The JA-SIG Winter 2007 Unconference is Coming! Who? What? Where?
Dates: November 12-13, 2007 * November 14-16, 2007 (optional post-conference activities) Place: New Brunswick, NJ (Home of Rutgers University) Details: Info about fees, lodging, meals, etc. will be coming very soon. Costs will be low, as making this an affordable event with low barriers to participation is a key focus. 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. As demonstrated by the success of the Summer 2007 Conference mini "BarCamp" (another spontaneous approach), the unconference format fits very well with our community values and goals. The November event will provide both spontaneous and planned opportunities to collaborate on all JA-SIG community initiatives and topics. (There will not be a separate Winter Conference or a Fall uPortal Developer Meeting.) 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. * Screencast Factory - Show off your work while a facilitator captures it to share with the community. * UCamp - Fluid Project members will lead a workshop and collaborations about user experience design and accessibility. * 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. As part of the unconference format, the final schedule will be determined in real-time, interactively with the attendees. So come prepared to participate. You can view a list of potential activities on the wiki at: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/x/qAFz<http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JCON/Winter+2007+UnConference> OK, I'm Interested! What do I do next? If you're hoping to join us, please do the following two things for now: Register yourself at http://opensource.meetup.com/74/calendar/6047091/<http://opensource.meetup.com/74/calendar/> RSVP there whether you are a "Yes" or a "Maybe". Visit the Unconference Planning Site on the JA-SIG wiki: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JCON/Winter+2007 +UnConference+Participants This is a great place to indicate your interests---what you'd like to discuss, learn, share or teach. If you'd like to participate in planning or logistics, join our mailing list: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/winter-07-unconference<http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/winter-07-> Best regards, and we hope to see you at the Unconference, The Winter 2007 Unconference Committee -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev
