[Brug-admin] [Fwd: Re: Post-FOSDEM momentum]
Tom Klaasen
tom at 10to1.be
Tue Mar 4 07:41:28 EST 2008
All,
Will this be an event for brug-admin only? Maybe we could make it a
brug-talk event... That seems to make more sense to me. Maybe everybody in
the BRUG should then participate in the doodle?
kr,
On 3/4/08, Peter Vanbroekhoven <peter at xaop.com> wrote:
>
> And now sent to everyone...
>
> I've created a poll here:
>
> http://doodle.ch/participation.html?pollId=cywgrxx8my8budwe
>
> I've picked the week of 17 March, but it is easy to add more dates later
> on if that week turns out to be inconvenient.
>
> The next question is where. Anyone have a good idea for a nice place to
> sit, have a drink and talk?
>
> Peter
>
> Nicolas Jacobeus wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm also in favor of most of the ideas proposed by Peter. I
> > particularly like the idea of informal, OpenCoffee-like monthly
> meetings.
> >
> > Let's pick a date in March for an IRL discussion about this...
> > (doodle.ch anyone?)
> >
> > Nicolas
> >
> > On 26 Feb 2008, at 12:42, Tom Klaasen wrote:
> >
> >> +1 for the IRL meetings. It's a lot easier to discuss (and dream) if
> >> you can see each other.
> >>
> >> The first meeting could be used to discuss the first 'workshop'...
> >>
> >> kr,
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/26/08, *Peter Vanbroekhoven* <peter at xaop.com
> >> <mailto:peter at xaop.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> The devroom at FOSDEM was quite successful, so cheers on that.
> After
> >> FOSDEM we had 15-20 more subscribers to brug-talk than before
> >> FOSDEM, so
> >> some people already took the bait. So all's well. But...
> >>
> >> It isn't the time to sit still. We should use the momentum we've
> >> built
> >> to keep going. But enough motivational talk...
> >>
> >> First off, there has been a gap of almost 5 months between the
> first
> >> BRUG meeting and the FOSDEM devroom. I'm probably not alone in
> >> thinking
> >> that this is a bit too much. I'm not saying that we should have
> >> an event
> >> like FOSDEM every month, but I still think we should meet more
> often.
> >> The way I see it now, we could discern the following categories
> >> of meet-ups:
> >>
> >> * Regular BRUG get-together: a monthly meeting in a cafe or so
> >> where we
> >> can talk about Ruby, life, anything we want. No pressure to
> >> attend each
> >> time, no pressure on topics, just getting together and socialize.
> >> This
> >> should be low overhead, i.e., we pick a date and come who
> >> can/wants to come.
> >> * More formal BRUG meetings: these could be anything, from
> >> hackatons to
> >> semi-formal presentations. I wouldn't put the pressure on this one
> >> either, but rather do this when it arises. So if someone feels like
> >> giving a presentation, we could organize a meeting. If someone
> >> wants to
> >> kick off a new project and is looking for a few fellow developers
> to
> >> help, we could organize a coding session. I'm sure at some point
> >> we all
> >> have thought about implementing a small utility, a Ruby lib or a
> >> Rails
> >> plugin. These coding sessions are great to kick such a project into
> >> gear; it's surprising what a few motivated programmer's can put
> >> together
> >> in a few hours. It's how Rubygems got started :-)
> >> * Formal seminars: I was thinking along the lines of some of the
> >> events
> >> organized by SAI, i.e.,
> >> http://www.sai.be/nl/eventdetail.aspx?ev_id=153
> >> . We could advertise this to companies and such. This could be an
> >> important vehicle in promoting Ruby in Belgium. Many companies
> >> see Ruby
> >> as a hype and are thus hesitant to jump on the bandwagon out of
> >> fear of
> >> investing in a fad that will be over before they got back what they
> >> invested in it. We should convince them that it is worth it. Once
> >> we get
> >> going, we could even invite prominent speakers (although then
> >> we'll need
> >> to charge for it probably).
> >> * The big guns: once we get going, we can organize bigger events
> like
> >> half/one-day conferences. This one is still way off in the
> >> future, but
> >> it is something to keep an eye on. We already did this in the form
> of
> >> FOSDEM, but I was thinking about something stand-alone, something
> we
> >> advertise to companies.
> >> * BRUG-admin meetings: although we can have discussions online,
> >> nothing
> >> beats a real-life meeting where you can brainstorm on important
> >> issue/decisions.
> >>
> >> My feeling tells me that the first and last type of meeting could
> >> very
> >> well turn out to end up the same. It's likely to be the hardcore
> >> group.
> >> But anyway, it would be nice if we could get these regular meet-ups
> >> going. Because we don't need any infrastructure for it, we can
> easily
> >> vary the location.
> >>
> >> Another important thing is to build a decent website. Currently,
> >> we have
> >> some information online, but it's certainly not sufficient.
> >> Instiki was
> >> great to quickly get some information online, but it is certainly
> >> not a
> >> durable solution. I think we need to brainstorm on what we will
> >> need to
> >> build a decent website. I would like to organize a BRUG-admin
> meeting
> >> for this in 2 or 3 weeks time. And then have the first regular BRUG
> >> meeting a few weeks after that, just to start going. Sound
> >> reasonable?
> >>
> >> Peter
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