[DUG] Barcamp possibly?

[David Brennan]

Does BARcamp mean alcohol is involved? That would make it more entertaining!

 

I think you are correct Richard in that many people on this list are pretty
busy day to day and find it difficult to find the time. That's pretty much
the category I am in. I guess I'm also unsure exactly what I would get out
of it, although having said that I found some of what Accredo were doing
rather interesting years ago when they had people around to their place so
the idea has potential. 

 

If something was organised in Auckland then I imagine I would come along to
at least the first one, unless the timing was very bad from a busy-ness
point of view.

 

David.

 

 

From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Richard Vowles
Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 7:41 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: [DUG] Barcamp possibly?

 

I was thinking before this roadshow that a sort of Delphi barcamp might be a
better bet - I tried organising a Delphi user group a few years back but it
never worked mores the pity. It doesn't work for most tech groups I find as
people don't get much value out of it (esp. if its an hour long) and
evenings are hard for people. 

 

I'm wondering if a full Saturday with multiple rooms and people coming along
and talking about stuff they are doing, solutions they've found, all that
kind of stuff would work better? It seems to work in most of the other
communities I am involved in, would people be interested in that? There are
some very clever people on this list and I know a few of you are really very
good at sharing as well as good for networking. 

 

If it worked, we could schedule it every 6-8 months or so (bounce between
Auckland & Christchurch). We could also make it start later (say 10 or
10:30am) to allow people from other cities to come in for the day.

 

Just a thought

 

Richard

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