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|| When | Thursday, December 18, 6 - 10 PM ||
|| Where | Cottage Inn Pizza, 2nd Floor, 512 E William ||
|| Mailing List | [http://groups.google.com/group/arbcamp08] ||
|| Price | Free ||
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h2. What is ArbCamp?

ArbCamp is an unconference for Ann Arbor geeks of all stripes (tech, art, music, science, biz, etc.), an informal meeting where the schedule is built by its participants. All are invited for an evening of intense knowledge-sharing and community - our goal is to introduce a diverse representation of Ann Arbor's talent to each other and to the unconference format, hopefully to inspire other unconferences in the future. Everyone will be a participant engaged in, or leading discussion - no spectators - so please register your interests below to let others know who might share them\!

This will be a fast-paced event with the opportunity to overflow into other social settings downtown for an extended night of geekery.

We hope to have this feed the [a2geeks conference] in Spring 2009, and test the waters for an [Ignite|http://ignite.oreilly.com/] event next year (see [photos from Ignite Portland|http://flickr.com/photos/ahockley/sets/72157603866327779/] for inspiration)...

h3. Time and Location

We'll start at 6 PM to meet, eat, and mingle before the program. There will also be a cash bar.

We'll be meeting on the second floor of Cottage Inn on 512 E William St. There's parking at the public garage behind Borders a block away.
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h2. What's an Unconference?

More on unconferences:
* ["Take Your PowerPoint and..."|http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_20/b4034080.htm?chan=top%20news_top%20news%20index_technology] \- BusinessWeek
* Follett, Jonathan. ["Understanding the Unconference"|http://www.digital-web.com/articles/understanding_the_unconference/]
* Winer, Dave. ["What is an Unconference?"|http://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/03/05/what-is-an-unconference/]
* [What is a BarCamp?]
* BarCamp. ["The Rules of BarCamp"|http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/TheRulesOfBarCamp]

Other A2/Michigan unconferences, for inspiration\!
* [AgileCoachCamp|http://agilecoachcamp.org/]
* [BarCamp Grand Rapids|http://barcampgr.org/]
* [Creative Cities Summit unconference|http://ccs2unconference.ning.com/]
* [LibraryCamp|http://www.blyberg.net/2006/04/17/library-camp-06-a-brain-dump/]
* [Michigan Library Association unconference|http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/events/annual/2007/unconference]
* [Newbie Librarian unconference|http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Newbie_unConference]
* [Transit Unconference at Pure Visibility|http://flickr.com/photos/jhritz/1831163781/]
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h2. Get Involved\!

Let us know what topics you're interested in, and leave your name as the Assignee if you plan to present or lead the discussion. Any topic of potential interest to more than just yourself is worth listing - and even if not, it's still probably worth a shot just to inspire others\! Don't bother checking things off, it doesn't mean anything. :-)
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|F|M|F|1228868864489| | |All the hoopla about Genetic Programming: automatically discovering algorithms and structures|
|F|M|F|1227501000675| | |Cloud Computing and the coming storm|
|F|M|F|1228051659416| | |Energy 2.0 startups (e.g. [Positive Energy\|http://www.positiveenergyusa.com/], [Greenbox\|http://getgreenbox.com/], [Tendril\|http://www.tendrilinc.com/], http://earth2tech.com/, etc.)|
|F|M|F|1228052777086| | |Enterprise 2.0 startups (e.g. [Salesforce\|http://salesforce.com], [Harvest\|http://www.getharvest.com/], [ZenDesk\|http://www.zendesk.com/], [Zimbra\|http://www.zimbra.com/], [GetSatisfaction\|http://getsatisfaction.com/], etc.)|
|F|M|F|1228402857832| | |From AATA to Zipcars: Sustainable Transportation in A2|
|F|M|F|1229607243803| | |How to judge news releases about health studies (especially obesity or nutritional epidemiology)|
|F|M|F|1227630448582| | |How to think about scaling when designing a web application|
|F|M|F|1226937303827| | |Lazy person's continuous integration, what it does to your code and your team.|
|F|M|F|1229566697993| | |Making it easier to develop the client-side of modern webapps|
|F|M|F|1228672804403| | |Meetings that work: Fist-to-Five, De Bono Thinking Hats, Open Space Technology, ...|
|F|M|F|1227302875292| | |Nerd DIY/crafts: from electronics to fiber arts|
|F|M|F|1227106571224| | |[Post-Viridian\|http://craphound.com/lastviridian.txt], [Aerotropolis\|http://www.metromodemedia.com/features/Aerotropolis0021.aspx] / [cloudworker\|http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2008/10/29/cloudworker-economics/] culture and economics|
|F|M|F|1226929388452| | |Santarchy / [Zombie Claus\|http://laughingsquid.com/zombie-claus-report/] / other non-commercial holiday flash mobs (Mark Maynard, you out there?)|
|F|M|F|1228358606208| | |The Obama Campaign and "edge based organizing": Giving people the tools to get involved and make a difference|
|F|M|F|1226691142958| | |[Ultralight startups\|http://ultralightstartups.com] - infrastructure, dev, management, etc.|
|F|M|F|1227501071926| | |What ever happend to Artificial Intelligence... is it dead or hiding?|
|F|M|F|1227498480143| | |What's after web 2.0?|
|F|M|F|1226959901878| | |Who do you know that your friends don't? Group prejudice and social networks in real life.|
|F|M|F|1227498741949| |adam@northisup.com|Why does Paul Graham say a [bad economy\|http://www.paulgraham.com/badeconomy.html] is a good time to do a startup ?|
|F|M|F|1226944814933| | |[a2ecycle\|http://a2ecycle.org/]/[freecycle\|http://www.freecycle.org/]/[freegeek\|http://www.freegeek.org]/redistro/[gigoit\|http://www.gigoit.org/]/mongodeco - choose to reuse|
|F|M|F|1228049958112| | |iPhone / mobile computing opportunities ([e.g. TechTransfer contest\|http://techtransfer.umich.edu/iphone/])|
|F|M|F|1227101431355| | |lunchboats - impromptu social lunches organized via IRC, and soon, Google App :-)|
|F|M|F|1226593346962| |mjpizz|metamake [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/metamake/]|
|F|M|F|1226672409926| | |object oriented cooking - recipe base classes and multiple recipe inheritence|
|F|M|F|1226613653683| |jonathan.duty@gmail.com|online advertising with Doubleclick DART DFP http://www.doubleclick.com/products/dfp/index.aspx|
|F|H|F|1226667259195| | |How to make A2 more geek/startup-friendly|
|F|H|F|1229523588048| |drron|MusicCamp Meetups in your future? - want to become a "Digital Coach" for Ann Arbor and Detroit artists? - digital music and event promotion and sales - http://loudfeed.com - click contact to message Dr.Ron|
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h3. Planning

What else needs doing? More ideas here: [http://www.barcamp.org/OrganizeALocalBarCamp]
E-mail [mailto:arbcamp08@a2geeks.org] if you can help with any of this...
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|F|M|F|1226951043847| | |verify wifi connectivity - SPARK's, or whatever else might be available?|
|F|M|F|1226951079368| | |observe ample power at venue and/or secure power strips|
|F|H|F|1227072373696| | |Design blog badges for promotion|
|F|M|F|1226952270368| | |dork beverage sponsor -- will ask a certain party|
|F|M|F|1227071761796| |dugsong|a2geeks stickers|
|F|M|F|1226674912036| | |Video of talks to post online|
|F|M|F|1226667342911| | |Talk to Google, CFE, ZLI, TechTransfer about sponsorship|
|F|M|F|1226677311449| | |Sticky notes, markers (use ArbCamp stockpile from BrickYard)|
|F|M|F|1226609422906| | |Need nametags, [sig dots\|http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/1998/neworleans/neworleans17.html], pens (use stockpile from BrickYard)|
|F|M|F|1226928756878| | |Look into reserving a room at a bar (ABC's Tap Room, Conor O'Neills Celtic Room, etc.?), based on reservations|
|F|M|F|1226667306650| | |Check with Bar Louie across the street for an after-party|
|F|H|F|1226631982347| | |Flyer SI, B-school|
|F|M|F|1226011398121| | |Bring poster paper / whiteboard markers / blue painter's tape|
|F|M|F|1226635327761| | |Arrange Domino's pizza donation once we have enough registrations|
|F|H|F|1227116503917| |dugsong|Design flyer|
|T|M|F|1226011371992|1226608925480|dugsong|Bring projector and screen - Zattoo|
|T|H|F|1226011338986|1226608952285|dugsong|Secure date and location|
|T|H|F|1226588705050|1226631923163|dugsong|Talk to Brian Kerr about reusing the Arbcamp brand and logo?|
|T|M|F|1226951000226|1226957778678| |establish flickr/delicious/etc. tags arbcamp, arbcamp08 for event|
|T|M|F|1226641154220|1227036200599| |Contact Stacie about graphic media (banner)|
|T|M|F|1226935852112|1227051977443|dugsong|post something at arbcamp.org|
|T|H|F|1226632109949|1227071720157|dugsong|Announce to [Groups]|
|T|M|F|1229312120858|1229312127834| |Flyer CSE, EECS|
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h2. Registration

Registration is re-opened, with the change of venue to Cottage Inn\! Please sign up [here|ArbCamp 08 second-wave registration]\!

Original 110 reservations below:
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h3. Coming to ArbCamp?

Are YOU coming to ArbCamp? If you want to be featured in a profile post, please answer the following 5 questions:
* Who are you and what do you do?
* Why are you attending ArbCamp?
* If you were to lead a session, what would it be about?
* Tell us one random fact about yourself.
* Where can we find you? (url/twitter)

E-mail your responses to [mailto:arbcamp08@a2geeks.org] and attach a photo we can use. Thanks\!
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h2. Sponsors

Please contact [mailto:arbcamp08@a2geeks.org] about sponsorship opportunities\!

h3. Supporting organizations

[!http://www.annarborspark.org/media/images/spark%5Flogo.gif!|http://annarborusa.org/]

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h2. Promote

Help spread the word about ArbCamp\!

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h2. Press

* [A2: Geeks Camp|http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/11/13/a2-geeks-camp/], Ann Arbor Chronicle, Nov. 13, 2008.
* [A Small Slice of ArbCamp 2008|http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/12/19/column-a-small-slice-of-arbcamp-2008/], Ann Arbor Chronicle, Dec. 19, 2008.

h3. ArbCamp 08 Announcement

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Join us the evening of December 18, 2008 at SPARK Central for ArbCamp 2008\!

[http://a2geeks.org/display/geek/ArbCamp+08]

ArbCamp is an unconference for Ann Arbor geeks of all stripes (tech,
art, music, science, biz, etc.), an informal meeting where the
schedule is built by its participants. All are invited for an evening
of intense knowledge-sharing and community - our goal is to introduce
a diverse representation of Ann Arbor's talent to each other and to
the unconference format, hopefully to inspire other unconferences in
the future. Everyone will be a participant engaged in, or leading
discussion - no spectators - so please register your interests on the
conference wiki page to let others know who might share them\!

This will be a fast-paced event with the opportunity to overflow into
other social settings downtown for an extended night of geekery. We'll start at 6 PM to
meet, eat, and mingle before the program.

When you come, be prepared to share with ArbCampers.
When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world\!
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