Welcome to BarCamp Africa
BarCampAfrica 2008 will be held in Silicon Valley on 10/11/2008 as a way to bring people interested in Africa, on a variety of levels and topics, together in one place for a day of exploration, connection and enjoyment.
A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. Here is a quote from the wikipedia description:
'BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols.'
Details
- Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, mobility, art, social justice, sustainability, micro-finance - and all things Africa-esque.
- What? A good opportunity to share ideas, start conversations and build connections with people and organizations making a positive impact in Africa
- When? Saturday, October 11th 9 am- 6:00 pm on 10/11/2008
- Where? Bay Area, CA - location pending
Getting involved
Sponsors
If you would like to sponsor this event, please get in touch with Ellen Petry Leanse or Perrin Clark if you would like to sponsors BarCampAfrica or if you have contacts for Bay Area companies that might be interested in sponsoring this event.
Proposed Sessions / topics I would like to hear about
If you would like to propose a session, please add your name to below:
- Erik Hersman - What kind of web/mobile development is really going on in Africa?
- Chris Blow - User-centered application design: International web/mobile U.I. testing and user experience research.
- Perrin Clark - Building partnerships for change in Africa.
Contacts
Volunteers
List your name below if you would like to volunteer in arranging this event:
Participants (aka Campers)
List your name here, if you will participate:
Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag 'BarCampAfrica' on the social media sites to content.
Who is Blogging about this event?
Task-List
Please cross out when it's done.
Completed
Work in progress
- Build team (organizers, volunteers)
- Find a venue
- Find Sponsors
Not started
- Breakfast -- e.g. muffins, donuts
- Lunch -- either sponsored on-site (e.g. pizza, sandwiches), or list restaurants near the venue
- Drinks
- Name tags
- Make sure sessions are recorded and archived on the web
- T-shirts (incl. girl T's)
- Little details that make all the difference...
- Projectors
- Paper
- Markers
- Pens
- Paper towels
- Garbage bags
- Toilet paper
- Surface cleaners
- Kitchen gadgets (for breakfast/lunch)
- Ice chests
- Garbage cans
- Add your detail here!
- Organize trash duty and general clean-up
IT Support
- Need people who can help with management during event -- which just means trouble-shooting if someone can't get their powerpoint working or something!
Equipment
Questions
- How do I add my details to this page? You can either click on EDIT and then enter the password that is given at the top left of the page; or you can register at barcamp and then edit the page.
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