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, mashups etc.
Related *camps
- TechnoPolitics, December 2006, San Francisco, CA (USA)
- CitizenCamp, March 2007, Rome (Italy)
- BarCampWellingtonNZegov, September 2007, Wellington (New Zealand)
- Participation 2.0, November 15-17, Salzburg (Austria)
- eGovDevCamp, December 2007, Washington DC (USA)
- PolitCamp Graz, Spring 2008, Graz (Austria)
Event details
- When: Saturday, March 1st (11:00 AM - 6:00 PM), Sunday, March 2nd (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM)
- Where: Washington DC, venue tbd
- Kick-off: Friday, February 29 (dinner/drinks/lounge, starts about 8:00 PM, details tbd)
- 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.
- Cost: Free to attend.
Get involved
- Spread the word: Share this event with your friends and colleagues: Upcoming, Facebook, Xing
- Sign up: Sign up below as attendee or volunteer, to join the organizing team, or to become a sponsor.
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.
- Create a mailing liste (e.g. on Google Groups)
- Set up Skype or IRC chat
- Build team (organizers, volunteers)
- VP Sponsors
- VP Food
- VP T-shirt
- VP Wi-fi
- Find sponsors
- Find an accessible venue (e.g. step-free access to rooms, bathrooms, elevator details)
- Design logo
- Organize food (either sponsored on-site, or list restaurants near the venue)
- Organize drinks, snacks
- Good coffee
- List public transportation options (incl. accessibility information for people with disabilities)
- Create nice badges (make sure name tags work from both sides, names should typed in large-enough font)
- Mark the ways to the facilities
- Gotta have stellar wi-fi
- Provide enough plugs (to charge your gear)
- Make sure sessions are recorded and archived on the web
- Little details that make all the difference...
- Projectors
- Paper
- Markers
- Pens
- Paper towels
- Garbage bags
- Toilet paper
- Surface cleaners
- Kitchen gadgets (for breakfast/lunch)
- Ice chests
- Garbage cans
- Add your detail here!
- Organize trash duty and general clean-up (the day of the event)
Thanks, Crystal, Christiane, Fred and others for documenting various Barcamp, conference, or unconference how-to guides!
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
List your name here if you or your organization want to become a sponsor. 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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