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**Conference Dates:** October 4-6, 2013 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
**Travel Details:** Free shuttle from MSY on Thursday PM & Monday AM
**Location:** [LUMCON](http://www.lumcon.edu/Information/about.asp), a research station on the Gulf Coast in [Cocodrie, Lousiana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocodrie,_Louisiana)
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**What is a Public Lab barn raising?**
This is the closest thing we have to a Public Lab conference -- but with an emphasis on "doing stuff together" rather than just presenting/talking. In the spirit of bringing a community together to collectively raise a structure such as a barn, Public Lab comes together to develop tools, toolkits, supporting materials such as guides and tutorials, test the tools and develop new research directions and projects. Participants represent a wide range of interests from technologists and designers to social scientists and community organizers.
**2013 Theme: Education:** There are many different ways the theme of education could apply to Public Lab work, from the idea of getting a body of people to become experts on a technique, to the potential for growing our community via education channels, like in classrooms. Our community has been asking questions internally like "how do you evaluate educational work beyond the success/failure of using new tools, meaning in terms of implementing ideas and awareness to civic science and open technology?" What questions come up in your work? What sessions would you like to see?
**Join the Barn Raising mailing list:** https://groups.google.com/group/plots-barnraising
**RSVP** for the barn raising [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FmmZFUUn2fOe-xI9-gtWdge8C-nXCTS9G0D977YOwAE/viewform). (link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FmmZFUUn2fOe-xI9-gtWdge8C-nXCTS9G0D977YOwAE/viewform)
**A human contact if you have logistical questions:** Liz Barry (336-269-1539) or liz[@]publiclab.org; Shannon Dosemagen (504.239.4642) or shannon[@]publiclab.org; and Becki Chall, becki[@]publiclab.org.
_Canoe time at the 2012 Barnraising (photo by Pat Coyle)_
##Planning Committees##
**Foodcom** [Jeff](/profile/warren) + [?]
**Beercom** [Jeff](/profile/warren) + [Becki](/profile/Becki) + [?]
(unwinding, downtime)
**Gearcom** + [Scott](/profile/eustatic) + [Mathew](/profile/mathew) + [?]
(organizing what equipment needs to be brought)
**Doccom ** [Liz](/profile/liz) + [?]
(tweeting, documenting, reporting out to the online audience as things happen)
**Media sharing**
Lots of people will be taking photos, shared articles/readings, etc. Let's aggregate them here, just edit this page and paste in the link below! Flickr tags: "publiclaboratory" and "barnraising2013". Please remember to share as Creative Commons Attribution at least. We can also host large amounts of files, just contact web@publiclaboratory.org.
_PASTE YOUR LINKS HERE: _
**Travelcom ** [Becki](/profile/Becki) head organizer, [Jeff](/profile/warren) will be a driver, [Shannon](/profile/shannon) will be a driver + [Scott](/profile/eustatic) can be a driver + [?]
If you'll be needing a ride to / from the airport, or from New Orleans to Cocodrie, give us a heads up as to your [travel deets in this google doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EY9h7ftbG7OQtAGKx2QTz9HsFuasQMXUt2RsdY57kYA/edit)
**Schedulecom ** [Liz](/profile/Liz) + [?]
This COM will will collate ideas for sessions (add yours below) and create the schedule grid (embedded below). There will also be some open sessions for unconference-style organizing.
##Session Ideas##
Add your ideas for sessions here! Discuss on the Barnraising mailing list! Join Schedule Com to help turn these ideas into a real schedule (see embedded spreadsheet below)
* Who's teaching what? Presentations of current educational programs in Public Lab
* Who's documenting what? Presentations of curricula created around Public Lab tools, including [Oil Spill Toolkit](http://publiclab.org/wiki/oil-response-toolkit-planning) and the [GeoJournalism Handbook](http://geojournalism.oeco.org.br/2013/08/balloon-mapping-how-to-make-your-own-low-flying-satellite/).
* Popular Activities as proven entry points to Public Lab that we could design curriculum around: http://publiclab.org/wiki/activities
* Barnstars turn 1! (classic barnstars awarded for all barnraising attendees, learn how to add them to your profile page)
* Public Lab value statement (draft started at Barnraising 2012)
* http://www.gogamestorm.com/ for group discussion facilitation games (via Dan Beavers)
* Raspberry Pi Infragram with [Mathew](/profiles/mathew). Buy/bring a Pi and Pi camera if you want to make one.
* Flare spectrometry -- how to measure contaminants from gas flares (suggested by Jeff)
* Making and launching small-run open hardware kits, crowdfunding (suggested by Jeff)
* Your Idea Here :D
##Logistics##
LUMCON is generously accommodating our community descending on their research station, so please review their online handbook for visitors: http://www.lumcon.edu/facilities/MarineCenter/VisitorHandbook.pdf
**Lodging Options**
The majority of people will be staying at the LUMCON facility which has male and female dorms. They are $20 per night. If you are not comfortable spending the night in a dorm, the closest marina/lodge is TradeWinds: http://www.tradewindscocodrie.com/. If you are coming with a group of friends, there are also a number of "camp" options (which means large houses with enough sleeping room for 8+). There are also a number of lodging options in Houma (which is a bit of a distance away) and a couple of options in Chauvin.
##Scenes from the 2012 Barnraising##
Video produced by Caterina Scaramelli (12 minutes of pure Barnraising gold)
_Kickoff at the schedule grid! (photo by Don Blair)_
_A late-night session on Barnstars! (photo by Don Blair)_
**Information** on the [2011](http://publiclab.org/wiki/past-barnraisings) and [2012](http://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising) barnraising