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BarCampCapeTown

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Bar Camp Cape Town

What's The Big Idea?

The idea is to bring the South African tech/geek/creative community together under one roof in the informal "un-conference" environment as per the Bar Camp Ethos. Think of it as Open-Source conferencing, this is YOUR conference, you present, you discuss, you attend, you spread the word.

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 attendees.

Everyone is encouraged to present anything that they feel other geeks would find interesting. Have a look at the first BarCamp in Cape Town for the varied topics (and the funky logo):

http://barcamp.org/BarCampCapeTown06 

NOTE: Wiki password

... is c4mp

Building some momentum

The Jozi guys held their second BarCamp in October last year. Maybe it's time for Cape Town to hold another one! To do that, we need:

  • a venue
  • sponsorship for
    • wifi network infrastructure
    • bandwidth
    • projectors and screens
    • PA system
    • wine (!)
    • t-shirts
    • coffee
    • food/snacks
    • chairs and desks
    • a Freedom Toaster
  • a logo
  • volunteers to organise it
  • people to blog/tweet about it
  • attendees to speak about something they're passionate about (nothing on "How blogging will change the world," please!)

 This wiki is a work-in-progress, so jump right in and edit away!

Community details (from BarCampCapeTown06)

There is a BarCampCapeTown mailing list (not sure who administrates it? It's currently full of spam).

Please promote the event with this tag: #BarCampCapeTown or BarCampCapeTown  

Bar Campers 

Sessions participants will present

We are encouraging everyone to present something or help with a presentation. 

  • GTD (Getting Things Done)

Topics I'd like to hear more about 

  • Using CVS

  • setting up squid as a transparent proxy on Windows and Linux

Session Structure

For BarCampCapeTown06 the structure was 30 minute slots (including discussion) , 10 minute break every hour.

BarCampJozi06 had sessions that were anything from 5 minutes to 30 minutes long. 

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