The JA-SIG Fall 2008 Unconference is Coming! Dates: October 6-8, 2008 October 9-10, developer meetings and optional post-conference activities
Place: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706-1420, Front Desk: 608-262-1122 Registration/Fees: Look for an announcement soon! Unconference registration fees are moderate--well below our typical conference registration Accommodations: The Edgewater Hotel $129/night - Deadline for guaranteed rate is September 1, 2008 800•922•5512 www.theedgewater.com Make sure you ask for the JA-SIG room block and rate! What's an Unconference? "An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single organizer, or small group of organizers, in advance." -Wikipedia JA-SIG has always been about people coming together to share and learn in an open environment, and this is what an "unconference" is all about. The unconference format fits very well with our community values and goals. Last year's inaugural unconference was a rousing success and this year's promises to be even better. This October event will provide both spontaneous and planned opportunities to collaborate on all JA-SIG community initiatives as well as initiatives from other community open source projects. Mark your calendar and make plans to join us! More information about the unconference will be available soon. What are we going to do?! It's up to you! Ideas people are talking about so far include the following: Lightning Talks - Volunteers talk for up to 10 minutes. Any topic goes. Code Clinics - Bring your uPortal, portlet, or CAS code or problem and work on it with core developers Birds of a Feather Sessions - Discuss common interests, issues, problems with colleagues. Screencast Factory - Show off your work while a facilitator captures it to share with the community. Strategic Planning - What should JA-SIG be focused on next year? In three years? Join the conversation. How-to's. How-not-to's. Tips and techniques. The final schedule will be determined in real-time, interactively with the attendees. More information will be available soon! See you at the Unconference! The Fall 2008 JA-SIG Unconference Organizers _______________________________________________ Yale CAS mailing list [email protected] http://tp.its.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/cas
