Wizard Amigos

Code Camps

Code Camps

longer format (2-4 weeks)

• More holistic interaction (coworking, presenting, cooking, hiking, peer programming, focus group, project reviews, ...)

• Mixed communities (different perspectives, age groups, cultures, stack, bubbles)

• Lasting connections (new friends, collaborators, contractors...)

PROS

• Not affordable to everyone (travelling to another country and staying there for a month is not cheap)

• More involved (more works with planning, recording/streaming talks to engage those who couldn't join...)

• Only once a year (less interaction during the year)

CONS

• Prepare the website and announce the code camp
• Notify the community
• Form 1 (selecting 2-3 countries and dates to vote on) 
• Form 2 (gathering first applications)
• Searching for accomodation options
• Sharing probable costs
• IF pay-as-you-go options (this step can be skipped) ELSE create invoices with probable costs
• Book the place
• Prepare document with core info (options and prices to get there, what to pack, who is coming when...)

Planning - before event

• Prepare methods/materials for collective planning of talks/activities/cooking/cleaning
• Plan approx. budget for the food, organize shopping and make sure we stay within the budget
• Find things to do in the vicinity
• Communicate with the owner of the place and report damages
• Keep the house clean (change bedding if different people re-use the beds, wash hand towels, swipe the kitchen floor...)

Planning - during event

• Prepare final calculation
• collect more $$ or reimburse if we are over the budget 
• edit and publish the videos
• update the webpage with links to videos
• prepare a shared photos dump
• publish the know-how 
• thank everyone and yourself for making it happen

Planning - post event

What's next

Make a system for collecting knowledge and skills and sharing them with each other regularly, not just during the camps.

P2P workshops

Everyone can create a workshop and link it to other workshops in same or related topic

Work-in-progress

All free and volunteering work for almost 10 years. Next steps will develop as-we-go and are based on the experiences we make along the way.

Stay in touch!

Mastodon https://fosstodon.org/@wizardamigos

Discord https://discord.gg/8FzZPHkp44

Twitter @wizardamigos