This sounds a lot like Camp Camp, only with more structured programming:
http://campcamptahoe.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Edward M. Corrado <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Code4lib,
>
> Over on his One Big Library blog, Dan Chudnov had a list of conferences he
> liked to attend
> (http://onebiglibrary.net/story/conferences-id-like-to-attend). One of them,
> was the idea of a PowerlessCamp. Dan defined a PowerlessCamp as having "no
> power. no lights, no laptops, no projectors. no wifi, no video or audio
> recording or amplification. Held outside maybe, in daylight. Maybe with some
> picnic benches. "