Denver was my 9th Drupalcon. It was also the Con that opened my eyes. I became part of a very exclusive club and I'll never see another con in the same light.

Being on the Local Organizing Committee was exciting, exhausting, satisfying, and completely worthwhile. So, if you want to spend a little time with me looking back, I'd like that.

Many Many Months Ago
I heard a little yippee from the cube beside mine in the Examiner.com offices. It was a little nervous but definitely excited.

"Hey, hey Matthew. Pop onto #dcondtown."

I popped into the IRC channel and there was a little celebration going on. Denver had been selected for the North American Drupalcon in roughly 18 months. Contracts still needed signing - we were told to keep quiet. This needed to be SECRET until Drupalcon Chicago. But were going to start planning. We were a tiny team at this point - 10 or 12 of us.

We established a weekly meeting time - generally we would meet in Skype, although sometimes we would simply meet in IRC. We needed to finish doing things like:

• Finalising the Venue
• Figuring out the food
• Organizing Partys
• Line up local volunteers
• Secure Hotels
• Figure out our Social Networking Strategy
• Build the Website
• Fill the Website with Content
• Organize Local Marketing and Communication
• We had Local and Global Track Chairs
• We needed to work out the Keynotes
• We had massive amounts of signage to design
• Badgelets
• And SO MUCH MORE