{"id":370,"date":"2016-12-11T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T06:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.pune.wordcamp.org\/?p=370"},"modified":"2016-12-11T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T06:54:34","slug":"what-is-the-open-conference-space-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/what-is-the-open-conference-space-about\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Open Conference Space about?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamps are about WordPress which is the most recognisable representative of the Open Source, hacker ethic. However, the curation at WordCamps is a controlled and supervised activity. No matter how true to the cause and transparent the speaker selection is, it&#8217;ll always have an organiser bias.<\/p>\n<p>So, as an experiment and a homage to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BarCamp\">BarCamps<\/a> that originally inspired WordCamps, we&#8217;re bringing the spirit of openness to WordCamp Pune 2017 in a limited sense in the form of Open Conference Slots.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you have applied as a speaker but didn&#8217;t make it into the\u00a0<em>official<\/em> program, use this space. If you couldn&#8217;t think of a topic in time but think of something on the day of the event, maybe while attending someone else&#8217;s talk, use this space. If you don&#8217;t agree with a session and would like to present a counter-point, use this space. If you just want like minded people to discuss something together, use this space.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people have asked us what this means and honestly, not many know of Barcamps and open spaces, so a post explaining things was in order! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>Basics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Four rooms<\/strong> with four 20 minute slots each; total <strong>16 slots<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No pre-decided sessions<\/strong> or schedule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anyone<\/strong> can walk in and pick any of the 16 slots <strong>on the day of the event<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The slots will be <strong>allotted on &#8220;first-come-first-serve&#8221;<\/strong> basis.<\/li>\n<li>The topics will only be vetted for 100% GPL compliance. Other than that, they can be <strong>about anything<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>For Potential Speakers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You pick any available slot on the day of the event.\n<ul>\n<li>There are only 16 slots. No one will regulate or control how spots are assigned and to who, so pick one before someone else does.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>You get total 20 minutes. A volunteer will be timing your session. No extra 5 minutes, not even one. If you don&#8217;t finish in 20 minutes, you are free to take the discussion forward anywhere on the premises.<\/li>\n<li>You can speak about anything as long as it is 100% GPL compatible.\n<ul>\n<li>In principle, you could even speak about non-WordPress related things but do remember that the audience is here for and because of WordPress and speaking about other things may translate into an empty room and a wasted slot.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s usually a lot of debate and disagreement on what is related to WordPress. That&#8217;s why we leave this decision to you instead of deciding if the topic is related to WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t have to lecture.\n<ul>\n<li>Host a discussion on a topic that you care about.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate your product or website.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct a quick Workshop, DIY tutorial about a common WordPress thingy.<\/li>\n<li>Have\u00a0a fiery debate on a topic of your choice.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct an AMA or a QnA around a topic where audience members throw questions at you and you answer them.<\/li>\n<li>Anything else you can think of.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Read this for more clarity on how open spaces work, in general:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindviewinc.com\/Conferences\/OpenSpaces.html\">http:\/\/www.mindviewinc.com\/Conferences\/OpenSpaces.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>For Audience Members<\/h2>\n<p>The talks will be added to the schedule at the event. This will be a massive flex print-out like the last time:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10153572628834334&#038;set=a.10153572729909334&#038;type=3\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<p>You pick and choose to attend any of the sessions available at any given time, just like the rest of the program.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cover Photo Credit<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/lug.oregonstate.edu\/blog\/bbcx\/\">Linux User Group, Oregon State University<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamps are about WordPress which is the most recognisable representative of the Open Source, hacker ethic. However, the curation at WordCamps is a controlled and supervised activity. No matter how true to the cause and transparent the speaker selection is, it&#8217;ll always have an organiser bias. So, as an experiment and a homage to BarCamps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/what-is-the-open-conference-space-about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is the Open Conference Space about?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3953804,"featured_media":371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[518783,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-schedule"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/12\/barcamp-schedule.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pheRqT-5Y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1965,"url":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2017\/start-your-new-year-with-a-wordcamp\/","url_meta":{"origin":370,"position":0},"title":"Start Your New Year with a WordCamp!","author":"Rahul Bansal","date":"January 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"New Year's WP-Resolution - Start the year with a WordCamp! 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