heh<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 June 2010 23:57, Ian Bitmap <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bitmap303@googlemail.com">bitmap303@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 June 2010 22:03, Simon Yuill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@lipparosa.org" target="_blank">simon@lipparosa.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> On 14 Jun 2010, at 06:31 PM, Benjamin Dembroski <<a href="mailto:ben@dembroski.net" target="_blank">ben@dembroski.net</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
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>> Hi Marion,<br>
>><br>
>> It might be too late, I'm afraid. The email has already been sent.<br>
>><br>
>> You are right in saying that this list is only for members of the<br>
>> electron club to post to. However, there is nothing that says that<br>
>> the director of a PR company can't become a member. Basically, I told<br>
>> him via email that this discussion was happening on the list & that he<br>
>> might find it interesting / informative. I pointed him to the<br>
>> publicly available link to the mailing lists archive and invited him<br>
>> to sign up for the list if he wanted to contribute to the discussion.<br>
>><br>
>> I did mention that commercial activity in the the club was a no no,<br>
>> but discussions around the commercial adoption / adaption of "open<br>
>> sourcey" things like the Barcamp format would be most welcome.<br>
>><br>
>> Should be interesting to see what happens.<br>
>><br>
>> On 14 Jun 2010, at 15:42, "M.Hersh" <<a href="mailto:m.hersh@elec.gla.ac.uk" target="_blank">m.hersh@elec.gla.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi All,<br>
>>> I thought this list was for Electron Club members. I would rather<br>
>>> that<br>
>>> you tell the director that you will be posting the response to the<br>
>>> list,<br>
>>> the response is posted to you and you post it to the list. I would<br>
>>> also<br>
>>> suggest that you extract the archive material, summarise the main<br>
>>> points<br>
>>> and email them to the director, otherwise he may well not bother to<br>
>>> look<br>
>>> at the archive.<br>
>>> Marion<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 12/06/2010 19:51, Benjamin Dembroski wrote:<br>
>>>> Hi all.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> It just so happens that I'm a member of the Barcamp Glasgow group on<br>
>>>> LinkedIn. There is some contact information there for the<br>
>>>> director of<br>
>>>> one of the companies organising the event. I mentioned this to<br>
>>>> Paola<br>
>>>> off - list, and it was suggested that I contact the director<br>
>>>> directly<br>
>>>> with the concerns raised here.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I agreed as I wasn't all that impressed with how un-barcamp like the<br>
>>>> event appeared. On further reflection, I'm not all that comfortable<br>
>>>> speaking for other people. I'm also not clear on what what the<br>
>>>> desired result from the correspondence would be.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Instead, I'd like to make him aware of the discussion here by<br>
>>>> pointing<br>
>>>> to the link of the archive of the mailing list, and invite him join<br>
>>>> the list to post a response if he so desires.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Any objections to this approach?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> --<br>
>>>> Ben D.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 12 Jun 2010, at 17:18, Thomas Coles wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> Also: much of the copy and description on that page is lifted from<br>
>>>>> Wikipedia verbatim.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On 12 June 2010 17:04, Paola Di Maio <<a href="mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com" target="_blank">paola.dimaio@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> Thanks Si<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Thanks for reply<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> If nobody else picks up on this I will pursue accordingly<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Are you aware of other instances where Barcamp name is tagged onto<br>
>>>>> non barcamp events?<br>
>>>>> (i wonder if it happens regularly)<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I think it would be good practice to avoid such confusion, should<br>
>>>>> nobody else pick up on this, I will<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Difficult however to know who to contact, need to dig up from<br>
>>>>> companies house who are the directors of the<br>
>>>>> company are etc<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> boh<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> PDM<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Simon Yuill <<a href="mailto:simon@lipparosa.org" target="_blank">simon@lipparosa.org</a>><br>
>>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> Hi Paola,<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> It just looks like a regular corporate event with the barcamp name<br>
>>>>> tagged<br>
>>>>> onto to it. I notice it says "BarCamp 2010" rather than barcamp<br>
>>>>> itself so<br>
>>>>> is probably some kind of psuedo-branding they are using.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I would suggest you just contact them yourself first of all and<br>
>>>>> see what<br>
>>>>> they say.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> best wishes<br>
>>>>> Si<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Dear all<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> I heard with interest about the forthcoming Barcamp Glasgow (I<br>
>>>>> think I<br>
>>>>>> took<br>
>>>>>> part briefly in Barcamp Edinburgh at Informatics one year go or<br>
>>>>>> so)<br>
>>>>>> , but have not seen the entry in the <a href="http://barcamp.org" target="_blank">barcamp.org</a> website, nor any<br>
>>>>>> discussion<br>
>>>>>> about the organisation<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Details here<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>> <a href="http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/interactivescotland/is-events/is-events-details.aspx?itemId=%7B39CC350E-1618-4E4D-ADF1-E1DA6485A463%7D" target="_blank">http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/interactivescotland/is-events/is-events-details.aspx?itemId={39CC350E-1618-4E4D-ADF1-E1DA6485A463}</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> I probably wont be able to attend personally on that day<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> While I do not have a problem that Scottish Enteprises is<br>
>>>>>> planning to<br>
>>>>>> 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 '<br>
>>>>> barcamp<br>
>>>>>> style' event, in the sense that there is no mechanism for<br>
>>>>>> open participation (not an apparent one), It doesnt feel right<br>
>>>>>> to me.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> There is now wiki where people can enter their talks, yadadiyada<br>
>>>>>> you know the score<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> I would be glad if someone (preferably a lawyer) could talk to<br>
>>>>>> the<br>
>>>>>> organisers and inform them politely of what a Barcamp is, and<br>
>>>>>> that<br>
>>>>>> although<br>
>>>>>> Barcamp is not officially trademarke afaik), it would not be good<br>
>>>>>> practice<br>
>>>>>> to use a very well known 'brand name' to organise somethiing<br>
>>>>> radically<br>
>>>>>> different in its core principle<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> I ll be happy to have an offlist (or onlis?t) discussion with<br>
>>>>>> anyone<br>
>>>>>> willing<br>
>>>>>> to look into it further, and suggest the appropriate course of<br>
>>>>>> action<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> PDM<br>
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