RecentChangesCamp was an

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focused on

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s, held from 2006 to 2012. It was named after the "recent changes" feature that is found in most wikis. RecentChangesCamp followed an Open Space model in having a program that was determined onsite by participants.

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RecentChangesCamp was conceived at WikiSym 2005 as a way to replicate online wiki collaboration in the face-to-face world, using Open Space Technology, which enables participants to create the agenda on the fly, guaranteeing that all issues that participants were willing to take responsibility for were worked on to the extent possible. The first RecentChangesCamp was held February 3–5, 2006 in Portland,

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, United States, with 147 people in attendance. Participants included wiki inventor

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. Sponsors of the 2006 event were

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Wiki, IBESI, OSDL, Socialtext,

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and

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. The next RecentChangesCamp was also held in Portland, from February 2–4, 2007. A few months later, another RecentChangesCamp was held in

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, from 18 to 20 May 2007. It was also called RoCoCoCamp, for ''RencOntres sur la COllaboration, la Créativité et l'autOgestion'' ("Meetings on Collaboration, Creativity and Self-Management"); the name was chosen to echo the "RCC" initials in "RecentChangesCamp", with more recognition of Montreal's French-speaking population. The theme of the event was "AccidentalLinking", a

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about surprising, serendipitous relationships between wiki writers and wiki pages. The event was held at the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT) in downtown Montreal. RecentChangesCamp 2008 took place May 9–11 in

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, United States, at the SocialText offices. The theme of the weekend was "Assume Good Faith", and the sponsors were AboutUs.org,

, Socialtext, Solseed,

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, and

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. Subsequent RecentChangesCamp events were: * February 20–22, 2009, Portland, Oregon * June 25–27, 2010, Montreal * August 11, 2010,

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* January 28–30, 2011, Canberra * March 11–13, 2011,

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* January 20–22, 2012, Canberra

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