[openbeos] Re: My impressions of FalterCon

Charlie Clark wrote:


Am 15.08.2007 um 21:22 schrieb Simon Taylor:
I'd certainly like to see more FC-style events in the future, and I share your hope that future events would be organised more as a partnership between the project and the community.
I don't recall any such distinction in the first place: Faltercon was setup and run by people in "the project"; Urias, Bryan, et al. I believe this is known as subsidiarity. The only issue that arose was decision by the admin team not to allow an official CD at the gathering. Having organised lots of BeOS & Haiku related events both official (BeGeistert) and inofficial (BeBecues) I don't see any need for support from Haiku, Inc. as such events are themselves usually in support.
I think it is quite common for the foundation/non-profit supporting any given project to support community initiatives leading to the project's presence at open source events (like FC did) by providing material such as hand out CDs, T-shirts for the staff, leaflets, banners/signs, etc.. That's the sort of support that would be nice to have.
A small "trade show box" with the above items and a maybe even a small (ITX-form factor?) demo computer with Haiku pre-installed that can be shipped to the trusted members who organize their own events or the Haiku presence at local open source events would be a good thing to consider for the future. 

A little give-and-take goes a long way.

Cheers,

Koki

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