Where

• to be determined (Charlottesville area)

When

• July 8-9

Hosts

• beTech :: Evolve Already

Campers

(please add yourself)

• Steve Stedman - http://indorgs.virginia.edu/betech/

Ideas

Demos

Sponsors

• ?? University of Virginia ITC ??

First Announcement

beTech is proud to announce that beCamp 2006 will be taking place July 8-9 at a location to be determined. beCamp is Charlottesville's BarCamp-based unconference where the participants actually organize and create the conference. Think of it as an open-source geek gathering where you get to decide what goes into and what comes out of the event. Said one of our beTech colleagues and a two-time FooCamp alumn, "…we need at least 2 days of 24-7 tech talks, caffeine, robots, and heavy duty geeks that can hang all night long!" We setup a beCamp wiki for you to register as a camper and, better yet, help scout a location for the event, enroll sponsors, propose sessions, etc.

If you're a geek in or around the Charlottesville metroplex—or even if you're merely tech-curious, this is the event you don't want to miss. Watch Add to the beCamp wiki for more information. In the mean time, here's some more background info on what "camping" is all about:

• When Geeks Go Camping, Ideas Hatch (CNN report)
• Foo Camp: Ad-hoc Learning (attendee report)
• BarCamp NYC - The Nuts and Bolts (a BarCamp debriefing)
• Dummies Guide to Organizing a BarCamp In Your City (how-to organize)