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eDemocracyCamp
Sunday March 2, 2008 from 9:00am - 5:00pm
Josephine Butler Parks Center
2437 15th Street, NW
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia Get Directions
Please note the schedule update!
Kick-off get-together: Saturday, March 1 (at 8pm)
Sessions: Sunday, March 2 (from 9am to 5pm)


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100+ people have also signed up on the wiki and on Facebook.

eDemocracyCamp will be the first BarCamp with a focus specifically on e-democracy. eDemocracyCamp wants to connect citizens, researchers, developers, practitioners and anyone else interested in the topic to learn about the current state of e-democracy and share their visions for its future direction. Topics may include (but aren't limited to): e-democracy, e-participation, e-government, e-voting, online civic engagement, online political campaigning, online dialogue and deliberation. Technical tracks may cover things like the importance of open standards, hacktivism, mashups etc.

The general goal is to learn/share how the web can help us better govern ourselves, support democratic structures, make online civic participation more accessible, convenient, fun, efficient etc.

* What is out there today (in terms of tools, processes, projects, products, initiatives etc.)?
* What works, doesn't work, needs work?
* What are opportunities for collaboration as we move forward?

Diversity is key: The more people we have who come to this from different angles, the better.
Category: Social
Comments
I just learned that the New Organizing Institute (neworganizing.com) is planning a RootsCamp the same weekend. I'll talk to the organizers shortly to figure out if and how we can collaborate, as there may be some overlap topic-wise.
Posted 2 years ago
Here's the link to the RootsCamp wiki: http://www.rootscamp.org/RootsCampDC2008
Posted 1 year ago
You can sign up for eDemocracyCamp on Facebook, too: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6660332063
Posted 1 year ago
tim, you gonna be in town for the event I take it?
Posted 1 year ago
Yes, I'll be there.
Posted 1 year ago
Things are slowly starting to get rollin'... Check the update!
Posted 1 year ago
RootsCampDC has been moved out to April 12-13, 2008 (due to the fact that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination remains so close).

We were already working closely with the RootsCampDC organizers to make sure we capture the obvious synergies between our two events. We're glad this scheduling conflict is out of the way, and look forward to welcoming many RootsCampers at our event.
Posted 1 year ago
Btw, we're at 70+ sign-ups and have raised the first few sponsorships (Democracy in Action, Sunlight Foundation, AmericaSpeaks, E-Democracy.Org, and University of Michigan, School of Information).
Posted 1 year ago
Please note the schedule update!
Kick-off get-together: Saturday, March 1 (at 8pm)
Sessions: Sunday, March 2 (from 9am to 5pm)
Posted 1 year ago
We have a venue: Josephine Butler Parks Center.
Posted 1 year ago
Check out eDemocracyCamp2, April 5, 2009 in Washington DC: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1514854/

See you there!
Posted 44 weeks ago


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