eDemocracyCamp


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Welcome to eDemocracyCamp!

 

The place for innovators, optimists, and engaged citizens. March 2, 2008 in Washington, DC

We are building off the momentum of the 2008 Politics Online Conference which always draws a spectacular crowd. If you are coming into town for one of these events you should definitely check out the other one in order to make the most of your time here in DC.

eDemocracyCamp will be the first BarCamp with a focus specifically on e-democracy. eDemocracyCamp will connect citizens, researchers, developers, practitioners and anyone else interested in the topic to learn about the current state of e-democracy and share their visions for its future direction. Topics may include (but aren't limited to): e-democracy, e-participation, e-government, e-voting, online civic engagement, online political campaigning, online dialogue and deliberation. Technical tracks may cover things like the importance of open standards, hacktivism, mashups etc.

The general goal is to learn/share how the web can help us better govern ourselves, support democratic structures, make online civic participation more accessible, convenient, fun, efficient etc.

 

Diversity is key: The more people we have who come to this from different angles, the better.

 

 

Event details

 

 

 

Get involved

 

 

 

Schedule

 

The actual start and end times:

 

From To Duration Agenda Mahagony Piano Dining View
8.00am 9.00am 60' Venue setup, breakfast       Breakfast
9.00am 10.00am 60' Doors open, breakfast       Breakfast
10.00am 10.30am 30' Welcome round (introductions, session planning)       Welcome
10.30am 11.10am 40' Session 1        
11.15am 11.55pm 40' Session 2        
12.00am 12.40pm 40' Session 3        
12.40pm 2pm 80' Lunch (on site)       Lunch
2.00pm 2.50pm 50' Session 4        
2.50pm 3.45pm 55' Coffee break       Coffee break
3.45pm 4.35pm 50' Session 5        
5.00pm 5.15pm 15' Closing round (feedback)       Closing
5.15pm 6.00pm 45' Clean-up, venue hand-over        

 

Organizers & Volunteers

 

 

 

Attendees (a.k.a. Campers)

 

List your name here, if you will participate:

More than 110 people have also signed up for the event on Facebook and on Upcoming...

 

  1. Jesse Thomas
  2. Alexander Moll
  3. Bilaal Ahmed
  4. Justin Abbott
  5. Kathie Legg
  6. Eric Batscha
  7. Pieterson
  8. David Stern
  9. Oliver Zeisberger tentative / possibly leaving at 1pm
  10. Joe LeBlanc
  11. Lucas Cioffi
  12. Mark B. Cohen
  13. Christian Hochhuth (online only)
  14. Jasmine Sante
  15. John Brothers
  16. Olaf Bertram-Nothnagel
  17. Joe Loong
  18. Julie Emery
  19. Susanna Haas Lyons
  20. David Moore
  21. Donny Shaw
  22. David James - Founder of CommunityGoals.com
  23. Tim Erickson - E-Democracy.Org, Twitter, Facebook
  24. Dave Witzel - Forum One, Policy Commons, Twitter
  25. Dana Walker
  26. Hillary Hartley, NIC Inc. -- twitter, facebook
  27. Arin Sime
  28. Zvi Band
  29. Matthew Mansfield
  30. Samantha Tanzer
  31. Tim Bonnemann -- Founder, Intellitics
  32. Matthew Bradley
  33. Greg Schnippel
  34. Justin Thorp -- Developer Community Manager, Clearspring Technologies - My t-shirt size is XL.
  35. John Wonderlich
  36. Brian Devine
  37. Gabriela Schneider
  38. Josh Ruihley
  39. Patrick McGill
  40. Ben Parizek
  41. Rob Pierson
  42. Avelino Maestas
  43. Raines Cohen, *Camp Counselor, Democracy Begins At Home
  44. Jill Foster
  45. Mike Madison
  46. Evan Paul
  47. Justin Grimes -- Center for Information Policy and E-Government
  48. Shannon Simmons -- iSchool @ University of Maryland
  49. Craig Cook
  50. Charles Ellmaker
  51. Phil Attey -- Facebook , Twitter
  52. Peter Corbett, iStrategyLabs, @corbett3000

 

 

Potential sessions: topics you'd like to talk/hear about...

 

Post them here: eDemocracyCampSessions

Sponsors and budget

 

This event will be free to attend, because of the generous support of our sponsors. From past experience, the cost per active participant tends to vary between roughly $15 and $40 (depending on many factors such as venue, food, technology, schwag etc.). We'll list all our sponsoring (incoming cash and in-kind donations) as well as all outgoing expenses publicly on the wiki.

List your name here if you or your organization want to become a sponsor. Sponsors are highly encouraged to actively participate in the event. Cash donations are limited to a maximum of $300.

 

Incoming funds (pledged and collected)

 

 

No. Name Pledged in $ Collected in $ Status Notes Sponsor statement
1 Democracyinaction.org 300.00 300.00 paid    
2 SunlightFoundation.com 300.00 300.00 paid   The Sunlight Foundation supports, develops and deploys new Internet technologies to make information about Congress and the federal government more accessible to the American people. Through its projects and grant-making, Sunlight serves as a catalyst to create greater political transparency and to foster more openness and accountability in government.
3 AmericaSpeaks.org 300.00 293.18 paid   AmericaSpeaks is reinvigorating American democracy by engaging citizens in the public decision-making that most impacts their lives. Through AmericaSpeaks' innovative deliberative tools such as our 21st Century Town Meeting®, more than 130,000 people across the country and around the world have had an impact on their communities.
4 E-Democracy.Org 150.00 - pending   Supporting online democracy at the local level with Issues Forums in the US, UK, and New Zealand.
5 University of Michigan, School of Information (SI) in-kind - paid Travel fare for 2 UMich students The ischool at Michigan educates the next generation of information age leaders, with graduate programs in social computing, community informatics, information policy, and more. Got questions? Look for an SI student at Camp.
6 NIC Inc. 300.00 300.00 paid Hillary Hartley (#26) will be attending. NIC manages more eGovernment services than any provider in the world. The company helps government communicate more effectively with citizens and businesses by putting essential services online. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for 2,600 state and local agencies that serve more than 69 million people in the United States.
7 JESS3.com in-kind - paid creative direction  
8 New Media Strategies, Inc. 200.00 - pending    
9 Forum One Communications 300.00 330.00 paid   Forum One Communications partners with influential organizations, providing business strategy, online communications, user experience and technology expertise, to respond to some of the world's most pressing problems.
10 Market4Good.com 250.00 250.00 paid   Widgets and Websites with a Message. Confer Converse Connnect and be heard!
11 CommunityGoals.com 300.00 300.00 paid   CommunityGoals catalyzes community change by connecting people who have goals, people who give money, and people who provide solutions.
12 Democracy Begins At Home 176.18 - pledged, $61.62 PENDING Look for founder/Cohousing Coach Raines Cohen Sun. AM Sharing tools for community organizing, in real neighborhoods, online, and inbetween.
13 Intellitics 100.00 145.73 paid Office supplies, breakfast ($79.94) Intellitics is a startup in the making, based in San Jose, CA (USA). We are here to explore new and meaningful ways for group problem-solving and decision-making online.
Total     2,676.18 2,218.91       

 

Outgoing costs (ordered and actually paid)

 

 

No. Item Ordered in $ Paid in $ Status Notes Payment info
1 Venue 912.60 500.98 purchased, $411,62 PENDING Ballroom and 3 extra rooms are booked through 6pm. Cost for all four rooms past 6pm: $237/hour) Sunlight $200.98 (check), CommunityGoals $300 (check), NMS Inc. $200 (check, PENDING), E-Democracy.Org $150 (check, PENDING), Democracy Begins At Home $61.62 (check, PENDING)
2 T-shirt 593.18 593.18 purchased, paid   AmericaSpeaks $284.64 plus 3% service charge (credit card), Democracy in Action $300 (check)
3 Breakfast 379.94 379.94 purchased, paid Marvelous Markets: Mini muffins, croissants, scones, danishes, cinnamon swirls NIC $300.00 (credit card), Intellitics $79.94 (credit card)
4 Lunch 349.02 349.02 purchased, paid Papa John's: 31 large pizzas (up to five toppings), 15 plain, 8 meat, and 8 vegetarian Market4Good $250 (check), Sunlight $99.02 (credit card)
5 CostCo & Safeway 330.00 330.00 purchased, paid Drinks, coffee, fruit, paper plates, cups etc. ForumOne $330
6 Staples 65.79 65.79 purchased, paid Drinks, coffee, fruit, paper plates, cups etc. Intellitics $65.79
Total   2,630.53 2,218.91   At 65 attendees, that's about $40.47 per participant (ordered) and $34.14 per participant (actually paid).  

 

Budget summary

As you can see, we had a little more money pledged (A) than our expected costs (D).  But since we ended up paying less for the venue (only $500.98 of the $912.60 we had agreed to), our final cost (C) was lower.  Hence, we collected less (B) than was originally pledged.  Please note that the amounts for what we collected (B) and what we paid for (C) match exactly, which means there are no "loose" amounts still floating around.

 

    Amount in $ Notes
A Funds (pledged) 2,676.18  
B Funds (collected) 2,218.91 $257.27 more pledged (A) than collected (B). That's because some  sponsors ended up not having to pay the full pledged amount, while others paid more than they had originally pledged.
C Costs (actually paid) 2,218.91 Funds collected (B) and costs paid (C) match.
D Costs (total orders) 2,630.53 $411,62 less paid (C) than was originally ordered (D).  That's because the venue didn't collect the full rent.

 

Donations after the Event

 

At the end of the conference, we organized a food and supply donation to two programs in the Washington D.C. that address hunger and homelessness: Martha's Table and Loaves and Fishes. Martha's Table Martha's Table provides educational programs, food, clothing, and enrichment opportunities to at-risk children, youth, families and individuals in Washington, D.C. Loaves and Fishes Loaves and Fishes, Washington D.C. is one of the few weekend meal programs in Washington D.C. and serves over 300 people in the Mt. Pleasant community of Northwest D.C.

After the conference ended, we divided up the supplies and leftover food into perishable and non-perishable goods. We decided to send the non-perishable goods and all leftover supplies to Loaves and Fishes since they weren't going to be serving again until the next weekend. We called ahead to Martha's Table and scheduled a time after the conference when we could drop off the food. In the end, we were able to donate one full carload of extra supplies and food to each of the shelters.

More information on the issue of homelessness in D.C.

 

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Thanks, Crystal, Christiane, Fred and others for documenting various BarCamp, conference, or unconference how-to guides!

 

Also, check out the CampKit to see what useful stuff and personal supplies you yourself can shlep along.

 

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