Background: I'm responsible (amongst other things) for pulling together our staff conference. We are playing with the idea of 'community', and amongst a range of other speakers/activities we are also having a panel made up of reps/members from what we're calling 'unexpected communities' - Communities that people wouldn't initially think of as a community, but which are for weird and wonderful reasons.
Groups we've got or are approaching now include:
- Humans vs Zombies (essentially a big game of nerf tag which takes place in Melbourne every so often)
- Trekkies Fan Club(of course)
- Yarn bombers
I'd be keen to have some other, different sorts of communities there too - Maybe sport, music, other??
I did contemplate geocaching, but wasn't sure whether it was the best fit - and of course who do you ask to speak on behalf of the 'community'?
Grey Nomads? They're a fascinating bunch, but again, who could speak? I guess there's a couple of people in our midst who could....
Weird sports? (Anyone for Trugo?)
Any ideas you have or oddball communities you might be involved in or know of would be really helpful... Ta muchly
