[Ottawa_users] Tonight's meeting

[Scott Mitchell]

On 12-Oct-07, at 10:27 , Dave McIlhagga wrote:

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> On 12-Oct-07, at 10:18 AM, Scott Mitchell wrote:
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>>> 4. Code Sprint (June):
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>> See Jeff's message again, but I'll add that we discussed that  
>> there could be a combination of code sprinting and workshops, to  
>> broaden the appeal.  I will follow up with Dru on how best to set  
>> this up to take advantage of resources at Carleton.  I haven't  
>> followed up with my department to fully sanction this yet, but I  
>> still went ahead and volunteered lab space, based on past support  
>> for similar endeavours.
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> One of the objectives I had in mind was to ensure the core  
> community (developers and most active contributors) could have some  
> good quality time working together in person. I just mention this  
> because I know that it is something the developers have trouble  
> doing at FOSS4G due to their time spent interacting with the many  
> users of the software ... (very important stuff for sure) but I  
> hope we can find a way to be sensitive to that need of separating  
> the important software development activities and discussions that  
> take place when development teams are together vs. broader  
> workshops / presentations etc... for users.

Good point, and one way to ensure this remains viable is to make sure  
to tap "power users" and educators like myself to lead workshops,  
leaving developers free to keep working on development.  I guess I've  
just volunteered ;)

Scott