[Qgis-psc] QGIS developer meeting naming

[Otto Dassau]

Hi Denis,

I know what you mean and I also agree totally. Finally Lene is the main
person to take care about this in the future but I am sure she won't
have a problem with that either.

Regards,
Otto

Am Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:10:21 +0100
schrieb Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>:

> 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.