[ELECTRON] setting digest mode - WAS: Re: Barcamp Glasgow/in principle discussion

Mon Jun 14 22:57:54 UTC 2010

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On 14 June 2010 22:03, Simon Yuill <simon at lipparosa.org> wrote:

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> > On 14 Jun 2010, at 06:31 PM, Benjamin Dembroski <ben at dembroski.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Marion,
> >>
> >> It might be too late, I'm afraid.  The email has already been sent.
> >>
> >> You are right in saying that this list is only for members of the
> >> electron club to post to.  However, there is nothing that says that
> >> the director of a PR company can't become a member. Basically, I told
> >> him via email that this discussion was happening on the list & that he
> >> might find it interesting / informative.  I pointed him to the
> >> publicly available link to the mailing lists archive and invited him
> >> to sign up for the list if he wanted to contribute to the discussion.
> >>
> >> I did mention that commercial activity in the the club was a no no,
> >> but discussions around the commercial adoption / adaption of "open
> >> sourcey" things like the Barcamp format would be most welcome.
> >>
> >> Should be interesting to see what happens.
> >>
> >> On 14 Jun 2010, at 15:42, "M.Hersh" <m.hersh at elec.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>> I thought this list was for Electron Club members.  I would rather
> >>> that
> >>> you tell the director that you will be posting the response to the
> >>> list,
> >>> the response is posted to you and you post it to the list.  I would
> >>> also
> >>> suggest that you extract the archive material, summarise the main
> >>> points
> >>> and email them to the director, otherwise he may well not bother to
> >>> look
> >>> at the archive.
> >>> Marion
> >>>
> >>> On 12/06/2010 19:51, Benjamin Dembroski 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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