[ELECTRON] Barcamp Glasgow/in principle discussion

[Simon Yuill]

Hi Paola,

It just looks like a regular corporate event with the barcamp name tagged
onto to it. I notice it says "BarCamp 2010" rather than barcamp itself so
is probably some kind of psuedo-branding they are using.

I would suggest you just contact them yourself first of all and see what
they say.

best wishes
Si



> Dear all
>
> I heard with interest about  the forthcoming Barcamp Glasgow (I think I
> took
> part briefly in Barcamp Edinburgh at Informatics one year go or so)
> , but have not seen the entry in the barcamp.org website, nor any
> discussion
> about the organisation
>
> Details here
> http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/interactivescotland/is-events/is-events-details.aspx?itemId={39CC350E-1618-4E4D-ADF1-E1DA6485A463}
>
> I  probably wont be able to attend personally on that day
>
> While I do not have a problem that Scottish Enteprises is planning to
> bring
> in some firms to talk, and helping to promote the barcamp culture
> I am worried that this is not at all Barcamp, and nor it is a ' barcamp
> style' event, in the sense that there is no mechanism for
> open participation (not an apparent one),  It doesnt feel right to me.
>
> There is now wiki where people can enter their talks, yadadiyada
> you know the score
>
> I would be glad if someone (preferably a lawyer)  could talk to the
> organisers and inform them politely  of what a Barcamp is, and that
> although
> Barcamp is not officially trademarke afaik), it would not be good
> practice
> to use a very well known 'brand name'  to organise somethiing radically
> different in its core principle
>
> I ll be happy to have an offlist (or onlis?t) discussion with anyone
> willing
> to look into it further, and suggest the appropriate course of action
>
>
>
> PDM
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