Ugh, mistyped URL for conference e-list. Should be:
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/citycamp
Sorry.
Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org
Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Steven Clift <[email protected]> wrote:
> In case any of you plan to be around the States in January, I think
> folks in would be quite impressed with your experiences. Folks in the
> U.S. aren't wired to naturally compare themselves with communities
> outside of our own country (we just look state to state), so you have
> some real potential shock value if you just show up and outshine us
> with your leading activities. :-) Steve
>
> CityCamp - Where Gov 2.0 meets local - Chicago Jan 23-24
> http://barcamp.pbworks.com/CityCamp
>
> This is exciting - an unconference/barcamp focused on the *local*
> aspects of Gov 2.0.
>
> "CityCamp explores and documents ideas, lessons learned, best
> practices, and patterns related to use of social/participatory media,
> linked open data, and "Web as platform" at the local level."
>
> Info/register (its free, but space is limited):
> http://barcamp.pbworks.com/CityCamp
>
> Then, join the online group/e-list for the event:
> http://forums.e-democracy.org/forums/citycamp
>
> And follow the event on Twitter:
> http://twitter.com/CityCamp
> http://twitter.com/#search?q=citycamp
>
> E-Democracy.org (as an event participant) will bring a number of next
> generation online civic engagement ideas to the table as we launch our
> "Participation 3.0" effort (stay tuned! http://e-democracy.org/p3 ). If you
> are
> willing to exchange some volunteer coding, E-Democracy.org may have a
> few partial travel stipends available. Drop me a note, if you want
> more information - these are not first come, first serve:
> [email protected]
>
> For those new to "unconferences" or "barcamps," they typically start
> with a session where people plaster the wall with session ideas/things
> they would like to learn or do, themes get clustered and sessions get
> mapped out over the time available. Sometimes a few pre-set sessions
> are determined ahead of time and it is not usual to mix in a special
> speaker or two for a hybrid experience. See some of the past events
> linked from here - http://barcamp.pbworks.com/CityCamp - to get a
> sense of how it works (10x better than typical top down conferences
> from my experience) or watch this mini-video on the Public Media Camp
> - http://vimeo.com/7244760 - Our check out this image from the
> Minnesota Voices Unconference -
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/21699...@n05/3426923800/ .
>
>
> Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
> Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org
> Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy
>
_______________________________________________
Mailing list [email protected]
Archive, settings, or unsubscribe:
https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
