This Sunday, I and 13.5 other rtCampers attended the WordCamp Nashik. Why 13.5, you may ask. See the pic below ??
14.5 rtCampers with Nappu at @wcnashik #wcnashik pic.twitter.com/tJk6ehEcDs
— rtCamp (@rtCamp) October 16, 2016
Reaching Nashik
Since I had some personal commitments on Saturday evening so I left for Nashik late in the night. I reached Nashik in just 4 hours.
I met Radhe at the alighting point and we reached the venue together. We had quick breakfast near the venue itself.
Come and say hello to us at our desk or to any of the @rtCamp 'ers in the blue rt-tshirt. @wcnashik pic.twitter.com/IEexPt9M4p
— Vivek Jain (@svivekjain) October 16, 2016
The WordCamp
I am short of words for the selection of the venue. It was absolutely perfect in terms of the arrangements and accessibility. The auditorium for the talks was really nice and it was fit for the number of WordCampers.
We just had our first sesssion of WordCamp Nashik by @HariShanker #wcnashik #Nashik pic.twitter.com/3YfJGJwNo5
— WordCamp Nashik 2017 (@wcnashik) October 16, 2016
I can’t appreciate the organizers enough for getting so many things right. Apart from the basics, they did few thoughtful things to encourage other meetup groups.
Thanks @wcnashik for spreading a word about other #WordPress meetup groups. Very well done! 🙂👌#wcnashik pic.twitter.com/JkYN9KiE8B
— Rahul Bansal (@rahul286) October 16, 2016
They did face the dreaded “projector problem” for a brief moment but that was not a show-stopper. You could feel the harmony when Nirav from Appsmagnet patiently handled it while his talk started.
I didn’t get a chance to attend all the sessions as I spent most of my day meeting my WordCamp friends and other attendees. I attended a panel discussion that was very well moderated and hence gave a good perspective of the panelists about building businesses on WordPress.
#wcnashik Panel discussion about building business with WordPress pic.twitter.com/8SLjzM9wKh
— Siddharth Ashok (@siddharthashok) October 16, 2016
It feels like a kid learning abCd.
Full house for "Build business on WordPress" panel. #WCnashik pic.twitter.com/opNYss5F58— Vivek Jain (@svivekjain) October 16, 2016
The other aspect that I liked was the food. The catering was professionally managed by the catering vendor. This was my first WordCamp where I didn’t find any queue for lunch food counters.
I left for Pune early so couldn’t attend the after-party. My other colleagues attended it and they did have great fun.
Overall, it was a great time spent with the community friends. Plus I now have more expectations from upcoming WordCamps. ?
See you Soon
WordCamp Udaipur 2017 is next on the calendar (as it seems). Udaipur is my hometown and I can’t wait to meet you all there.
All #wcnashik folks please follow @wcUdaipur for WordCamp Udaipur updates! January 28, 2017 in the beautiful city of lakes. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/RQNMJPgSvS
— Puneet Sahalot (@psahalot) October 16, 2016
Update – I am also attending WordCamp US in December. Drop me a message to connect there. 🙂