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Bar Camp history does not support the idea that BarCamp precedes OST
development:<br>
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The first BarCamp was held in <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California"
title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto, California</a>, from
August 19–21, 2005<br>
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So interesting also, that the name derives (indirectly) from
"foobar"...ha<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp#History">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp#History</a><br>
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The name <i>BarCamp</i> is a playful allusion to the event's
origins, with reference to the programmer slang term, <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar" title="Foobar">foobar</a>:
BarCamp arose as an open-to-the-public alternative to <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp" title="Foo Camp">Foo
Camp</a>, which is an annual invitation-only participant-driven
conference hosted by <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Reilly" title="Tim
O'Reilly">Tim O'Reilly</a>.<br>
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"Foo camp" which preceded Bar Camp also came much later than OST:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp</a><br>
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The first FOO Camp was held in August, 2003, and had approximately
200 attendees.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><br>
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Daniel <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/16/15 4:53 AM, Martin Roell via
OSList wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hey Arno,
Arno Baltin via OSList wrote:
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I have been assisting a group of professionals at organising their
annual meetings for couple of years. These have been unconferences in
different forms - Open Space, World Cafe, ... This time they chosed Bar
Camp.
I have no experience with that. Reading through some materials, appears
it is more like a technically well supported Open Space which is a
preference of IT people and a predecessor of OS.
I would appreciate any hints on how to facilitate a Bar Camp.
It will be a 2 day meeting of (maximum) 100 participants.
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Barcamp is like a badly done OpenSpace with some constraints that make
it harder to get work done.
So _basically_, if you just open space, like you normally would, but
calling the whole thing "BarCamp" (and saying the word "BarCamp" a lot,
Barcamping-People seem to like that), all will be well. (Or, in your
context, simply drop that, open space, and let people get to work.)
(Barcamps have a tendency for a "facilitator" to "help" people post
"sessions" to the marketplace. They also have a ritual where after a
person announces a "session" (it's always a "session", never an
"issue"), the "facilitator" asks the "participants" for a show of
interest ("raise your hand if you are interested in attemding this
session") so that they can then "plan" better (many hands: you get a big
room assigned). There is no circle at the beginning, and none at the
end. A lot of "teaching" takes places - extroverted people "giving"
sessions to the less extroverted one, much less walking-around, less
spontaneity. If "teaching" is the goal, they actually work decently.)
You'll probably get some slack from hardcore barcampers if you don't do
all of that; and you'll step on people's toes for not following other
barcamp-rituals, but I'd still go for it in the context you described.
Check in with your sponsor why they want "BarCamp" - what does that mean
for them, what's the important thing in that for them.
Best,
Martin
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