[Qgis-psc] Fwd: QGIS developer meeting naming

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

Sad to lose our geek friendly terminology, but no problem to call it
meetings in our public content if it helps you to join.

Regards

Tim

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Denis Rouzaud <denis.rouzaud at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> 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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