A BarCamp on the 17th (Saturday)?
Comments(0)When I chose Friday as the day to do Going Solo, it was with a sneaky ulterior motive: make it possible to hold a BarCamp in Lausanne right behind it. Now, for some reason, BarCamps in this part of the world tend to be one-day events (I still haven’t really figured out why — what’s wrong with the whole “camp” aspect of running off somewhere for the week-end?) — so that would bring us to Saturday, May 17th.
I’ve mentioned this idea to a few people already, and the response has been pretty good. Particularly if you’re coming from abroad, you get to maximize your geek-feed for the trip. (Not that Going Solo is particularly geeky, but you see what I mean.)
Now, here’s the issue. Much as I would like to be the driving force behind this BarCamp (it’s “my” idea, after all), I’m already spreading myself really thin simply organising Going Solo. There’s no way I can be the person who “makes sure” the BarCamp happens.
So, the questions:
- what do you think of having a BarCamp-day right after Going Solo?
- do you think you would participate in this BarCamp (speak, or simply attend)?
- would you be ready to help organise it?
(Please leave a comment, it will help evaluate how much interest there is for this — and make it visible! Whatever you say in the comments is non-binding, so fear not…)
Obviously, we need some local people amongst the organisers, if only to deal with issues like the venue. I don’t know how available EPFL would be (with Balelec the night before), but I have another idea or two up my sleeve if that doesn’t work out.
So: is there interest for this? how shall we make it happen?
For those of you who do not know what a BarCamp is, it’s an unconference. That means that it’s a rather informal gathering of people in one place with wifi and conference/session rooms. At the beginning of the day, the people who want to present something, hold a session, make a demo take a spot for it in the programme grid (first come, first served). So there is no predetermined programme — it’s very much a peer-to-peer atmosphere.
The organisation happens in a similar way: obviously, a venue needs to be found, the date has to be set (done), and somebody has to keep an eye on the wiki page that people use to sign up and announce sessions. All the rest is optional: a Barcamp can be very bare-bones, or it can include a party, sponsors, T-shirts, whatever.
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Sounds cool ! Informal moments… reminds me of how Google was created ! This is probably the best way to end up your conference… Good luck !
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I would certainly go, and maybe speak there. But i haven’t enough time to help organize it.
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I don’t have time to organize it, but I would like to help organize it, like looking for people to present or do something. On the other hand, it would be best if Stephanie would ask registered Going Solo attendees who would be interested in presenting something, and it would also be best if someone local would be responsible for making practical arrangements. That’s the major hurdle here, I think. If you manage to find someone who can do that, I will be more than happy to help out with other stuff. I organise public debates and conferences by profession, so I might be able to come up with an idea or two.
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I’m willing to “help” also, but I can’t be the main organizer. I agree with Jaap that it has to be someone local.
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Good idea, I just saw this a bit late. I would be interested and since I attend Going Solo.
Maybe I could give a presentation and demo on something like:
Benchmarking – Going Beyond Blog Crowdsourcing and Popularity Contests
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Any decision made about that bar camp? Will it take place at all? I’m sorry to ask but I need to schedule my Saturday and knowing if it takes place would help me. Thanks 🙂
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Joëlle: at the moment, nobody has stepped forward to organize it.
Mainly, what’s needed is somebody who finds a space (I could maybe help with that) and more importantly, promotes the BarCamp online and encourages people to sign up and attend. Coming up with sandwiches if it’s a remote location and taking care of logistical details are mostly things that happen “on-the-day”, and a bunch of people have said they’d be ready to help.
Basically, we need a coordinator.
So, for the moment, I can’t say the barcamp will happen, sadly. But I haven’t given up hope.
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