On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 07:17:17PM -0400, Owen Winkler wrote: > > A few folks have read recent posts on my about the survival of open > source projects. I think one of the essential ideas behind communities > that makes them long-lasting is a strong bond between the people that > make up the community. As such, one of the most important things I > think we can do within the next year has nothing to do with coding. > > I'd really like to start the discussion now about some kind of gathering > of Habari developers and enthusiasts. Call it "Habaricon". > > I know that people will have different opinions about how it should > work, what we should do, and (most emphatically) where it should be. > The only thing I ask is that when you're done suggesting your own home > town for the location, you do two things: Consider where the best > location will be to get the most people together at once, and think > about what you can do on your own to grow a local sub-community of > Habari enthusiasts.
A gathering of Habari folk would be brilliant. Obviously it should be held in Melbourne, Australia ;) I see Sean has started some notes on the wiki about what and where[1]. In regards to location, looking at the community map[2] (if you're not on there and you want to come, put yourself on there to be counted) the greatest density of Habari folk is obviously eastern USA, so makes sense that it's somewhere there. It should be in a city where someone who is willing to help/lead the organisation lives. Basically someone who might know appropriate venues (social as well). We seem to have been calling this HabariCon for a while. That's ok, it flows off the tongue and it's got "icon" in it, but I would hope we're not planning on a conference style gathering. I envisage a single day event with very loose session ideas and we can see how it develops in the future. [1] http://wiki.habariproject.org/en/User:Morydd/Habari_Con [2] http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=105996120114833929425.00044deb9db756899a5dd&z=2 -- Michael C. Harris, School of CS&IT, RMIT University http://twofishcreative.com/michael/blog IRC: michaeltwofish #habari --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
