Update 09/30: There will be a smaller, one-day event on October 16, while we start planning a larger, two-day event for early 2011.
A couple of months ago, I started an innocent thread on Govloop: OpenGov unconference in the SF Bay Area?
Speaking of barcamps, we should really do an unconference about this stuff in the San Francisco Bay Area. I know at least a couple dozen people who have expressed interest (a number of whom were at OpenGovWest in Seattle, WA back in March).
Who’s in?
A number of local Open Government enthusiasts immediately took the bait. After doing a couple of conference calls and tossing around a few ideas, here’s what we came up with:
CityCampSF
October 16/17, 2010
San Francisco, CA (USA)
CityCampSF will be part of a greater string of global CityCamps:
What is CityCamp?
CityCamp is a barcamp focused on innovation for municipal governments and community organizations.
Each City Camp has four main goals:
- Bring together local government officials, municipal employees, experts, programmers, designers, citizens and journalists to share perspectives and insights about the cities in which they live
- Create or maintain patterns for local government transparency and effective local governance using the Web as a platform
- Foster communities of practice and advocacy on the role of information and open data in cities
- Create outcomes that participants will act upon after the event is over
CityCamp explores and documents ideas, lessons learned, best practices, and patterns that can be implemented within and shared across municipalities, anywhere in the world. Of particular interest is the use of social/participatory media, mobile devices, linked open data, and “Web as platform.”
CityCamp recognizes that local governments and community organizations have the most direct influence and impact on our daily lives. This event seeks to create local communities of practice who are dedicated to design, process, and technology applications that make cities more open and “user friendly.”
The first CityCamp was held in Chicago, Illinois, 23-24 January, 2010. CityCamp is inspired by Transparency Camp and Gov 2.0 Camp.
For updates, follow @CityCampSF on Twitter. Everyone is invited to use the wiki to help with the planning and prep work. Or, head over to Eventbrite to RSVP straight away.
Thanks to everyone involved so far, this should be fun!
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Hi Tim,
I am really glad I saw and met you at CityCampSF on Saturday. I’m the participant who facilitated the Gov 2.0/OpenGov group.
I am very interested in what you are doing. I am in Palo Alto for awhile and would love to have coffee with you sometime to learn more.
I’ll be in DC from 10/26 – 11/08, but other than that around the neighborhood.
I thought the day was a big success all the way around.
Andrea
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