BarCamp planning software

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

"Steven M. Parrish" <smparrish at gmail.com> 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