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+## Emergent Day 2024
+
+For [[Emergent Day]] at DWeb Camp
+
+Boris is a technologist, company founder, and community builder. He helped organize the second Barcamp in Amsterdam, right after the first one in the Bay Area, and has since helped spark unconference experiences in different communities and around the world.
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+Boris is based in Vancouver, Canada, and is currently exploring DWeb, open social protocols, and local first movements. You can browse his digital garden at https://bmannconsulting.com to find out more.
+
+## Open Source Week Vancouver
 
 Boris builds community locally and globally, scaling them to tens of thousands of contributors, as well as numerous event series and conferences. He has a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Victoria.
 

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 I'm interested in [[Open Source]], community, and [[co-op|co-operative]] models.
 
- In Canada I help run the [[CoSocial]] Community Co-op. In Vancouver, I'm one of the organizers of [[DWebYVR]].
+ In Canada I help run the [[CoSocial]] Community Co-op. In Vancouver, I'm one of the organizers of [[DWebYVR]] and help run the [[Z-Space]] non-profit society.
 
 I've been exploring [[Cohousing]]. I like to cook & eat and have a [[FoodWiki]].
 
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 I'm happy to [meet in person in Vancouver](https://cal.commonscomputer.com/boris/vancouver) or do an [intro video call](https://cal.commonscomputer.com/boris/30min).[^caldotcom] I'm working out of [[Z-Space]] most days.
 
-[^caldotcom]: [[Commons Computer]] self-hosted [[Cal.com]] instance.
+[^caldotcom]: [[Commons Computer]] self-hosted [[Cal.com]] instance.
+
+## Bio
+
+An ever growing list of [[Bio]] notes of various lengths.
diff --git a/_notes/DWeb Camp.md b/_notes/DWeb Camp.md
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   - dweb
   - california
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-Annual event for [[DWeb]] adjacent people to gather from around the world and camp together
+Annual event for [[DWeb]] adjacent people to gather from around the world and camp together.
 ## 2024
 
 August 7th - 11th, Campo Navarro, CA
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 ### Aug 7th
 
-Car pool to 
+Car pool to camp.
 
+### Aug 10th
+
+I'm helping to run [[Emergent Day]] aka the [[unconference]] part of DWeb Camp.
 ### Aug 11th
 
-Return to SF
+Volunteer take down day
+### Aug 12th Monday
+
+10am - 1pm Travel time back to SF
+
+### Aug 13th Tuesday
 
-### Aug 12th - 14th
+Causal Islands / DWeb / Something event in the evening
+### Aug 14th Wednesday
 
-Plan some SF meetups!
 
-[[Causal Islands]] perhaps?
 ### Aug 15th-16th-17th
 
 Return to Vancouver

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+---
+tags:
+  - event
+  - unconference
+  - dweb
+---
+The [[unconference]] final day of [[DWeb Camp]], on Saturday, August 10th, 2024.
+
+I'm helping to guide this day along with Kelani and Dmitri.
+
+Boris Mann is a technologist who helps to support a number of different open communities.
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 You may have heard that I'm [winding down](https://fission.codes/blog/farewell-from-fission/) [[Fission]] as of April 2024.
 
-I'm talking to lots of people, exploring a few different things.
-*  I applied to [Summer of Protocols](https://summerofprotocols.com) (didn't get accepted!) with some ideas around [[Community Search Engines]]. Still exploring other opportunities for this.
-* ~~I'm also going to apply to be a Mozilla Fellow~~ (didn't end up applying), with some ideas around [[Local AI]]
-* Interested in [[Proto Apps]]
-* Want to do some work on [[Open Frames]] -- bringing [[Farcaster Frames]] to [[ActivityPub]] and [[Bluesky]].
-
 Going to see about [[Causal Islands]] regional events. First up, [[Causal Islands Berlin]].
 
-I'm in a new co-working space in Gastown, [[Z-Space]]. Still based in Vancouver.
+I helped create a formal non-profit for [[Z-Space]] and am at my desk there most days.
 
-Here is a list of some [[2024 Events]] that I'm keeping track of / organizing / might attend. [[LOCALHOST]]
+Here is a list of some [[2024 Events]] that I'm keeping track of / organizing / might attend. 
+* [[LOCALHOST]] in July in Vancouver
+* I'm at [[DWeb Camp]] in early August, where I'm helping to run [[Emergent Day]]
 
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