Introduction
The official definition: 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 is often called the unconference, a reference to its very loose structure. In practical terms it's a way for people to collaborate on ideas, and hopefully leave with solutions and a great network.
To paraphrase Steve Cooperman, it's:
just a bunch of interesting people, not necessarily techies ... gathered to interact, learn, teach and share.
BarCampFairfield (aka CommuniCampFairfield) will be a 1 day event, an experiment in bringing people together to collaborate and to see where that leads. You may want to read the stuff over on the right and on the wikipedia page to get some different perspectives.
We want a varied group to be involved with BarCampFairfield. To which end, add your contributions to the Sessions section below. There are almost no limits. The only stipulation is that you should think about the value of your session to the community (and you're free to define that however you wish).
How can you help with CommuniCampFairfield? There are a few ways:
- First, think about what you want to share with people or what you want to learn
- Add your ideas to this wiki. Click on the Edit Page button at the top of this page
- Get on the BarCamp Google group
- Contact Sundar: cybertoast at gmail dot com if you have any questions
In the eternal words of Chairman Kaga: Allez BarCamp!
If you're wondering about the barcamp/communicamp naming issue, fear not. We decided to change the name to CommuniCampFairfield to make it easier for people to understand what we're doing: making it a focus on community
Event details
When
Sunday September 30, 2007. Mark the date on your calendar!
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.
Schedule
The actual schedule - the specific events and times - will only be known on the day of BarCampFairfield. But it's important to have a lot of different ideas added here first. Jot your contribution down in either the "I want to Share" or "I want to Learn" sections below.
Event : 9am - ...
I want to Share (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).
- why the fear of color? putting an end to environmental bland (jr)
- Web development frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Zend, Drupal, Plone, Greasemonkey)
- What is appropriate technology for community projects (-sr)
- Community building (panel discussion)
- Privacy on the Web - the New Generation Gap (panel discussion - need 4 mixed age and gender panelists - will)
- Weapons of Mass Instruction - the history of schooling (-sc)
- Unschooling = open source learning (-sc)
(This is interesting to me, I was "unschooled" from grade 11 onward - collin)
- the true relevence of jyotisa (jr)
- "PEACE CHANNEL" Establishing an "online" Social Networking System/TV Channel for the Fairfield Community(-bl)
- add a session...
I want to Learn (Topics I would like to hear about)
- Permaculture and urban co-op based collaborative farming (jr)
- What to do with 100 megabits of fiber to every home (sr)
- Wine, beer making
- Collaborative script writing and film-making for online TV (youtube, revvr, etc.)
- Transparent and open business models
- The place of IT in the developing world
- Non/less commercial models for capacity building in intl. development
Planning and Infrastructure
Planners
- cybertoast (sundar)
- steve c
Volunteers
- cybertoast (sundar)
- quinn
- collin
- steve c
- justin
- jonii
- add your name here...
Participants (aka Campers)
- cybertoast (sundar)
- wmerydith (will)
- quinn
- collin
- steve c
- justin
- jonii
- add your name here...
Sponsors: Who will be BarCampFairfield's Sugar Daddy
Sponsorship should be limited to $150 per sponsor. We need support for the following:
If you, are or know of, a potential sponsor, please contact sundar (cybertoast at gmail dot com)
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
Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag barcampFairfield for content related to this event
Who's blogging?
Help or How this Wiki Thing Works
If you're having any trouble understanding how to edit this page, don't worry, we're here to help. A good site that explains how to do edits in PBWiki (the wiki engine that drives barcamp) is at the PBWiki Tips Page.
