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

Mon Jun 14 22:58:14 UTC 2010

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On 14 June 2010 23:57, Ian Bitmap <bitmap303 at googlemail.com> wrote:

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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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