Introduction

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.

 

BarCamp has often be referred to as the unconference, a reference to the non-structured and non-strict scheduling system. In practical terms it's a way for people to share ideas in a loosely-structured environment. And hopefully leave with solutions or connections.

 

Most BarCamp scenarios seem to have a somewhat technological focus, but that might be because techies are not quite the loners they pretend to be :-) I'd like to see BarCampFairfield be what Steve Cooperman described (paraphrased):

just a bunch of interesting people, not necessarily techies ... gathered to interact, learn, teach and share.

 

BarCampFairfield will be a 1 day event, an experiment in bringing people together to collaborate and to see where that leads.

 

In the eternal words of Chairman Kaga: Allez BarCamp!

Event details

When

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

Where

Fairfield, Iowa, 52556. Venue details coming.

Where to stay?

If anyone interested in BarCampFairfield is coming from out of town, please leave a note here, and I'm sure we can figure out swank-ish accommodations.

Sponsors

Sponsorship should be limited to $150 per sponsor. Need support for the following:

• venue
• food
• tshirts

Schedule

Note that the schedule will be solidified only a few days before the event. For now check out the Proposed Sessions.

Proposed Sessions

To make it easy to determine who's proposing what, add your initials beside your entry (thanks Will for making me think of that).

• Web development frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Zend, Drupal, Plone, Greasemonkey)
• What is appropriate technology for community projects (-sr)
• Privacy on the Web - the New Generation Gap (panel discussion - need 4 mixed age and gender panelists - will)
• Unschooling = open source learning (sc)
• 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)
• quinn
• collin
• steve c
• add your name here...

Participants (aka Campers)

• cybertoast (sundar)
• wmerydith (will)
• quinn
• collin
• steve c
• add your name here...

Task List

Tech

• Wifi
• Projector
• Photo
• Video
• Audio
• Streaming: Webcam/Stickcam, OpenWengo, Skype ( What are our streaming requirements? )
• 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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