THATCamp SHOT is nearly upon us, so here are some final instructions for you all. At present we are about 30 registered participants, which we believe will be a nice group.

The THATCamp will take place in the Village Pavillion in Greenfield Village. For directions, start by downloading this map: www.thehenryford.org/pdf/TheHenryFordCampus.pdf

You should follow the written directions in the second column: “Enter via Eagle Lane Entrance on Village Road and continue to parking lot. Follow dotted lines indicated on map.” It is important to note that you should use these directions — if you try and Google Map yourself to the Pavilion, you will merely arrive at the front gates of the village—which is closed. Eagle Lane is the only way to access the Pavilion.

We should also point out at this time that the Village is closed for regular visitors, so wandering away from the Pavilion area is not an option. The Security staff will *not* be happy.

Like with all things Dearborn, walking is not recommended. Feel free to use the comment field on the directions web page to organize shared taxis from the conference hotels in the morning. If you bring your own car, it is possible to park at the Pavillion, but after the end of the THATCamp you will need to move your car over to the Anderson Theater where the opening conference plenary will take place. Since there’s a 2-hour gap between the end of the THATCamp and the plenary, we recommend that you take the opportunity to head back to the hotel at this time. The museum itself closes at 5pm, so there’s not much of an opportunity to visit right then.

We will begin at 9am with a brief opening plenary followed by a session where we set the schedule for the day – please make sure to arrive in time, as the beginning of an unconference is quite critical to its success. We have a few proposed sessions already, and we welcome last-second proposals on the website. Even if you don’t write something here, do try to think of some themes you’d like to discuss, teach, or learn more about during the THATCamp.

Since The Henry Ford generously sponsors the THATCamp with our venue, coffee, tea, and lunch, we will only ask that participants contribute $5 upon arrival to pay for materials and other small expenses. Any surplus will be set aside for future THATCamp SHOT events.

Finally, bring your own computer, iPad, or similar – there will be wifi at the Pavillion, and we hope to have people tweeting, blogging, taking notes, and working throughout the entire THATCamp. As for Twitter, please use #SHOT2014 as the hashtag – I don’t think we need to have a separate hashtag for this event other than the main conference one.