Thanks to all who have replied<div><br></div><div>Probably just a 'cultural' gap that needs to be filled</div><div>Philip - yes the wording would suggest they know what Barcamp is, but it does not seem they are putting</div>
<div>in practice</div><div><br><div>Benjamin suggested on the electron list the organisers are made aware of this discussion going on</div><div>hopefully they can address the concerns accordingly</div><div><br></div><div>
cheers</div><div>P<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Philip Hunt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cabalamat@googlemail.com">cabalamat@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 12 June 2010 12:41, Paola Di Maio <<a href="mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com">paola.dimaio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear all<br>
> I heard with interest about the forthcoming Barcamp Glasgow (I think I took<br>
> part briefly in Barcamp Edinburgh at Informatics one year go or so)<br>
> , but have not seen the entry in the <a href="http://barcamp.org" target="_blank">barcamp.org</a> website, nor any discussion<br>
> about the organisation<br>
> Details here<br>
> <a href="http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/interactivescotland/is-events/is-events-details.aspx?itemId={39CC350E-1618-4E4D-ADF1-E1DA6485A463}" target="_blank">http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/interactivescotland/is-events/is-events-details.aspx?itemId={39CC350E-1618-4E4D-ADF1-E1DA6485A463}</a><br>
> I probably wont be able to attend personally on that day<br>
> While I do not have a problem that Scottish Enteprises is planning to bring<br>
> in some firms to talk, and helping to promote the barcamp culture<br>
> I am worried that this is not at all Barcamp, and nor it is a ' barcamp<br>
> style' event, in the sense that there is no mechanism for<br>
> open participation (not an apparent one),<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>Are you sure? According to the URL you give: "BarCamp is an<br>
international network of user generated conferences - or unconferences<br>
- open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by<br>
participants. [...] Attendees are encouraged to present or facilitate<br>
a session."<br>
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Philip Hunt, <<a href="mailto:cabalamat@gmail.com">cabalamat@gmail.com</a>><br>
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