[wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?

[Jay Collier]

Are we envisioning a space that is primarily in support of a WordCamp, or one that will support WordPress users in education above and beyond conferences? (I'm aware of the desire to make sure the label "WordCamp" is reserved for that use.) Being clear up front could avoid issues down the road.


On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Helen Hou wrote:

> I’d be willing to contribute some design/dev time to get a site going. I think a part-discussion part-article WP higher ed/general edu resource would be a great thing! Sort of branching off from the WordCamp idea, but they could go hand-in-hand, especially for those of us who have only ever heard rumors of travel/conference allowances :)
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> Helen Hou-Sandi (MM’08)
> Web Developer, Eastman School of Music
> ESM 35A
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> On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Jeff VanDrimmelen wrote:
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> I think this is all a great idea.  Let's start working on something on the wordcamped.org site.  I can certainly do some development and get up a forum or something where we can discuss topics/dates, etc.  I think it would have been tremendously helpful to have something like that when I started out and that seems like a great place for it!  Thanks for offering Dave.
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> ~Jeff
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> From: Dave Lester <davelester at gmail.com>
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> I'm happy to lend the wordcamped.org <http://wordcamped.org>  domain for such purposes -- I've let it become stale over time.
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> Dave
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Jay Collier <jay.collier at thecompass.com> wrote:
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>> I'd be happy to initiate a simple WP site to continue this discussion and capture our knowledge in anticipation of a face-to-face confab. The caveat is that I'm not much of a developer or designer, but it could always evolve to something more sophisticated in future. Any objections?
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>> -Jay
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>> On Sep 9, 2010, at 3:57 PM, James Groom wrote:
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>>> I too would be excited by this, and virtual or in-person works well. I actually like the idea of a focused space where people write up or present what they are doing virtually, and we find a way to focus it as an ongoing, updating resource online. Perhaps this will give us the occasion to work towards such an event/publication we can all feature and be featured.
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>>> Jim
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