CityCamp

Anyone got advice for Dorothy?

Hi all, I’m seeking input on Facebook ads. Has anyone created them for your agency? We’d like to try a couple just to test the waters, but our Purchasing department is requiring that we set Facebook up as a vendor (meaning full company info, W-9, etc). We can’t seem to find an official contact there in order to…[Read more]

Thanks for looking out for us Steve!

Thanks for taking care of the spammer, Steve! You guys do such a good job of keeping this place both free and focused. Sad that someone abused the freedom.

Hey so sorry about the McDonald’s spammer….maybe McDs will sponsor City Camp in Chicago for us now (aren’t they based in IL)

I just removed the member and changed this group so only administrator can send a message to everyone (you can still basically do it through the wall so that should work)

Sorry about that,
Steve

Another city camp in Chicago sounds awesome! I’d be willing to help too if there is anything you need done.

Thanks for the date Peter. I put it on the calendar: http://citycamp.govfresh.com/calendar/

CityCamp Minnesota is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12. As Kevin mentioned, students in Steven Clift’s graduate course will be helping to organize the event.

Very cool – tx Kevin.Love idea of CityCamp Congress…let’s do it…let me know how I can help

Steve,
Steven Clift is working on standing up the Web presence for CityCamp Minnesota. Yes, it is planned for November. It will be part of a graduate course he is teaching.

Also, CityCamp Manchester (U.K.) is planned for 16-17 September. Their site is here:

http://citycampmcr.org/

Finally, I’m looking toward next Spring to organize a…[Read more]

Any city camps coming up this fall or winter? I thought I heard about a Minnesota City Camp in November but I can’t find the info

A really interesting commentary and view on local government camps (not specifically city but very similar) https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/so-that-was-localgovcamp-now

Andy live-blogged my panel at CityCamp Raleigh. Here’s the transcript:

https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/citycamp-raleigh-government

For those who missed it…here’s some good info on the local open government model directive some good info about it:
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Here is the blog post that announced the local open government directive, http://citycamp.govfresh.com/model-local-open-government-directive/.
The directive is available at http://opengovernmentinitiative.org/dir…[Read more]

Pretty cool –

CityCamp is coming to Raleigh on June 3-5. Get involved. http://ow.ly/4G1jr

Incredible resource – Open Government Directive for Local Government:
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/local-open-government

Have fun at CityCamp in Colorado over the weekend. Please share your stories and photos for those who can’t make it.

Avi, you might want to try a request on the CityCamp forum at e-democracy. That’s where you’ll find Chicago campers.

http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/citycamp

Your Comment: Specifically, CC Chicago brought together government from Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, New Haven (Connecticut), Douglas County (Oklahoma), Manor (Texas), Arvada (Colorado) Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) and others who were interested in and actively working on “Web as platform” approaches to open data, online participation,…[Read more]

Ari,

Fair questions. CityCamp Chicago connected multiple communities of practice who were working separately in the same space – at the intersection of local government and Web 2.0 – but who were largely not connected to one another or any other similar community.

Specifically, CC Chicago brought together government from Washington, D.C., San…[Read more]

Your Comment: These are places where CityCamp events have taken place or will take place in the near future

Discussion: Why do CItyCamp ? Can you please be specific as to benefit 01 02 and 03 so far of “CityCamp” ?

I don’t mean to be critical but at a time where there is so much need in the urban areas, why not duplicate “success models” rather…[Read more]