Hello all Participants,

First of all, Thank you for participating. And thanks for all your help. Without all of you, there will be no BarCamp in Caucasus.

So the first thing: there was small bug in organization, we forgoted to copy all your presentations, so please send them to my email atoms@tups.lv, and i will put them here on site. You can send uploaded in google docs, or some other service for presentations.

And another thing, Pictures in all the media/sites like Flickr, Youtube etc… please youse tag “Barcampge“

Just a reminder:

BarCamp Caucasus 2008 will be launched on June 7th at 9:30 with registration of participants.

Venue - Georgian national open air ethnographic museum, at the Turtle Lake Road 1.

At the very beginning of the Turtle Lake Road is a bus station for bringing lazy participants up to event place.

Please see the unofficial unagenda of the unconference BarCamp Caucasus 2008.

June 7

June 8

Dear friends,

please pay attention to the following things.

For all participants from other countries than Georgia:

• in order to be picked up at the airport / railway station, send to Misho the following information on your arrival: exact time and date of your arrival and the flight / train number. We need this info until Wednesday 6 PM;
• when arriving look for a person with a BarCamp sign in his / her hands. Remember you will be picked up if only you asked about this in advance;
• if something went wrong and you’re in trouble, call Giga + 995 99 58 60 20, or Irene + 995 97 20 90 08;
• if your mobile isn’t working within roaming, please go to Tourism Department tourist information desk and tell them you’re a participant of BarCamp and you need to find someone from the organizers team;
• if you still need accomodations, please, write to Misho ASAP!
• We still have got some funds left for the travel grants. Those who are on the waiting list, please, let us know if you still want to participate and would like to get a travel grant! Again: this suggestion is valid until Thursday, June 5, 6 PM.

Special note for those who received travel grants:

• DO NOT throw away the boarding card; otherwise we will not be able to reimburse the ticket;
• Register your presentations on our forum - http://barcamp-kavkaz.org/forum/ until Thursday. Remember, your presentation is a must.

Please, ask us any questions via the comments form.

Following the BarCamp Tbilisi 2008 on 7-8 June, Transitions Online (TOL) - international media organization will present in Tbilisi a two-day workshop (9-10 June) on new media for people from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Expert training from leading new media professionals will be provided on the latest trends in new media, including podcasting, video casting, RSS feeds, social networks, etc. We will also discuss the latest developments in blogging - blogs’ impact on the media industry, the social and political impact of blogging, and case studies of success stories from traditional media.

Scholarships are limited and will cover travel, meals, and accommodations are available for 6 people from Azerbaijan. Applicants from Armenia and Georgia, that will already be in Tbilisi for the BarCamp are also encouraged to stay for the training and some meals will be provided to those selected to attend. Most of the training will be conducted in English, so knowledge of English is required. Candidates should apply: http://forms.tol.cz/form/24/. Deadline: May, 28.

If you will have any question please contact TOL Project Manager for Caucasus - Emin Huseynzade: ehuseynzade@gmail.com Phone: +99470 317 9070.

The training in supported by the National Endowment for Democracy and The Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation.

Вчера у всей (или почти всей) Грузии был выходной. Парламентские выборы…

А мы (то есть организаторы BarCamp Caucasus) старательно работали на благо наших участников. И блоггинг-комьюнити. И развития новых медиа. И Интернета. И мира во всем мире.

Иными словами, мы занимались билетами тех участников, которые получили тревел-гранты.

Гига старательно писал письма…

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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Dear BarCamp Friends,

we are glad to announce, that we have received some fundings for travel grants for participants.

Please remember, that we can issue a travel grant for you only in case you will held a presentation.

Deadline for applying is May 16th, and you will get the answers on 19th of May (maybe earlier).

When applying for a travel grant, you have to follow these steps:

1. Register at barcamp-kavkaz.org

2. Write an email to Misho

3. Provide your full real name, your project or blog address, topic of your presntation and short description of the presentation

4. If you have the presentation file already at hand, please attach it also - we will not publish or otherwise use it.

We also have an Innovation Incubator - where you can present your project, software, start-up, service or anything you have and think will be interesting for the public. The idea of the incubator is to help young people with new and fresh ideas bring it to the big scene.

More about the incubator you can read here.

Please remember, that you need to register at our site to take part in BarCamp!

BTW, check our BarCamp venue - Georgian National Open Air Museum!

The only Georgian newspaper about technology - Navigator has finally published the interview with Evgeny Morozov, which was taken on March 25th, during our First official meeting BarCamp Caucasus 2008.

Read the story:

in English

in Georgian

Feel free to comment and criticize