I agree with Dan. One of the best things that could happen at the Family History Workshop or a Church-sponsored open-source conference would be to set time aside for "birds-of-a-feather" sessions, where people interested in the same area could get to know each other, share ideas, make plans to work together, etc.
-dallan > I've attended the workshop for the last couple of years and > for the geek that's interested in genealogy work, im my > opinion, it's "the event" of the year. I look forward to it > eagerly each year. > > But I'll agree with Dallan, in that I'd like to see the scope > broadened a bit. Most of the presenters seem to come from the > Church or MyFamily.com (that's not a bad thing, there's > plenty of "cool stuff" happening in those organizations, but > I'd like to see things opened up a bit) As I understand it > the original purpose of the workshop was to provide a forum > for BYU students doing research in Family History > technologies to present their research. I think that's a good > goal to continue with, but again, it would be nice to see the > workshop expanded a bit (perhaps to two > days?) Perhaps we in the community just need to organize an > "un-conference" the day before. Gather together a bunch of > geeks interested in genealogy for a bunch of hours with free > wireless and see what comes out of it. > > Just rambling now... > > -- Dan > _______________________________________________ > Ldsoss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss > _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
