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Organizational meeting of Barcamp Boston was enlightening. I came in thinking conference, but grungy. Kinda cool, but fitting into a pre-existing mold.

The idea in the room was much different. They had a much more fluid, self-organizing event in mind, where the main organizational concern was keeping everyone sheltered, powered (a surprisingly big logistical concern) and fed, rather than getting key speakers and an agenda.

(Side note: I had no idea so much time could be spent discussing the potential structure for a web site, rather than letting one person take ownership and moving on with the meeting. This may be why I don’t do committees in my business.)

If it works, it could be very cool. If not, it could be a complete disaster. How very entrepreneurial.

Looking forward to helping make it result in the former, not the latter.

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