Have you signed up for CrisisCamp Founders Weekend? March 20-21 - Washington DC

[Heather Blanchard]

=== CrisisCommons News and Upcoming Events - March 5, 2010 ====

Tomorrow there will be CrisisCamps in Washington (http://crisiscampchiledc.eventbrite.com/) and in Orlando (http://crisiscamporlando.eventbrite.com/) and Bogota, Columbia (http://crisiscampbogotachile.eventbrite.com/) there will also be a group of technology volunteers working in Santiago. To check out what we will be working on, look to the wiki: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Chile/2010_2_27_Earthquake

=== Reminder - CrisisCommons Founders Weekend - March 20-21 - Washington DC ====

On March 20-21 we would like to invite you all to come to DC for a weekend of strategic planning to create a CrisisCommons Strategic Framework and document lessons learned from CrisisCamp Haiti and ChrisCampChile efforts. This document will craft the governance and will add to discussion regarding project management, open source licensing and the inclusion of international development. Sign up here: http://crisiscommonsfounders.eventbrite.com/

Upcoming Events

March 6, 2010 - CrisisCamp, Orlando, Florida

March 6, 2010 - CrisisCampChile, Washington DC

March 6, 2010 - CrisisCampChile, Bogota, Columbia

March 6, 2010 - CrisisCampChile, Santiago, Chile

March 16, 2010 - CrisisCampSXSW, Austin, Texas

March 13, 2010, CrisisCampChicago

March 20, 2010, CrisisCamp London

March 20-12, 2010 - CrisisCommons Founders Weekend

March 26-28, 2010 - CrisisCampCMU, Mt. View, California (this is not a relief camp, rather a traditional barcamp gathering)

April 10, 2010 - CrisisCampSalem (Oregon)

Upcoming Conferences of Interest

March 6 - 11, 2010 National Association of Emergency Managers, Alexandria, VA

March 11 - 16, 2010, SXSW Interactive, Austin, Texas

March 30 - April 1, 2010, National Hurricane Conference, Orlando, Florida

March 30 - April 1, 2010, Where 2.0 Conference

May 2-5, 2010, ISCRAM 2010, Seattle, Washington

(Please do send additions)