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.

Event details

When

End of Sept or start of Oct 2007. Date will be decided soon. (too soon? - Will)

Where

Fairfield, Iowa, 52556. Venue details coming.

Where to stay?

Anyone interested in providing couches, floors or campsites for surfing on? There are a number of options around town for people to stay, and the weather is going to be great too.

Sponsors

Schedule

Day 1

• Morning

• Lunch

• Afternoon

• Dinner

• Evening/Party

Proposed Sessions

• Web development frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Zend, Drupal, Plone)
• What I learned trying to automate Firefox using GreaseMonkey
• The pain and joy of switching to Ubuntu
• Privacy on the Web - the New Generation Gap (panel discussion - need 4 mixed age and gender panelists - will)
• add a session...

Topics I would like to hear about

• Permaculture and urban co-op based collaborative farming
• Solar electric solutions in town
• Wine, beer making
• Collaborative script writing and film-making for online TV (youtube, revvr, etc.)
• Transparent and open business models
• add a topic...

Planners

• cybertoast (sundar)

Volunteers

• cybertoast (sundar)
• add your name here...

Participants (aka Campers)

• cybertoast (sundar)
• wmerydith (will)
• add your name here...

Task List

Tech

• Wifi
• Projector
• Photo
• Video
• Audio
• Streaming: Webcam/Stickcam, OpenWengo, Skype
• Collaboration tools: mailing list, blogging, wikification

Non-tech

• Logo and stickers
• White Boards
• Large sheets of paper & markers/crayons
• Snacks and food
• Tables and chairs
• t-shirts

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