Hello Jane,<br><br>I would be interested in helping organize a WordCamp if possible focused on using BuddyPress for internal social networks in schools.<br><br>I am a faculty member at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Burnaby and Capilano University in North Vancouver and could help with arranging hosting at either school. Looks like there is a lot of interest in Vancouver area!<br>
<br>At BCIT, we have an interesting pilot project using BuddyPress for an internal social network, <a href="http://bcitcommons.ca">bcitcommons.ca</a> inspired by CUNY academic commons and UMW blogs. It would be great to gather together others that are using WordPress/BuddyPress in this way and learn from each other. <br>
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1. Hosting WordCamps (Jane Wells)<br>
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:27:01 -0500<br>
From: Jane Wells <<a href="mailto:jane@automattic.com">jane@automattic.com</a>><br>
Subject: [wp-edu] Hosting WordCamps<br>
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One of the biggest hurdles for organizing a WordCamp in any city is<br>
finding a venue. Ideally, venues are donated, so that the organizers can<br>
focus on content rather than raising lots of money for room rentals, and<br>
one of the best sources of venue donation is college and university<br>
campuses. They tend to have various room sizes, projectors, etc. and are<br>
usually easy to get to. Since academia is a growing area of WordPress<br>
use, it frequently happens that hosting a WordCamp at a college campus<br>
is possible because someone at the college wanted to be involved in<br>
bringing a WordCamp to their school. A faculty member who wants his/her<br>
department to host/sponsor a WordCamp has built-in access to facilities<br>
and services, while an outside organizer would be handed off to<br>
conference rentals, when what is usually appealing about campuses is the<br>
classroom format.<br>
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Why am I telling you this? If you are on this list, chances are you're<br>
using WordPress in an academic setting. Some WordCamps, like New York<br>
City, feature an academic track due to close collaboration with college<br>
personnel, and I'd like to see this trend continue.<br>
<br>
If you work for a college with a campus that would make a good setting<br>
for a WordCamp and would be interested in getting involved, let me know.<br>
I can try to put you together with local people who are also interested<br>
in organizing a WordCamp. Whether you try to include an academic track<br>
or not, bringing WordCamp to your campus has benefits on all sides.<br>
<br>
While I'm at it, is anyone here affiliated with any San Francisco<br>
universities? :)<br>
<br>
Jane<br>
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:33:31 -0800<br>
From: "Ha, Michael" <<a href="mailto:michael.ha@ubc.ca">michael.ha@ubc.ca</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [wp-edu] Hosting WordCamps<br>
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Hi Jane,<br>
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I'm a developer at UBC Vancouver and I am really excited about the opportunity to get WordCamp hosted on my campus.<br>
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Michael Ha, Web Applications Developer<br>
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UBC<br>
Tel: 604.822.9897<br>
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On 2010-11-15, at 10:27 AM, Jane Wells wrote:<br>
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One of the biggest hurdles for organizing a WordCamp in any city is<br>
finding a venue. Ideally, venues are donated, so that the organizers can<br>
focus on content rather than raising lots of money for room rentals, and<br>
one of the best sources of venue donation is college and university<br>
campuses. They tend to have various room sizes, projectors, etc. and are<br>
usually easy to get to. Since academia is a growing area of WordPress<br>
use, it frequently happens that hosting a WordCamp at a college campus<br>
is possible because someone at the college wanted to be involved in<br>
bringing a WordCamp to their school. A faculty member who wants his/her<br>
department to host/sponsor a WordCamp has built-in access to facilities<br>
and services, while an outside organizer would be handed off to<br>
conference rentals, when what is usually appealing about campuses is the<br>
classroom format.<br>
<br>
Why am I telling you this? If you are on this list, chances are you're<br>
using WordPress in an academic setting. Some WordCamps, like New York<br>
City, feature an academic track due to close collaboration with college<br>
personnel, and I'd like to see this trend continue.<br>
<br>
If you work for a college with a campus that would make a good setting<br>
for a WordCamp and would be interested in getting involved, let me know.<br>
I can try to put you together with local people who are also interested<br>
in organizing a WordCamp. Whether you try to include an academic track<br>
or not, bringing WordCamp to your campus has benefits on all sides.<br>
<br>
While I'm at it, is anyone here affiliated with any San Francisco<br>
universities? :)<br>
<br>
Jane<br>
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:37:44 -0700<br>
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I may be able to access facilities at the University of Calgary, if someone's looking to do a WordCamp Calgary.<br>
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:44:44 -0500<br>
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Looks like we'd probably be able to scare up some interest and resources at<br>
the University of Rochester! Jane, maybe you still know some locals :)<br>
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Helen<br>
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Jane Wells <<a href="mailto:jane@automattic.com">jane@automattic.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> One of the biggest hurdles for organizing a WordCamp in any city is finding<br>
> a venue. Ideally, venues are donated, so that the organizers can focus on<br>
> content rather than raising lots of money for room rentals, and one of the<br>
> best sources of venue donation is college and university campuses. They tend<br>
> to have various room sizes, projectors, etc. and are usually easy to get to.<br>
> Since academia is a growing area of WordPress use, it frequently happens<br>
> that hosting a WordCamp at a college campus is possible because someone at<br>
> the college wanted to be involved in bringing a WordCamp to their school. A<br>
> faculty member who wants his/her department to host/sponsor a WordCamp has<br>
> built-in access to facilities and services, while an outside organizer would<br>
> be handed off to conference rentals, when what is usually appealing about<br>
> campuses is the classroom format.<br>
><br>
> Why am I telling you this? If you are on this list, chances are you're<br>
> using WordPress in an academic setting. Some WordCamps, like New York City,<br>
> feature an academic track due to close collaboration with college personnel,<br>
> and I'd like to see this trend continue.<br>
><br>
> If you work for a college with a campus that would make a good setting for<br>
> a WordCamp and would be interested in getting involved, let me know. I can<br>
> try to put you together with local people who are also interested in<br>
> organizing a WordCamp. Whether you try to include an academic track or not,<br>
> bringing WordCamp to your campus has benefits on all sides.<br>
><br>
> While I'm at it, is anyone here affiliated with any San Francisco<br>
> universities? :)<br>
><br>
> Jane<br>
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