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Re: Possible *Camp in Dublin in Winter



On 05/11/18 02:44, Martín Ferrari wrote:
> On 05/11/18 01:38, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>
>>>> Were you hoping for a seasonal theme, a topical theme, or it is
>>>> completely open at the moment?  If it doesn't need to follow the *Camp
>>>> pattern too closely, maybe it could be circulated on debian-events-eu
>>>> and elsewhere, but I didn't want to make any assumptions about that.
>>> Thanks Daniel, but I really don't want any bikeshedding. The name is
>>> pretty trivial, and it will be something like RainCamp or somesuch..
>> After reading about all the fine work of the antiharassment team in
>> recent announcements, don't you feel it is a bit out of character to
>> disparage somebody else's input with a comment like bikeshedding?
> Sorry it came out that way. I did not mean you were bikeshedding, but
> asking people in debian-events-eu for suggestions for the name would
> invite bikeshedding. I only extended the offer to the very small lists
> I've sent my mail to.


I think that was a double-misunderstanding then: when I wrote "if it
doesn't need to follow the *Camp pattern too closely", I wasn't
referring to the naming pattern, rather, I was referring to the
character of the event.  In other words, I was suggesting that that if
the character of the event is more flexible, forward to debian-events-eu
to see who else wants to come to Dublin.


>> The question wasn't about the name alone, it was also about ascertaining
>> the character of the event, e.g. will there be a focus on a technical
>> topic, or will it be purely social?  Given there aren't a lot of free
>> software events in Dublin, different people may come expecting different
>> things, so it may be better to clarify the aims of the event in advance.
> My idea is to continue the format of the other Sun/Snow Camps, which
> were a mixture of social and technical work. Take a look at the
> wikipages of those events, it will give you a better idea of how people
> experienced.

Dublin has a lot of free software and Debian enthusiasts who are likely
to come out of the woodwork when they hear a Debian event is taking
place.  That is something that couldn't happen so easily when the other
*Camp events took place away from cities.

So while I don't want to suggest any more about what the format will be,
it may be helpful to anticipate a wider range of visitors and people who
never came to a Debian event before.

>> Craicamp or EireCamp perhaps?
> CraiCamp has some ring to it, but I am afraid of sending the wrong
> message :)
>
Other ideas would be welcome too, I was just hoping to get the
discussion rolling.

I'm around Dublin again from 10-20 November.  If anybody wants to meet
up for pints or keysigning during that time please say so.

Regards,

Daniel



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