RootsCamp for Bloomington, Indiana
RootsCamp is an open forum on any topic related to the Fall 2006 elections, including local, state and national races. Anyone can suggest a topic for discussion. Participants initiate conversations by (1) attending the event and (2) writing their discussion ideas on a whiteboard.
Read Notes from Our Sessions!
Our primary goal will be to collectively answering the following:
- What did we learn in 2006?
- How can we apply those lessons in 2008 and beyond?
- What are our next steps to strengthen political engagement?
This is managed through many small conversations of interest to those in attendance. See the registry of participants. Email Kevin Makice (kmakice at indiana dot edu) for information about future local camps.
Where & When
While this is an implementation of a progressive idea, the Bloomington Roots Camp is not meant to be a "progressive" event in terms of political bias. The intent of this camp is to facilitate open discussion that includes all perspectives.
What can you do?
2) Blog, post and chat up this kind of format
Latest News
- November 19, 2006 — A promising start for this kind of local forum. We didn't have quantity, but we definitely had quality. We closed the camp yesterday with some conversation about lessons learned and actions we can take.
- November 16, 2006 — Thanks to some recent help in promoting our event, we should have a short interview segment on WFHB (91.3 / 98.1 FM) radio today, and some kind of article in the IDS tomorrow.
- November 1, 2006 — Heard some good news about getting some content on the local airwaves next week, after the elections have passed.
- October 28, 2006 — Added a more traditional flier with times, locations and dates of each session.
- October 22, 2006 — A bunch of emails were sent out to IU student organizations (on Friday), local media, IU departments and local churches (on Sunday).
- October 20, 2006 — Uploaded the first three promotional fliers (PDFs) that can be printed:
- October 17, 2006 — Ivy Tech's John Zody just called to say that the college will host two sessions on Saturday, November 18. We are official!
- October 9, 2006 — Requested - and confirmed! - Rooms 1B and 1C for the first two sessions of RootsCamp. Just need one more venue.
- October 6, 2006 — Added an organizers journal to keep track of the thought process.
- October 4, 2006 — Secured our first venue! Thanks you, IU School of Informatics.
- October 2, 2006 — Some additional venue suggestions are posted, and a list of people contacted to help organize this event has been published (in case anyone wants to help with the follow-up).
- September 16, 2006 — The initial wiki pages are edited, a Google Group has been created, and some blog posts have been published here and here.
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Interested in Organizing? Contact Kevin Makice through our Google group, or by simply editing our Organizer page.
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