Second attempt to avoid retyping:
Holding an event in Edinburgh is to a certain extent risky. There is no
large QL community within the immediate catchment area. This means we
have to attract QL-ers from outside the area and I think these will be
mainly the more active QL-ers whom you might term the "movers and
shakers" of the QL community.
One advantage of Edinburgh is that it is an interesting city and some
may wish to extend their stay for a short holiday. There would also be
plenty for partners to see elsewhere in the city when we are busy QL-ing.
One problem for us is that we have no idea what numbers to expect. When
I talked to George Gwilt last weekend he suggested anywhere between 10
and 50! Some indication of numbers would give us an idea of what to do
at the event.
It has been suggested that if we can get the developers and more active
QL-ers together, we do not need an extensive program as they will
automatically provide some of the content. An interesting argument
worthy of discussion.
HARDWARE
Recently hardware is where most progress has been made and should have a
prominent place at the event. Peter Graf would like to attend and Dave
Park hopes to participate online. I think they will have much to contribute.
GAMES
I wrote my account of the last 5 QL years (www.gwicks.net/justwords.htm)
with QLis30 in mind. One of the things that surprised me was that games
have been an area of great progress. Rich Mellor has put a huge amount
of effort into preserving and re-releasing vintage software and it also
relevant is that many of the recent additions to Dilwyn's website have
been software re-releases. I think this is worthy of a slot at QLis30. I
would welcome ideas on how to build on this theme.
SOFTWARE
This is a difficult area as most of the recent software progress have
been the emulators rather than new applications. Again I would be
interested in suggestions on how to profile software at the event. Have
there been any benefits from the loosening of the SMSQ-E licence
restrictions?
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
I would like to have an internet facility at the event, but thought this
might not be possible. However John Sadler has indicated that 2 of the
possible 4 venues have WIFI. We may need some technical help.
I think we could do far more electronically. As far as I know there has
only been one online presentation at a QL show in Italy a few years ago.
Quanta did set up a WIFI network at their 2012 AGM, but I don't think
much use was made of it.
I think, if they are interested, Quanta could have a valuable
contribution to make following the constitutional change to permit
electronic participation in all meetings. There has already been
individual participation electronically at committee meetings and the
AGM. At this years AGM there is a choice of participating personally;
via Skype; or via telephone conferencing. An even more interesting
development is that Quanta will soon have its first overseas committee
member.
In short if Quanta is interested in describing their electronic
participation experiences then we should give them a slot.
So far there have been few suggestions about the content of a QLis30
event. I hope this will provide a starter for more ideas. So your
feedback, please,
Best Wishes,
Geoff
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