[DUG] Barcamp possibly?

[Ian Drower]

I'd also be very interested.
A one day event, is likely to work much better than the 1 - 2 hours each 
month ..

I'd be a great listener, and audience ..

Ian


On 27/10/2010 8:31 p.m., John Bird wrote:
> Would be very interested.
> Was talking to Gary B (who runs the list) – he also has been thinking 
> of setting up a library where people can contribute code for benefit 
> of others, and pick up others tricks.....I for instance do all my 
> printing with Rave by displaying the stuff on the screen in 
> labels/memos/grids etc and then have a generic print button that 
> prints the form.    Works so well I have never written any special 
> printed reports...would be happy to contribute such an idea for example.
> John
> I think that its a good idea. Esp. If its in diff locations. Then 
> everyone gets a chance to be involved esp. Those of us who could get 
> away with doing it locally rather than asking to get funding to go out 
> of town which would never happen.
>
> Jeremy
>
> *From:*delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz 
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] *On Behalf Of *Richard Vowles
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 27 October 2010 19:41
> *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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