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Seattle
has long been a focal point of
domain industry activity, so when DomainSherpa's
Michael Cyger decided his
hometown should have a high profile
meetup for the area's many industry
professionals, no one was surprised
to see the debut
event he organized (held
atop the iconic Seattle Space Needle
in January 2014) quickly sell
out.
Though
he set a high bar with the first
edition of DNSeattle,
Cyger expects a new venue and
a change of season will make
next month's encore even bigger and
better than the inaugural event. DNSeattle
2015 moves from winter to spring
with the next show slated for Thursday
evening, May 28 (running from
6pm-9pm).
The
event also moves to an attractive
new venue - Rightside
headquarters in suburban Kirkland
overlooking beautiful Lake
Washington. Rightside, one of
the top new gTLD registry operators,
as well as the parent company of
domain sales platform Namejet
and leading registrars Enom
and Name.com, will also be
DNSeattle's lead sponsor. "I'm
very grateful to Rightside's
Taryn Naidu and Dwayne Walker
for their support," Cyger said.
Cyger
told us, "Attendees will
likely come from all over the
Pacific Northwest, just like last
year: Seattle, Vancouver-BC,
Portland, Montana, Idaho. But we're
welcoming attendees from anywhere,
like Bob and Trudie Olea
who came up from San Diego for the
2014 event."
2015
attendees can look forward to
socializing, networking, educational
speakers, a .Ninja training camp and
ping pong - as well as appetizers
and a bar to keep you fueled up for
all of those activities.
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Michael
Cyger at the first
DNSeattle meetup (January 30, 2014)
(Photo: DNSeattle, Steve Stolee)
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The
cost to attend has to be one of the
industry's best bargains - just $18.05
through May 20, 2015 ($25 after
that, assuming any tickets are left)
so you will want to register
ASAP. As was the case last
year, all proceeds from the
event will benefit the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
in Seattle - a phenomenal research
institute focused on finding a cure
for cancer.
(Left
to right) Michael Cyger,
Donuts.co Co-Founder & CEO Paul
Stahura and Rightside
Sr. Vice President Dwayne Walker at
DNSeattle 2014 (Photo:
DNSeattle, Steve Stolee)
You can
get more information on DNSeattle
and sign up for their mailing list to
get updates by visiting the meetup website.
You can also see dozens of photos,
like the one above, from last year's
event in the DNSeattle Photo
Gallery.
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