Hello, all! I apologize for the off-topic message, but I think it would
be of interest to most people interested in Wikimania, and I'd hate to
see anyone miss out because they didn't know about the event. I'm
writing to invite you to this year's RCC in the Bay Area of Northern
California.
http://rcc2008.blueoxen.net/
RecentChangesCamp is a world-wide "unconference" for wiki technologists,
wiki users and wiki admins. Also invited are people from related
technology and community practises, as we look for common ground on
community, collaboration, and self-organizing behaviour. The event is
free of charge for all participants, thanks to our generous sponsors.
You can read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RecentChangesCamp
RecentChangesCamp 2008 will be held in Palo Alto, California from 9-10
May 2008. It will be a three-day conference with the agenda set by the
participants on-site. The emphasis of RecentChangesCamp is on bringing
together smart, talented people for productive, peer-to-peer talks.
RecentChangesCamp uses a process called Open Space
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology) to organize and
focus discussion.
This is the fourth such event in three years. (The others have been held
in Portland and Montreal). Many Wikimania participants also attend RCC.
If you haven't been to one before, ask someone who has; feedback has
been uniformly great.
If you would like to attend, please just add your name to our wiki:
http://rcc2008.blueoxen.net/attendees
If that seems crazy, you can sign up on Upcoming:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/473283/
...or Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14409100277
Please check out our wiki if you have any questions; also feel free to
contact anyone in our all-volunteer organizing group. You can write to
me directly or call my cell phone (+1-514-554-3826).
Thanks for your patience, I hope to see you at RCC 2008! If not, then in
Alexandria! Or both!
-Evan
Hey, Wikimaniacs. Sorry for the off-topic post (AND the cross post, for
those of you who just got a nearly-identical message on foundation-l),
but I wanted to alert Wikimania-interested people to the upcoming
RecentChangesCamp event in Palo Alto, CA:
http://rcc2008.blueoxen.net/
RecentChangesCamp is the world-wide "unconference" for wiki admins,
users and developers. It's a 3-day event, free of charge for all
participants, and open to anyone who shows up (although an RSVP is
mighty appreciated, so organizers can plan food, T-shirts, space, etc.).
The event runs on peer-to-peer working group sessions, scheduled on the
first day, based on the "Open Space" conference method. It's very wiki!
Along with Wikimania and WikiSym, RecentChangesCamp is the third leg of
the year's wiki conference marathon. I've been for the last three years
and loved it; most other wiki-minded people I've talked to have liked it
a lot, too. Please feel free to pass this email or the above link along
to people you think might be interested and able to attend.
Thanks,
-Evan