[ELECTRON] Barcamp Glasgow/in principle discussion

[Paola Di Maio]

That may be the right course :-)
Probably it's more a 'cultural' issue he may need to be made more aware of

p

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Benjamin Dembroski <ben at dembroski.net>wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> It just so happens that I'm a member of the Barcamp Glasgow group on
> LinkedIn.  There is some contact information there for the director of one
> of the companies organising the event.  I mentioned this to Paola off -
> list, and it was suggested that I contact the director directly with the
> concerns raised here.
>
> I agreed as I wasn't all that impressed with how un-barcamp like the event
> appeared.  On further reflection, I'm not all that comfortable speaking for
> other people.  I'm also not clear on what what the desired result from the
> correspondence would be.
>
> Instead, I'd like to make him aware of the discussion here by pointing to
> the link of the archive of the mailing list, and invite him join the list to
> post a response if he so desires.
>
> Any objections to this approach?
>
> --
> Ben D.
>
>
> On 12 Jun 2010, at 17:18, Thomas Coles wrote:
>
>  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
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