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'' | ''This is an early attempt at templating MozCamp+ events that extend our community beyond the traditional audience of developers. '''Feedback deeply desired.''''' | ||
==Vision - MozCamp+== | ==Vision - MozCamp+== | ||
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* Students, including campus reps but beyond | * Students, including campus reps but beyond | ||
** especially students in comp sci, design, media studies | ** especially students in comp sci, design, media studies | ||
* Bloggers, especially those in | * Bloggers, especially those in areas related to tech (e.g. digital culture) | ||
* Free culture, creative commons type | * Free culture, creative commons type | ||
* Web designers and people in the web marketing space (going beyond tech people here, so not just people we normal reach w/ developer evangelism) | * Web designers and people in the web marketing space (going beyond tech people here, so not just people we normal reach w/ developer evangelism) | ||
* People who would normally go to BarCamp, CaseCamp, etc. | * People who would normally go to BarCamp, CaseCamp, DemoCamp etc. | ||
These are the people who sit in the 'community of interest' (or 'values') layer here: | These are the people who sit in the 'community of interest' (or 'values') layer here: | ||
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Help people move from the Mozilla 'community of interest' to the 'community of action' by ... | Help people move from the Mozilla 'community of interest' to the 'community of action' by ... | ||
* Giving them a chance to talk about the open web with | * Giving them a chance to talk about the open web with like-minded people, what it means in their lives and their communities | ||
* Proving a view of what Mozilla and others are 'doing next' to keep the web open, offering people an 'insiders' view | * Proving a view of what Mozilla and others are 'doing next' to keep the web open, offering people an 'insiders' view | ||
* Creating concrete opportunities for people to start participating in Mozilla and other open web projects (e.g. start translating the Manifesto) | * Creating concrete opportunities for people to start participating in Mozilla and other open web projects (e.g. start translating the Manifesto) | ||
* Building better links amongst people within the broader Mozilla community (e.g Firefox marketing person and | * Building better links amongst people within the broader Mozilla community (e.g Firefox marketing person and a Firefox add-on developer) by inviting them to co-host local events like this | ||
* Creating a sense of 'belonging' to the Mozilla community for people who don't have that yet | * Creating a sense of 'belonging' to the Mozilla community for people who don't have that yet | ||
* Tease topics like values, freedom, privacy in relation to Internet to those who never thought about it | * Tease topics like values, freedom, privacy in relation to Internet to those who never thought about it | ||
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* Give people a kind of update on what's up in the Internet. | * Give people a kind of update on what's up in the Internet. | ||
There is clearly a movement building piece here, which I am not quite saying yet. But that is what I am imagining. This includes everything from | There is clearly a movement-building piece here, which I am not quite saying yet. But that is what I am imagining. This includes everything from stirring people up, to giving them something they can volunteer and work on, to getting their name in a database so we can contact them later. | ||
==Session ideas and topics== | ==Session ideas and topics== | ||
A good chunk of the sessions could be self organizing and local. However, things you'd expect or might even template are: | A good chunk of the sessions could be self-organizing and local. However, things you'd expect or might even template are: | ||
* 5 minute speedgeek / lightning presentations on different Mozilla and open web projects of interest to people. Everything from Firefox to audience specific add on packs (like F-Y-FF), platform projects like Miro ... and maybe even local open source or open web projects ( | * 5 minute speedgeek / lightning presentations on different Mozilla and open web projects of interest to people. Everything from Firefox to audience specific add on packs (like F-Y-FF), platform projects like Miro ... and maybe even local open source or open web projects (Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, eg). | ||
* Inspiring, TED-like talk middle of the day about where the open web is headed, what the threats are | * Inspiring, TED-like talk middle of the day about where the open web is headed, what the threats are | ||
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==Format== | ==Format== | ||
Like BarCamp, but better facilitated and more theatre. Or, maybe like BarCamp + TED + | Like BarCamp, but better facilitated and more theatre. Or, maybe like BarCamp + TED + Maker Faire. Which means: | ||
* BarCamp = participatory and conversational | * BarCamp = participatory and conversational | ||
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* TED = A small number of very excellent, very short curated talks from community leaders on big picture issues and emerging technologies | * TED = A small number of very excellent, very short curated talks from community leaders on big picture issues and emerging technologies | ||
* | * Maker Faire = there is a hands on community component where people build or write things together. Web sites. Add-ons. Manifesto translations. | ||
These would happen on the day before or after a MozCamp or local team meeting. The idea would be to take advantage of the fact that many Mozilla people are in the same town, to connect them to a broader public and to bring more people into the edges of our community. | These would happen on the day before or after a MozCamp or local team meeting. The idea would be to take advantage of the fact that many Mozilla people are in the same town, to connect them to a broader public and to bring more people into the edges of our community. | ||
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One of the most important elements of this recipe is customization. Think of how extensions can modify browsing experience. | One of the most important elements of this recipe is customization. Think of how extensions can modify browsing experience. | ||
Depending on what people shows up, what is important on the web at the time of the event, animators have to customize their event to serve the goals of MozCamp+. | Depending on what people shows up, what is important on the web at the time of the event, animators have to customize their event to serve the goals of MozCamp+. | ||