[Qgis-psc] QGIS developer meeting naming

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 28 febbraio 2017 09:07:17 CET, Denis Rouzaud <denis.rouzaud at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>Dear PSC, dear Otto
>
>I just wanted to ask a bit of attention on the naming of the QGIS
>developer
>meetings aka Hackfest.
>While Hackfest sounds nice to geeks and even if it is not the same word
>as
>hacking, many people do confuse them. And not all of them read the
>small
>disclaimer saying they are not the same thing.
>
>In my experience as working for a public administration, the final
>authorization to go there is given by politics. I had some "troubles"
>last
>time due to that denomination.
>
>I think it might also be easier for any organization to sponsor (I mean
>financial sponsor) a developer meeting rather than a Hackfest.
>
>While it is really ok and cool to use Hackfest while speaking and
>chatting,
>I would recommend (or even ask) not to use it in any wiki page or
>official
>communication.
>
>Does it make sense to you?
>
>In any case, thank for the work and of course for the organization of
>these
>superbs hackfests ;)
>
>Cheers,
>Denis
>
>PS: I took the liberty to change wiki page for Essen to use "Developer
>meeting" rather then "Hackfest" and I hope you're fine with it.

Hi,
I understand your point, and agree with it.
All the best.
-- 
Sent from mobile. Sorry for being short
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