[ELECTRON] Barcamp Glasgow/in principle discussion

[Thomas Coles]

Also: much of the copy and description on that page is lifted from Wikipedia
verbatim.

On 12 June 2010 17:04, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Si
>
> Thanks for reply
>
> If nobody else picks up on this I will pursue accordingly
>
> Are you aware of other instances where Barcamp name is tagged onto non
> barcamp events?
> (i wonder if it happens regularly)
>
>  I think it would be good practice to avoid such confusion, should nobody
> else pick up on this, I will
>
> Difficult however to know who to contact, need to dig up from companies
> house who are the directors of the
> company are etc
>
> boh
>
>
> PDM
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Simon Yuill <simon at lipparosa.org> wrote:
>
>> 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}<http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/interactivescotland/is-events/is-events-details.aspx?itemId=%7B39CC350E-1618-4E4D-ADF1-E1DA6485A463%7D>
>> >
>> > 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
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > members mailing list
>> > members at electronclub.org
>> > http://lists.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members
>> >
>> > Instructions for changing your mailing list settings:
>> > http://lists.electronclub.org/emailhowto.html
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> members mailing list
>> members at electronclub.org
>> http://lists.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members
>>
>> Instructions for changing your mailing list settings:
>> http://lists.electronclub.org/emailhowto.html
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> members mailing list
> members at electronclub.org
> http://lists.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members
>
> Instructions for changing your mailing list settings:
> http://lists.electronclub.org/emailhowto.html
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.electronclub.org/pipermail/members/attachments/20100612/4edd1980/attachment.htm>