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PublicMediaCamp Day 1 & 2 Links:

1. PubCamp Home for Day 1 and 2
2. Please add all sessions to the PubCampSessionNotes page
3. There is an IRC Channel (/join #pubcamp) on irc.freenode.net for #pubcamp backchannel chat

What is PublicMediaCamp?

PublicMediaCamp (PubCamp) is an initiative to strengthen the relationship that public broadcasters have with their communities through the creation of collaborative projects. Beginning with a national kickoff event in Washington, DC scheduled for October 17th-18th, 2009, PubCamp would be followed by local events hosted by participating stations. NPR, PBS, and American University Center for Social Media will host the launch event in conjunction with iStrategyLabs.

You can use this wiki to do a number of things:

1. Propose a PubCamp Session (this is really important, as participants are the ones who organize sessions for the camp)
2. Plan a new PubCamp [Coming soon: PubCamp planning toolkit!] 
3. Find local PubCamps (PubCamp national kickoff is only one scheduled now; others tbd)
4. Find/add common resources, like Subject Matter Experts, Presentation Materials, Available Data Streams, and other Resources

PubCamp Sampler from John Proffitt on Vimeo.

What should I do now?

We are currently in the planning phase for the national PubCamp in DC. To get involved you can do the following:

1. RSVP for PubCamp (we're fully booked but you can still sign up for the waiting list)
2. Join the PubCamp Google Group
3. Follow us @PublicMediaCamp on Twitter and track the #PubCamp hashtag
4. Propose a PubCamp Session
5. Propose a software development project - these are technical projects that can be initiated at the camp

Upcoming PubCamps:

• PublicMediaCampOhio - [Date], [Location], [Registration/Other Link]
• PublicMediaCampGeorgia - [Date], [Location], [Registration/Other Link]
• PublicMediaCampUNCTV - [Date], [Location], [Registration/Other Link]
• PublicMediaCampAustin - [Date], [Location], [Registration/Other Link]
• PublicMediaCampMississippi - [Date], [Location], [Registration/Other Link]
• PublicMediaCampWLRN - [Date], [Location], [Registration/Other Link]

Our Charter: The 10 Principles of PublicMediaCamp

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2. It’s all about strengthening public media through ongoing collaboration with the public. That’s why we’re all coming to this thing; if you have other goals that don’t relate to this, you’re at the wrong camp.

3. There is no audience, only participants. Be prepared to take an active role in the event’s success; see rule #1.

4. All presentations and sessions at PublicMediaCamp are on the record; blogging, podcasting, tweeting, etc are all strongly encouraged, in conjunction with the Twitter hashtag #PubCamp or a local variant of it. (You should drop the pound sign on other social media tools Flickr, Youtube, etc.)

5. Any presentation materials shared at PublicMediaCamp must be released under a Creative Commons noncommercial-attribution-sharealike license so they can be uploaded to our document collection and used at other camps.

6. Everyone introduces themselves at the start of the camp, but you must be brief.Buy Dissertation Your name, affiliation, three more words summarizing your interests, and any sessions you’d like to organize – see #6.

7. If you want to lead a session, you must speak up during introductions. You’re encouraged to propose sessions online before the camp, but it’s not official until you get it placed on the board during the opening session.

8. All sessions must obey the Law of Two Feet – if you’re not getting what you want out of the session, you can and should walk out and do something else at the camp.

9. Campers are encouraged to break up into teams and tackle projects during PublicMediaCamp, but they’ll have to report back to everyone at the end of the camp – including listing who’s doing what, so we can keep track of projects after the camp.

10. If you take notes, post them on the camp’s wiki or blog so everyone else can benefit from them.

11. If you plan to present a summary of your session to everyone at the end of the day, you must follow the soft boiled egg rule: five minutes or less, and another two minutes for questions.