This page is just getting started, more to come as news trickles in...
After shooting a few emails around I can tell everyone this:
- Temple University's School of Communications has agreed in principle to host the event. This is good news as projectors, wifi, and other technology would be readily available. Temple University is also located right off of the Broad Street subway line, so it is highly accesable from anywhere in the city. If it was held at Temple, it would most likely be on the weekend as to not interfere with classes.
- Chris Krewson at the Philadelphia Inquirer, offered the facilities there as well, and offered to do his best to provide speakers from the Inky. The Inquirer building is so close to Temple that you can see it, so it is possible to have a few events at each.
- Philly tech event planner experts at P'unk Ave have agreed at the very least to lend general support with more specifics available as details emerge.
So a BarCamp Philly has general support from the three pillars of Journalism innovation: the education community, the online journalist community, and the tech community. Various students, reporters, tech people, and educators have contacted me in private or offered a show of support.
Potential Venues:
Temple Universtiy
Phildelphia Inquirer
Potential Speakers/Sessions:
interested?, know someone?, drop a note here.
Sponsors
Interested in sponsoring? Please contact one of the planners if you or your company wants to pay for or provide something like breakfast, lunch, t-shirts, or raffle prizes.
Schedule
- Evening/Party (old city?)
Topics I would like to hear about
Planners
Volunteers
Participants (aka Campers)
