[Qgis-psc] Fwd: QGIS developer meeting naming

[Denis Rouzaud]

Dear Lene, dear PSC again,

Sorry Lene, I had in mind you were in the list of the PSC, but it's not the
case.
So I'm including you to the discussion.

Cheers,
Denis

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From: Denis Rouzaud <denis.rouzaud at gmail.com>
Date: mar. 28 févr. 2017 à 09:07
Subject: QGIS developer meeting naming
To: qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org <qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org>, Otto Dassau <
dassau at gbd-consult.de>


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.
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