[open-government] New Day Oct 9 - Re: CityCamp "Day" Planning Teleconference - Thu Oct 9 - 1 p.m. Eastern U.S.

Wed Oct 1 18:58:05 UTC 2014

Due to higher levels of interest than expected, we've decided to put a
bit more into meeting prep time. So please join our CityCamp Day
teleconference exactly a week later.

RSVP for call here and see who is interested:
http://bit.ly/citycampcontacts

Add to your calendar:
http://bit.ly/citycampdayteleconfaddtocal

1 p.m. Eastern, Thursday, October 9

Call-in info sent to those who RSVP.

Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
  Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org
  Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy
  Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Steven Clift <clift at e-democracy.org> wrote:
> Coming off an unconference session at the CfA Summit, a group of us
> spurred by Luke Fretwell are working on a coordinated day of CityCamp
> events to kick of the new year.
>
> Some cities, including Oakland, are looking at Saturday, January 10,
> 2015 to kick off the new year (and not be too close to Open Data
> Data/Code Across in Feb.).
>
> In general, be it once or more than once a year, there is interest in
> helping communities add this broader interest "unconference" format to
> their local community innovation networking that bridges with and well
> beyond civic tech/open gov.
>
> As an "open brand," cities can have a CityCamp unconference when they
> like (some use the format on days like the National Day of Civic
> Hacking, Open Data Day, etc.), however, we are exploring options to
> spread this concept beyond the two or three dozen events held over the
> years.
>
> If you'd like to join a follow-up conversation via teleconference,
> join us later this week.
>
> 1 p.m. Eastern, Thursday, October 9
>
> RSVP here and we will SEND you the call-in information soon:
>
>       http://bit.ly/citycampcontacts
>
> Other time zones:
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CityCamp+Teleconference&iso=20141002T12&p1=159
>
>
> If you can't make this call, go ahead and fill in the form so we know
> your city is interested in hosting a possible CityCamp unconference:
>     http://bit.ly/citycampcontacts
>
> If you haven't heard of CityCamp - the global website is being updated
> - http://citycamp.com and we have two online groups the broader
> CityCamp Exchange http://e-democracy.org/citycamp - and a "team"
> group: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/citycamp-team
>
> Here are some local examples:
>
> http://citycampnc.org
> http://citycampoak.org
> http://citycampkc.org
> http://bit.ly/ccnyc2014
> http://citycampmn.org
> http://citycampbtn.org
> http://opencolorado.org/citycamp-colorado/
> http://hackingmadison.org/citycamp.html
>
> The CityCamp series was kicked off in Chicago in 2010:
> http://citycamp.govfresh.com/tag/citycamp-chicago/
>
> The Chicago event is where Code for America was first announced. Today
> as we go into 2015, the opportunity to broaden community innovation
> engagement via local "Code for X" "Open City Y" efforts the
> unconference format is gaining new interest.
>
> Steven Clift
> E-Democracy.org - CityCamp's global fiscal agent and legal host
>
>
>
>
> Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
>   Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org
>   Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy
>   Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072
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