Just got word about a very interesting new idea from Jim Cronin at Real Estate Tomato.  Jim is putting together the first ever virtual REbarCamp to be held on Nov 17th (2009) right after the NAR convention in San Diego.  A key aspect of most bar camps is the on-the-fly nature of the sessions.  Things just develop organically - based on who is there and whatever they want to talk about. 

This new bar camp will be a full day of predetermined webinars with unlimited participants. Having the schedule set in advance makes great sense because it would be really hard to manage potentially hundreds of subject/session ideas on event day.  Jim is also creating a framework where local agents can plan F2F (face to face) meetups that could happen all over the country - if enough people jump in to make it happen.  Should be a really cool day.  Can't wait to see how it all comes together. Jim, you can count on Inman to support this cool new concept.

By the way, there's also a "real" REbarCamp happening the day before NAR in San Diego.  REbarCamp San Diego is November 12 (2009) and Jim Marks is the organizer there.  San Diego looks like it's on pace to be the biggest REbarCamp so far in the 15 month history of the concept.