Starting a local RootsCamp
Saturday, September 16, 2006
I’m taking the plunge. The initial step — creating a wiki page — has been taken. RootsCamp for Bloomington, Indiana is now officially in the planning stage.
RootsCamp is a political form of BarCamp, where the focus is on political elections and campaigns. I’m hoping to use it to engage in local issues, spread the word [...]
by Kevin Makice
A Ph.D student in informatics at Indiana University, Kevin is rich in spirit. He wrestles and reads with his kids, does a hilarious Christian Slater imitation and lights up his wife's days. He thinks deeply about many things, including but not limited to basketball, politics, microblogging, parenting, online communities, complex systems and design theory. He didn't, however, think up this profile.
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I’m taking the plunge. The initial step — creating a wiki page — has been taken. RootsCamp for Bloomington, Indiana is now officially in the planning stage.
RootsCamp is a political form of BarCamp, where the focus is on political elections and campaigns. I’m hoping to use it to engage in local issues, spread the word about 3rdparty.org, talk about relational politics, and maybe stump for Barbara Lee (who doesn’t know that, as far as I’m concerned, she’s running for President every election).
Have an interest in helping out? Join the Google Group on the subject, or go to the wiki.
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