[ok-scotland] ScotGovCamp - Informatics, 31 July

Mon Jun 14 08:48:46 UTC 2010

Hi folks

This is indeed interesting...I wonder where they've been publicising
this event as this is the first I've heard about it.

You may be interested to know that I'm organising a GovCamp at the
Informatics Forum on 31 July - which will be completely user-generated.
The focus will be on digital engagement (in all its various forms) and
it'd be great to get lots of non-gov folk there so we can get as wide a
perspective as possible (and avoid spending the whole time navel
gazing!).

There's more information on my blog
<http://mea-mea-culpa.blogspot.com/2010/06/second-scotgovcamp-blog-post.
html> , or you can sign up online <http://scotgovcamp.eventbrite.com/> .

Cheers.

Lesley

Lesley Thomson

Knowledge Management Officer, Scottish Centre for Regeneration

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From: ok-scotland-bounces at lists.okfn.org
[mailto:ok-scotland-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Paola Di Maio
Sent: 12 June 2010 13:36
To: Scotland open knowledge list
Subject: [ok-scotland] Fwd: Barcamp Glasgow/in principle discussion

Dear all

I heard with interest about  the forthcoming Barcamp Glasgow (I think I
took part briefly in Barcamp Edinburgh at Informatics one year go or so)

, but have not seen the entry in the barcamp.org website, nor any
discussion about the organisation

Details here

http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/interactivescotland/is-events/is-even
ts-details.aspx?itemId={39CC350E-1618-4E4D-ADF1-E1DA6485A463}
<http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/interactivescotland/is-events/is-eve
nts-details.aspx?itemId=%7B39CC350E-1618-4E4D-ADF1-E1DA6485A463%7D> 

I  probably wont be able to attend personally on that day

While I do not have a problem that Scottish Enteprises is planning to
bring in some firms to talk, and helping to promote the barcamp culture

I am worried that this is not at all Barcamp, and nor it is a ' barcamp
style' event, in the sense that there is no mechanism for

open participation (not an apparent one),  It doesnt feel right to me.

There is now wiki where people can enter their talks, yadadiyada

you know the score

I would be glad if someone (preferably a lawyer)  could talk to the
organisers and inform them politely  of what a Barcamp is, and that
although Barcamp is not officially trademarke afaik), it would not be
good  practice to use a very well known 'brand name'  to organise
somethiing radically different in its core principle

I ll be happy to have an offlist (or onlis?t) discussion with anyone
willing to look into it further, and suggest the appropriate course of
action

PDM

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