<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I am seeing (a) because we need to increase developer uptake of foss4g in order to actually get enough people together for (b). However it is a great opportunity to communicate that the entry for participation is low.<div><br></div><div>Jody</div><div><br><div><div>On 21/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, mapbutcher wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Do you see these as being:<div><br></div><div>a) Developing solutions with FOSS4G ...or</div><div>b) Developing FOSS4G</div><div><br></div><div>because I see the latter as more of a code-sprint where the attendees are already in the know/active in a project? Where as the former may be more attractive to an audience who:</div>
<div><br></div><div>i) knows nothing or little about FOSS4G</div><div>ii) have 'real world' (albeit a skewed developer world) problems they want to solve with FOSS4G</div><div>iii) can take home working solutions built from FOSS4G components.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/21 Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I was keen to do a bit more developer level advocacy (read workshops with source code) and wondered how to get such a thing going. I know we can attract lots of interest and excitement for doing workshops with the various cool projects ... but we have two S's in FOSS4G and it would be fun to emphasis both of them.<div>
<br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Jody</div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br><div><div>On 21/01/2010, at 10:24 AM, mapbutcher wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Jody perhaps you could expand on your advocacy idea on the list for those who didn't imbibe and start off a thread?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/21 Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left:1ex;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:#ccc 1px solid">Thanks to everyone for coming out :-) Nice round of beer, scotch and shop talk.<br>I would like to follow up some of the advocacy idea when we get a moment here on the list.<br>
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<div><br>On 19/01/2010, at 3:26 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:<br><br>> Sounds good! Please send the word out it should be a good evening!<br>> I will have a group of around five with me - I would love to catch up with the GA people if they can be found :-)<br>
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