FanTechCamp - The Fannish Technology BarCamp
We invite people from the following communities:
- media fandom
- science fiction fandom
- comic book fandom
- etc
to join us and talk about:
- wikis (wikipedia, wikia, fanlore, etc)
- journalling services (dreamwidth, livejournal)
- Organization for Transformative Works' Archive Of Our Own and other fanfic archiving sites
- fan vidding - HOWTOs, tools, techniques, hosting...
- fan art - photoshop etc.
- fanfic ebooks, podfic, etc
- tools for organising fannish events
- understanding copyright, creative commons, etc
- (add more!)
Date/Location
So far, Oct 10-11 in San Francisco is looking likely.
Sponsors
Potential:
- Freebase.com can probably offer space for a barcamp/unconf of up to 100 attendees
- Dreamwidth has expressed interest in sponsoring something, eg. lunch or snacks or something like that
What we need:
- space
- lunch * 2
- morning caffeine + pastries/muffins/bagels * 2
- drinks throughout the day
- schwag
- evening events?
Access
* access needs?
** maps, layout, signs
* dietary/food allergy needs?
* other allergy needs?
People
Planners (want to help? just add your name!)
Can't help organise, but will attend:
- Betsy Hanes Perry
- Bill Humphries (Saturday only)
