[nycbug-talk] Wednesday meeting discussion

[George Rosamond]

We had 20 or so people show up even though Gregory couldn't do the 
meeting on GNUstep.

James led a discussion about Parrot, then we jumped into a discussion 
about the bsdcamp idea for NYC in the fall.

Overall, IMHO, a brilliant discussion.

The point is this: how to have a non-con.

We have talked about on list before.  .  but this should give you an idea:

http://barcamp.org/

These are some ideas. . . some of which are mine (and maybe only mine :)

- no crazy organizing with a 6 mos lead time
- low reliance on sponsor money
- loose, organic organization with which topics are voted on "with 
people's feet"
- potentially something that could happen quarterly
- could also spawn more development/organizing/bug-fixing in certain 
projects
- could spawn more cross-project activity, such as device driver 
development, etc.

The vast majority of the room was engaged in it, and provided useful 
insight, from Ivan talking about his twice a year meetings in Bulgaria, 
to Bill speaking about sorting out a criteria for which sessions happen, 
and when they should be cut off.

I don't think anything concrete was decided, but the response live and 
in-person was great.

Such an idea only works with that level of engagement by a broad number 
of people.

On that note. . . I hope that last night's discussion could translate 
onto the talk list . . here, now.

James provided some references for his comments last night.

Ultimately, an nyc bsdcamp is only what we make it. . .

George