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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.
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.
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.
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).