[OSList] Missoula BarCamp 2012 - Open Space with Lightning Keynotes

[Jeff Aitken]

wikipedia to the rescue: The name BarCamp is a playful allusion to the
event's origins, with reference to the programmer slang term, foobar:
BarCamp arose as an open-to-the-public alternative to Foo Camp, which
is an annual invitation-only (for Friends of O'Reilly)
participant-driven conference hosted by Tim O'Reilly.

Jeff

And here I was hoping it was a blend of Bar and Camp, which kinda
explains the origins of Open Space to me ; )

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
> Harold – Sounds wonderful! And … could you answer a stupid question that has
> niggled my mind for a while: What is the derivation of “BarCamp?” “Camp” I
> understand, but “bar?” And while you are at it – how about the same for
> “Foocamp.”
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> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Harold Shinsato
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> Subject: [OSList] Missoula BarCamp 2012 - Open Space with Lightning Keynotes
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> Dear OSList,
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> If any of you are in Montana this weekend, you'll receive a very friendly
> welcome at the premier Montana Open Space event - Missoula BarCamp. April
> 13-14. http://missoulabarcamp.org.
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> Inspired originally by O'Reilly's FooCamp and the spinoff BarCamp until
> Kaliya Hamlin educated me about Open Space Technology. I eventually learned
> OST was the pure lineage from which sprang BarCamp. So though we use the
> BarCamp title, I launched it straight from the OST manual back in 2008 after
> I took Lisa Heft's awesome training.
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> We're in our fifth year. It's a conversation between artists, techies, and
> people who want to make the world better (change agents).
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> Inspired by the awesome work Peggy Holman has done with the Journalism That
> Matters conferences - we start with warm up talks. We now call them
> "Lightning Keynotes" so we can attract bigger names with giving them the
> "bully pulpit" for a short time - and they usually stay and get involved in
> the Open Space as well. We've partnered with IgniteMissoula - so we also
> opened up for some community submitted 5 minute talks. I'm excited that
> OSList member and fellow JTM-er Sono Hashisaki will be one of those
> Lightning Keynotes.
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> This is our fifth year - and it's exciting to see it happening in a
> beautiful facility - the Native American Center - a gorgeous new building
> with a circular lobby that seems built for Open Space. The University of
> Montana president will kick us off. I'm very much excited - and deeply
> grateful to all the support I've received from this community over the
> years.
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> http://missoulabarcamp.org
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>     Blessings!
>     Harold
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