In late 2007, I came up with the idea for eDemocracyCamp, a barcamp on e-democracy. One goal from the beginning was for it to be an open, participant-driven complement to the annual Politics Online Conference in Washington DC.
The first event took place on March 2, 2008 in Washington DC. About 70 or so people attended over the course of the day.
This year, we’re doing it again. Please join us for eDemocracyCamp2:
eDemocracyCamp is an unconference about e-democracy (using the internet to support democratic processes) with a particular focus on e-participation (using the internet to support public participation). The goal is to connect researchers, developers, practitioners, citizens and other enthusiasts for a day of intense collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Like last year, Intellitics will contribute $100 towards funding the event. Not a huge sum, but even at this level it only takes a couple dozen sponsors in order to be able to provide for 100 attendees (and quite comfortably so). Please sign up on the wiki or leave a comment if your organization can chip in.
I’m making an extra effort this year to ensure that the sessions will be recorded so as to allow non-attendees to get a piece of the action, too.
By the way, the first time we sponsored a barcamp was back in 2007 when we supported BarCampBlock in Palo Alto, CA. As you can probably tell by now, we’re big fans of the format. It’s a great way to connect with people who share your passion, bounce off ideas, get feedback, learn and teach — all for the cost of showing up and participating in the sessions.
So go ahead and add your name to the wiki, share the event on Facebook or Upcoming, join the Google group, and — last but not least — follow @edemocracycamp on Twitter.
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