Invitation

You are invited to Recent Changes Camp 2010!
June 25-27, 2010 1710, Beaudry, Montreal

Want to join? Just add your name to the list of attendees!

We'll convene at the location on Thursday or Friday and wrap up on Sunday. Check back for the Agenda. There is no cost to participate other than transportation. We may even be able to help you find lodging.

What is Recent Changes Camp, anyway?
Recent Changes Camp was born from the intersection of wiki and Open Space. Since 2006, participants from all over North America and the globe have gathered together for a common purpose: discussing the past, present, and future of the technology and collaborative method that is wiki. RCC is a chance for everyone in the wiki community, something we like to call Wiki Ohana, to meet and have a fun, productive conversation about our passion for wikis of all stripes.

Going far beyond technology, we're interested in wiki culture and other networks/groups/etc. that share many of the values implicit in it — from cultural creatives, to public participation and free culture advocates. If you use a wiki or you value open collaboration, Recent Changes Camp is created for you. RCC is about openness and inclusion, collaboration and community, creativity and flow. Further down this page you can check out a sampling of sessions we've enjoyed in the past, along with pictures and videos from previous events.

This unconference/BarCamp has been held at least once every year since 2006 (and twice in 2007). Unlike a conventional conference, where everything's pre-planned and structured, RecentChangesCamp is a gathering where we decide for ourselves what we're going to get out of it by offering sessions each morning on whatever we want (and of course ad hoc sessions can form at any time). There's no agenda until we make it up! Now, that might sound a bit chaotic if you're never been to this type of gathering, but be prepared to be surprised at how much people can learn and create when they collaborate spontaneously.

With an emergent agenda, it can be hard to describe specifically what you will get from participating in Recent Changes Camp. In large part, that is up to you to be responsible for. Participants often say greater sense of wiki community, broader sense of wiki way and wiki tools, or more excitement about our future together as well as inspiration and discovery.

At Recent Changes Camp, everybody is welcomed. You don't need to be an expert on anything, and you certainly don't need to consider yourself a geek. Collaboration thrives on diversity! All you need to bring is an open mind, and a willingness to participate, whether by teaching or by taking an active role in discussions. And, don't forget, an unconference is what we make it, so let's make it enlightening and fun.

Qu'est-ce que les Rococo ?
Les RecentchangesCamp (Rococo en version française) sont nés à l'intersection des wikis et la Méthode du forum ouvert. Depuis 2006, les participants de l'Amérique du Nord et du globe ont réuni pour un but commun : discuter  le passé, le présent et l'avenir des wikis mais de façon plus large, des méthodes et des processus collaboratifs et participatif.

Cette Rencontre sur la Collaboration, la Créativité et l'autOgestion est l'édition montréalaise du RecentChangesCamp de Portland. Ce BarCamp sera organisé selon la méthode du ForumOuvert qui suppose une mise en place collaborative de l'agenda. Les wikis resteront un objet technologique central à la rencontre, mais nous offrirons aussi une large place aux communautés sans fil et aux personnes qui, de façon générale, s'intéressent à la collaboration, à la créativité et à l'autogestion. Gardez en mémoire, que vous, chercheurs, artistes, programmeurs et praticiens, serez les principaux acteurs de cette rencontre sur les wikis, les technologies et médias participatifs et les pratiques collaboratives en général.

Sessions covering an array of interests

 * Cross-Cultural Collaboration (RoCoCo, 2007 Montréal)
 * Throwing and Catching Swords - Hypersensory Awareness for Better Community (2007 Portland)
 * The Evolutionary Edge of Software Development (2006 Portland)
 * Using wikis for government processes (2008 Palo Alto)
 * Wine tasting (2008 Palo Alto)
 * Nonlinear conversations from the Glass Plate Game (2006 Portland)
 * Who edits Wikipedia? By Ed Chi of PARC's Augmented Social Cognition research group

See (and add!) more SessionsIdeas.

Time Schedule

 * Remember that the Agenda will be settled the first day only.

RecentChangesCamp 2009, Portland, Oregon

 * Pictures on Flickr tagged rcc09

RecentChangesCamp 2008, Palo Alto, California

 * Wikimedia Commons category of images

RecentChangesCamp 2007, Montréal, Quebec (aka RoCoCo)
Video from RoCoCo :


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sUKp6xGHkI (opening morning circle; more video available there)
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0SGp8_2VMI (marketplace and sessions)
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKcP8g6VLI (dancing)
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqb0Av0qC7Q (AWESOME!!!! more dancing, and the next generation)