[wsfii-discuss] RE: Interesting article related to our discussion onself-organizing

Mon Jul 9 06:35:57 UTC 2007

Hi,

Well, I went to a Foo/BarCamp, actually Liz Turner and I ran a miniature
'Sl at ckers S at lon' (tech-free chill zone around a Turkish samovar - tea
machine) and it was big fun - we even gave a talk on the concept.

The crux here is of course, 'no spectators, only participants'. Which very
much looks like the wsfii set-up anyway. Another point is numbers:
'un-conferences' scale up, but not all the way. Again, something wsfii -
for now - needs not to worry about. And then there is a question of
atmosphere/ attitude - wsfii-ers jolly spirits are on the good side again.

Reminds me a bit of the discussion around differences between GPL and CC
(Creative Commons): the former is more suitable where users and producers
are basically the same constituency, whereas the latter more befits a
divide between the two. There again, wsfii is rather 'GPL' than 'CC'.

So little to worry about, wsfii gatherings are already 'un-conferences' by
default. For an even better design, do read Jeremy Faludi's article!

cheers from Barcelona, patricio y los Dinosaures!

 Ian,
>
> Good stuff.
>
> I have not had a chance to go to one of those Foo/BarCamp events.
>
> The question is how much is wsfii designed along those and what might be
> worth considering for future wsfii events?
>
> Then the question who is willing to invest the time in actually doing
> the work.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 12:37 PM
> Subject: [wsfii-discuss] Interesting article related to our discussion
> onself-organizing
>
> http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006956.html
>
>
>     Deconstructing Foo-- Designing Better Conferences
>
> Jeremy Faludi <http://www.worldchanging.com/jeremy_bio.html>
> July 6, 2007 4:57 AM
>