Due to higher levels of interest than expected, we've decided to put a bit more into meeting prep time. So please join our CityCamp Day teleconference exactly a week later.
RSVP for call here and see who is interested: http://bit.ly/citycampcontacts Add to your calendar: http://bit.ly/citycampdayteleconfaddtocal 1 p.m. Eastern, Thursday, October 9 Call-in info sent to those who RSVP. Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Steven Clift <[email protected]> wrote: > Coming off an unconference session at the CfA Summit, a group of us > spurred by Luke Fretwell are working on a coordinated day of CityCamp > events to kick of the new year. > > Some cities, including Oakland, are looking at Saturday, January 10, > 2015 to kick off the new year (and not be too close to Open Data > Data/Code Across in Feb.). > > In general, be it once or more than once a year, there is interest in > helping communities add this broader interest "unconference" format to > their local community innovation networking that bridges with and well > beyond civic tech/open gov. > > As an "open brand," cities can have a CityCamp unconference when they > like (some use the format on days like the National Day of Civic > Hacking, Open Data Day, etc.), however, we are exploring options to > spread this concept beyond the two or three dozen events held over the > years. > > If you'd like to join a follow-up conversation via teleconference, > join us later this week. > > 1 p.m. Eastern, Thursday, October 9 > > RSVP here and we will SEND you the call-in information soon: > > http://bit.ly/citycampcontacts > > Other time zones: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CityCamp+Teleconference&iso=20141002T12&p1=159 > > > If you can't make this call, go ahead and fill in the form so we know > your city is interested in hosting a possible CityCamp unconference: > http://bit.ly/citycampcontacts > > If you haven't heard of CityCamp - the global website is being updated > - http://citycamp.com and we have two online groups the broader > CityCamp Exchange http://e-democracy.org/citycamp - and a "team" > group: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/citycamp-team > > Here are some local examples: > > http://citycampnc.org > http://citycampoak.org > http://citycampkc.org > http://bit.ly/ccnyc2014 > http://citycampmn.org > http://citycampbtn.org > http://opencolorado.org/citycamp-colorado/ > http://hackingmadison.org/citycamp.html > > The CityCamp series was kicked off in Chicago in 2010: > http://citycamp.govfresh.com/tag/citycamp-chicago/ > > The Chicago event is where Code for America was first announced. Today > as we go into 2015, the opportunity to broaden community innovation > engagement via local "Code for X" "Open City Y" efforts the > unconference format is gaining new interest. > > Steven Clift > E-Democracy.org - CityCamp's global fiscal agent and legal host > > > > > Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com > Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org > Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy > Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 > ᐧ ᐧ ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/5WbCdVgaSFi4SOMqLCXZ9U For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
