Whether you've noticed it or not, there's a trendy opinion emerging, amongst the folks around you, that the smaller hacker cons are where it's at. Fewer crowds, more clue. Less traffic, cooler tools. Fewer feds, more friends. ToorCon is the standard. CanSecWest is the cold kick-ass con. Creative genius abounds at CodeCon. LayerOne is the nifty newbie. Notacon, Phreaknic, etc. rock you. And in D.C., for the second year running, we have ShmooCon, which might actually have more feds than any other con, but aims to bring the small-hacker-con-with-clue fad to the nation's capital. So help us make ShmooCon better. Just like last year, Beetle will bluntly give a breakdown of ShmooCon finances, fundamentals, and fuck-ups, while soliciting your live feedback--and right before we all go and have fun with J0hnny!