Ok, so I've got off my fat ass and released this idea into the wild - here is the email that I just spammed to as many QLD IT people & groups I could find... hopefully it will propagate it's way around by itself now...!
Hello Fellow Queenslanders!
I'm writing to you because I think you might be interested in the
concept of BarCamp: an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people
to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with
discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.Organisation for a BarCamp includes finding a few sponsors who will
provide a venue, Internet access, food and drink. Barcamps are sometimes
2 days events so most people bring a sleeping bag and stay overnight,
the venue provider should be able to cater for this if we decide on this
format.We've started the organisation for BarCampBrisbane, there is similar
work going on BarCampMelbourne, BarCampCanberra & BarCampSydney. The
event will obviously take place somewhere in Brisbane and we will
hopefully synchronise our event with one of the other states and hook up
with them in some way during the weekend.We welcome any questions you might have about this, and encourage you to
forward this email to anyone you feel might be interested. For further
information, please see the BarCamp wiki pages:http://barcamp.org/
http://barcamp.org/BarCampAustralia
http://barcamp.org/BarCampBrisbaneWe also now have our own site at http://barcampbrisbane.org and a
mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/barcampbrisbane so it's
easy to get involved.Kind regards,
Steve
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Steve Dalton
Bar Camp Brisbane Unorganiser
http://barcampbrisbane.org
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