# Ruby Hoedown (the southeastern regional Ruby conference) upd

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**Created:** [June 20, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-hoedown-the-southeastern-regional-ruby-conference-upd/107326 "2007-06-20T15:30:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-hoedown-the-southeastern-regional-ruby-conference-upd/107326/1 "2007-06-20T15:30:37Z")

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Hello all,  
Since registration opened, we’ve been hard at work to get the details  
nailed down for the Hoedown, and here are some updates:

CHARITY WORKSHOP  
The charity workshop has been (basically) finalized. It will be led  
by Marcel Molina, Jr., Bruce Tate, and Chad F. on August 10, 2007  
from 8a.m. to 12p.m. at the Redhat International Headquarters. The  
topic the guys have chosen is testing Ruby, from simply using assert()  
all the way through concepts like mocking and stubbing (and beyond I’m  
sure).

The minimum donation is $50, and all proceeds go straight to a  
Research Triangle local food bank. The Hoedown website will have more  
details soon, so be on the lookout. This will be a great chance to  
learn from serious Ruby masters while also helping out your fellow man  
(and woman).

SIGNIFICANT OTHERS GATHERING  
The significant others gathering is also shaping up. The idea (at  
this point) is to meet the first day and hang out (I’m told there will  
be board games, food, and a Wii involved somehow), and on the second  
day, go do something (i.e., away from the conference!) that is decided  
upon on the first day (confusing enough? ;)). So, if you’re bringing  
your S.O. and they don’t want to putter around the hotel room (or if  
they complain they don’t want to go because they’ll be bored silly),  
then head over to the Hoedown website and register them up (and  
yourself for the conference!) 🙂

GIVEAWAYS GALORE!  
We’ve arranged some giveaways for attendees, and who doesnt like free  
stuff, right? You can score some copies of some great books from  
APress or Manning or some of the other great giveaways from sponsors,  
but the “Big Daddy” prize that we’re offering is a free workshop from  
the Pragmatic Studio (valued up to $1500!). We’ll be giving away  
prizes before each talk, so make sure you stay around if you want to  
pick up something sweet.

SPONSORSHIP  
If you’d like to help us make this conference great, we’re still  
accepting sponsors!  
Drop us an e-mail at removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid and we’ll get back to  
you as soon as possible.

Thanks!  
Jeremy McAnally  
Ruby Hoedown Organizer

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