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Greetings Friends of LAVA, colleagues, cohorts, and partners in crime! tl;dr: LAVA BBQ tickets on sale now, limited numbers on Early Bird pricing, get your tickets here: LAVA BBQ 2013 Event Page (lavag.org/bbq-tickets) LAVA BBQ 2012 in the Scholz Garten Biergarten (Photo by Norm Kirchner) It’s that time of year -- getting NIWeek approval, booking flights to AUS, and being the first to nab your LAVA BBQ ticket! For those of you who have never been to the kind of LAVA BBQ we're putting on, it's a time to get to know “the people behind the avatars” over BBQ and beers. Everything you need to know is on the LAVA BBQ 2013 Event Page, including time, a link to a map, a checkout to buy tickets today ... but we’ll violate the SSOT principle and make a data copy of the BBQ2013.lvclass object below: Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2013 Time: 7:00-10:00pm CDT (after the NIWeek Block Diagram Party. You won’t miss any NIWeek official events) Time for @LabVIEW_BORAT (and other ISO-8601-compliant robots): <EventBeginTimestamp>2013-08-07T00:00:00.000Z</EventBeginTimestamp> Location: Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78704 (1 mile from Convention Center) Cost: $30 Early Bird (until July 5th) $35 Regular Admission (Until Aug 6th) $40 At the Door Who: Everyone is welcome, including spouses travelling to Austin with you. Even if it’s your first time, expect to recognize many faces/names from the forums and NI R&D What to wear: I’ve seen everything from flip-flops to evening gowns to... leather hats. (The vast majority leans toward casual clothes suited for the 1mile 95°F 7pm walk) If you plan to sponsor a Door Prize, there is a form field with your name on it during checkout. (See existing Prizes) If you prefer a Vegetarian option, we’d love to have you; there is a form field with your name on it during checkout. Hope to see you there! Chime in on this thread (and the comments section of the Event Page) once you buy tickets.

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It's that time of year again. What will the next installment of the LAVA/OpenG BBQ bring? One thing is for sure - door prize galore! Past prizes have included (just to name a few): home-made creations, gift-cards, tablets, books, Ipods, LabVIEW goodness, software and even a plane-ride. We accept anything - so feel free to be creative! By donating a prize you and your company will receive free advertising in this thread. But wait, it doesn't stop there! When your donation is drawn on the night, you may take center stage and embrace fame thrust upon on you by the loving crowd who are anxious to have their ticket drawn from Crelf's stunningly good-looking akubra. So what are you waiting for? Check out the cool prizes below (knowing there will be more added to this thread as NIWeek approaches). If you would like to donate (please do, we really appreciate the LAVA-love) feel free to add a prize below or PM me with the details and I'll do it. If you haven't already get your 2012 LAVA/OpenG BBQ tickets here!