BarCamp planning software

[Steven M. Parrish]

Was listening to Linux Outlaws podcast where they were talking about the
recent OggCamp.  They mentioned they had used scheduling software to
help organize and administer the Barcamp portion of the event.

The software used was Campfire Manager which is an open source project.

Take a look at http://code.google.com/p/campfiremanager and see if this
is something we might want to use in Tempe.

[Jon Stanley]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Steven M. Parrish  wrote:
> The software used was Campfire Manager which is an open source project.

Looks promising - the bad news is that I just downloaded the code and
it has 2 things wrong with it:

1) PHP - not a huge deal, but FI doesn't have PHP developers
2) AGPL - this is a blocker for infra, due to not having a good way to
comply, with hotfixes and stuff that we may apply :(

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 16:49, Jon Stanley  wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Steven M. Parrish  wrote:
> > The software used was Campfire Manager which is an open source project.
>
> Looks promising - the bad news is that I just downloaded the code and
> it has 2 things wrong with it:
> PHP - not a huge deal, but FI doesn't have PHP developers
> AGPL - this is a blocker for infra, due to not having a good way to
>
> comply, with hotfixes and stuff that we may apply :(

I have to agree on #2. It is a real pain to meet AGPL needs with our
production process (I am not sure it can  be met by any 'sane'
process)

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

"Steven M. Parrish"  wrote:
> Was listening to Linux Outlaws podcast where they were talking about the
> recent OggCamp. 
> Take a look at http://code.google.com/p/campfiremanager and see if this
> is something we might want to use in Tempe.

A (large) part of the charm of planning a BarCamp is the apparent chaos -just before it turns out to be very well organized.

I would strongly recommend the apparent chaos is preserved. It's what makes a good story to new FUDCon attendees I've brought along over the years, it's what's getting glazy stares from the people that have never been at a FUDCon, it's what people talk about after having attended their first FUDCon, and from a personal perspective is enjoyable to watch -from a safe distance.

Please ask Ian Weller what it is like to receive a 150+ person applaus/cheer for putting the schedule into a wiki. Please ask Greg how many laughs we've had over his introductions on how a BarCamp works -the fun being in adding more chaos to the apparent chaos.

Long story short... Please, please, please never ever automate this.

-- Jeroen