Grassroots unconference
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- When: June 7-8, 2008 (10am - 5pm Saturday, 10am - 3pm Sunday)
- Where: Final location TBA - suggestions welcome.
In the tradition of Barcamp, we will be holding Grassrootscamp Boston, an unconference dedicated towards community-organized, bottom-up, user-group, grassroots groups, initiatives, events, structures, and best-practices for all of the above.
This is not just an OLPC event, though there will be a practical focus on how to make educational grassroots groups succeed, with examples from OLPC projects in Peru, Nepal, Ghana and Uruguay. Anyone from any grassroots group, or with interest in ad-hoc organizations, is invited to attend.
To participate
Just sign up below. Please do sign up! Having a head count of how many people are likely to come is immensely helpful to figure out how many chairs, tables, etc. we need.
Attendance is free as in "no monetary cost,"* and every attendee at an unconference is expected to contribute something to the event. For some people, this means giving a presentation or running a tutorial; for others, ordering 10 large pizzas to feed others during lunch one day is their contribution. For yet others, photographing and liveblogging the event is their chip-in, and for others... well, you get the idea.
* though contributions are welcome! we are working to support the event through local sponsors, but contributions help.
Attendees
Needs
- Food
- Swag
- Supplies
- Presentations/tutorials
Location
Suggested locations:
Stata Center
- Pro - Nice open spaces; large blackboards
- ? - Needs someone to check with the facilities staff
- Con - needs reservation in advance, may not be entirely ours
Outdoors
- Pro - could be gorgeous
- Con - could be windy or rainy
1CC Offices
- Pro - lots of whiteboard space! and quiet conf rooms, networking, and access to XOs.
- Con - Many of the people coming will be there for the following week; a change of scenery is nice.