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Invitation to RecentChangesCamp in Portland

November 19, 2005 at 12:37 am | In technology, personal work, open space |

I’m co-convening this event in Portland in February. Save the date and help us plan!

Please join us for RecentChangesCamp 2006 … “Building communities worth having!”

You are reading this Invitation because someone wanted to see you at RecentChangesCamp 2006. RecentChangesCamp is an un-conference hosted for people who want to “build communities worth having” both online and off. We are coming together to make connections, have fun, do as much good work as each and every one of us can … and then go home more connected, energized and capable of building stronger communities. Bring your friends and join a ever growing party!

What: RecentChangesCamp 2006 … Building communities worth having

When: February 3-5, 2006

Where: PortlandOregon

Format: OpenSpace

Five of us showed up in San Diego for WikiSym2005 after more than 20 hours of WikiVanning? down from Portland. During the drive down we convened and documented dozens of breakout sessions on all sorts of topics, from wiki features, to code we’re writing, to how our spirit is fed by wiki and self-organization, and on and on. It literally made meatspace feel as open and accessible as wiki! The WikiVanning? and discussions at WikiSym felt so right that we agreed to convene a wiki BarCamp in PortlandOregon? to provide yet another great space for the community to gather for work and play! We chose the first part of 2006 in order to complement Wikimania2006 and WikiSym2006.

What kinds of community do you dream of?

What do you need to build them?

What skills, resources, gifts and connections do you have to share with other community builders?

What would happen if you could get what you need and contribute what you have?

Come to PortlandOregon and find out!

Be Prepared: We are opening this space for meeting, for learning, for connecting, for writing code … We don’t know what is going to happen. We are imposing no limits, no agendas - only the charge to come and learn and contribute as much as you can. Be prepared to be surprised by the results!

Agenda:

You can add to the agenda any issue of importance to you. It will be discussed and addressed to the greatest extent possible. All of the key points and next steps will be captured, and offered online, so that more good people can be invited into building communities worth having.

Spirit

We invite your presence, onsite and/or online. Please pass this invitation on to others you see leading and doing good work building communities both online and off. We need you to add your spirit to the many many connections that are happening now. Please bring stories of your progress, your skills and insights, and your passion for what can happen next.

Format

This gathering is the product of many actions and connections. This space is an Invitation to make more of them, and more of us, flow more together, to the good. Participants will be smart, caring, creative and connected leaders, coders, organizers, activists and instigators. Beyond this, the space will be wide open for us to make good things happen.