Re: Helma meeting tomorrow

>
>  > 2008/5/5 Hannes Wallnoefer <hannes@...>:
>  > Just a reminder that Helma meeting will take place tomorrow at
>  > werkzeugH in Vienna.
>  >
>  > http://dev.helma.org/wiki/Helma+Meeting+Spring+2008/
>  >
>  > I'm just about to fix the starting time. My assumption was that we
>  > should (try to) use the whole day and start (kind of) early, something
>  > like 10 AM. But since there's a total lack of announced
>  > talks/presentations (I'm the only one so far), I'm wondering if it
>  > will be enough to start in the afternoon, at 2 PM? Or maybe the
>  > "presentation/talk" scheme isn't quite right for what people expect or
>  > plan to do, and it should be more like an extended Q&A session? Or
>  > just applied collective problem solving?
>
>
> On May 5, 2008, at 11:13 , Matthias Platzer wrote:
>
>  > i would start at 10am. and i would organize the day in a barcamp/
>  > open space style.
>  > "No spectators, just participants"
>  >
>  > At barcamps / open space you usually start by gathering topics and
>  > talks within a time frame.  The wiki is a good starting point, but
>  > often topics just occur when people come together. So it's a good
>  > idea for everybody to think about, what they want to talk about, and
>  > share this thoughts by posting a new topic to the wiki page.
>  >
>  > I would organize some food, drinks and coffee, because werkzeugH
>  > doesn't open 'till 4pm. But Manfred will be there and help us.
>  >
>  > For those who can't be there the whole day, i would suggest, that
>  > they join at 2 pm. We could make a quick wrap-up and introduce new
>  > topics.
>
>
>  I agree with Matthias, let's just start at 10am. If we start at 2pm
>  and we later find that we could have used these four hours, there will
>  be no way to get them back. Approaching this kind of as a major
>  brainstorming in a barcamp / open space fashion sounds like the right
>  idea.
>
>  Anyway, I added a second topic to the wiki, just to broaden then scope
>  a little: "Setting up a non-profit organization to support the Helma
>  project: Which kind of services should such an organization provide in
>  order to best serve as a catalyst between different stakeholders in
>  the Helma project? What should it do, what should it not do?"
>
>  Chris
>
>
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