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If you are passionate about innovation in finance, we invite you to participate in BarCampBankSeattle.
When & Where
Dates: July 21st - 22nd, 2007
Location: 
MiKiJio Arts
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch will be provided on-site, along with beverages and snacks.
Costs: We invite sponsorship from interested organizations, and will ask for participants to contribute $35.
- People and organizations interested in in sponsoring this event should contact Jesse Robbins.
What is a BarCamp & BarCampBank?
BarCamps are part of an international network of “unconferences“. They are open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. Many focus on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols. The name is a playful allusion to its origins, with reference to the hacker slang term “Foo Bar“. The BarCamp movement arose as a spin-off from Foo Camp, an annual invitation-only unconference hosted by open source publishing leader, Tim O’Reilly.
BarCampBank events are organized internationally to foster innovation in banking, credit unions, and finance. BarCampBankSeattle will be sixth BarCampBank event and the first held in the United States.
For more information on this event, please go to the BarCampBankSeattle wiki page or email Jesse Robbins at jesse.robbins@openaid.org!
July 2nd, 2007
We’ve started organizing BarCampBankSeattle, which will probably be the first US BarCampBank meeting. A sign-up form and more information will be posted to the wiki and discussed in the BarCampBank group.
A BarCamp is 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 participants.
BarCampBank is a community organized around the following mission:
The aim of BarCampBank is to foster innovations and the creation of new business models in the world of banking and finance.
Here’s an article about “unconferences” like BarCamp in BusinessWeek: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_20/b4034080.htm
May 14th, 2007
It’s been a while, and so I wanted to send out a quick update on what’s been happening with the project.
Recent updates:
- I spoke about the project at the IgnitionNW Town Hall Meeting on March 26th and made two important announcements:
- The first group in our Field of Membership will be IgnitionNW.
- I’m building a technology platform to create and operate Credit Unions like Black Rock Federal. (There will be more about this soon!)
- I also had an outstanding meeting with Carmen Mauk of Burners without Borders, who is taking BWB in some exciting directions.
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Upcoming:
- I’m sending our revised Field-of-Membership to the NCUA on Friday.
On Saturday I’m flying to San Francisco to help Brady run the Ignite Event @ the Web2.0 Expo in San Francisco. (Justin.tv will be there and presenting, so you might be able to see it live… and from a speakers perspective!)- I might be speaking at the Web2.0 Expo as well (check my personal blog if you want to know more)
Next Update: Friday, April 20th
April 11th, 2007
I recently found the BarCampBank, which describes itself as a “community of people interested in disruptive innovations in the world of banking and finance”. It is part of the BarCamp movement, which wikipedia describes as:
“BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols.”
I know we will be participating in this community, and I hope leaders such as OpenSourceCU, Trabian, the Filene Research Institute, and Wesabe will be doing so too.
March 11th, 2007
Trabian (the people behind OSCU) just announced that they are releasing their Credit Union focused Content Management System (CMS) as Open Source.
This is extraordinary news, and represents the first major step toward an open source Credit Union technology platform.
March 8th, 2007
Credit Unions seem to be really slow in adopting Open Source Software to reduce expenses & empower their members. To help address this, I’ve started putting together an “Open Source Technologies for Credit Unions: Best Practices” wiki. In the mean time, here’s something that Credit Unions should be using *NOW*:
AsteriskNOW™ is a Software Appliance; a customized Linux distribution that includes Asterisk®, the Asterisk GUI, and all other software needed for an Asterisk® system. The most popular open source IP PBX software, Asterisk®, can now be easily configured with a graphical interface. AsteriskNOW™ includes all the Linux components necessary to run, debug and build Asterisk®, and only those components, so installation is easy. You no longer have to worry about kernel versions and package dependencies. Unlike other Linux distributions used to deploy Asterisk, no unnecessary components that might compromise security or performance are included.
Asterisk® is a powerful open source telephone system for organizations. It’s been around for a while, is extremely stable and well supported, and is a great example of technology that empowers communities.
What other technologies should Credit Unions start adopting *now*?
February 23rd, 2007
The great folks at blip.tv posted the video from my talk at Ignite Seattle I and of course I have a few updates, corrections, retractions, and denials from the event.
- I was, in fact, drunk when I wrote and presented this talk. I feel the need to state for the record that this event was held in a bar which didn’t have food and I’m I lightweight because I don’t drink that often. So… moving on…
- I was wrong about Credit Union capitalization.
- The Open Space Technology (OST) conference where we will write our charter and figure out how we will implement it is currently scheduled for April 7th, 2007. More details will be posted soon!
- My talk mentions Jonah Burke’s presentation on the Darfur Wall project. Donate!
- The OpenSourceCU folks aren’t creating technology yet, but their sponsor Trabien is a technology company serving credit unions.
December 19th, 2006
Trey Reeme & the Trabian team continue to impress me with their work on the Open Source CU blog and podcasts. If you’re interested in what we’re doing, you will really like what they are doing!
from Open SourceCU Podcast, Episode #4:
In this issue we cover:
- Conference month (0:00)
- ad:tech and the problem with “going viral” (1:50)
- Relationships & research (8:20)
- Engagement (10:30)
- Filene’s ethnographic study on credit union member behavior (12:48)
- Wesabe (17:03)
- Bye-bye middleman, hello ING Electric Orange Checking (20:55)
- Reflections from CUES CEO Network (24:18)
- Credit unions as sales operations (25:28)
- Bad jokes (26:33)
You can subscribe in iTunes here, download their podcast here, and leave messages for the show at (206) 350-OSCU (6728).
December 13th, 2006
