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.
About eDemocracyCamp
The first BarCamp with a focus specifically on e-democracy, eDemocracyCamp aims to bring together practitioners, enthusiasts, explorers and professionals to share the current state and their visions for the future direction of e-democracy. 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, importance of open standards, hacktivism etc.
When?
Friday, February 29 -- Dinner, kick-off lounge at 8.00pm (optional)
Saturday, March 1 -- starts 11.00am
Sunday, March 2 -- ends 4.00pm
Note: This is the weekend prior to 2008 Politics Online Conference, to be held March 4-5, 2008 in Washington D.C. Hopefully, some of the people attending POLC will be able to make it to eDemocracyCamp as well.
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Where
Washington D.C. (USA)
Exact venue tbd
Organizers
Volunteers
Attendees (a.k.a. Campers)
List your name here, if you're interested in participating:
Task List
Please cross out when it's done.
- Find co-conspirators (organizers, volunteers)
- Find sponsors
- Find venue
Budget
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. Sponsors are highly encouraged to actively participate at the event. Cash donations are limited to a maximum of $300.
Tagging (for Flickr, del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, Technorati etc.)
Please use the tag edemocracycamp for content related to this event.
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