Date: Monday, February 25th, 2008
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Toronto Board of Trade, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, ON
Cost: Free (cash bar if you're thirsty)

Dinner will be served, the Demos will be excellent, the Ignites will ignite, and then we'll adjourn to The Duke of Westminster for more food and drinks.

As always, details are available at on the BarCamp's  DemoCampToronto17 page, 'tickets' are at Eventbrite, and those wishing to sign up for a demo or ignite session can do so via the Wufoo DemoCamp form.

We've seen a lot of turnover at recent DemoCamps and we're always happy to welcome new faces into the crowd. Since this is the first DemoCamp of 2008, we're going to change the old "bring a new person" rule around a bit and ask everyone to "bring a new person AND an old friend who hasn't been out in a while". Things have changed a lot since our humble beginnings around the BubbleShare board room table, so let's bring them back and show them what's new!

Lastly, we're always looking for individuals or companies who would like to put up $200 and help make the event possible. If you're interested, please contact me directly and I can give you a rundown of what's involved.

Hope to see everyone there!

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