- Blog World Expo, Vegas – September 20-21, 2008
- WordCamp China – Beijing – September 20-21, 2008
- WordCamp Utah – Provo, Utah – September 27, 2008
- WordCamp Birmingham – Alabama – September 27, 2008
- WordCamp Portland, Oregon – September 27, 2008
- WordCamp New York – New York – October 4, 2008
- WordCampRDU – Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina – Oct 4, 2008
- WordCamp Toronto – October 4-5, 2008
- Podcamp and WordCamp Hawaii – Oct 24, 2008
- MinneWordCamp – Minneapolis – November 15, 2008
- WordCamp Australia – Sydney – December 6-7, 2008
If you would like to sponsor or host a WordCamp, check out the new official site for tracking WordCamps is WordCamp Central, which includes instructions and guidelines for running a WordCamp.
If you would like to start a WordPress Meetup group, find a meeting place and announce it among your friends, and add a listing to the Yahoo Upcoming events for WordPress and WordPress Meetup Group Listings, as many track WordPress event announcements there.
WordPress events are published on the Blog Herald WordPress Wednesday News and Weblog Tools Collection, so contact them, too.
To track the calendar of WordPress development, see the WordPress Roadmap so you can put WordPress releases on your schedule, too.

