On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 09:18:45AM +1000, David wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-05-12 at 22:07 +0200, Anders Andersson wrote:
> > On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 9:39 PM Katherine Mcmillan
> > <kmcmi...@uottawa.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Stuart,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your response. The upcoming OpenBSD Hackathons
> > > aren't published anywhere? How do new people know where/when they
> > > are?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Katie
> >
> > From the website you linked: "Hackathon attendees come by invitation
> > only. Some new people in the community who show promise are sometimes
> > invited to see if they have what it takes. However, hackathons are
> > not
> > developer training events."
>
> <snip>
>
> Perhaps it might be an idea to develop another tier of these to develop
> exactly that.
> If only 5% go on to contribute something of value, whether that be
> coding or docs, it may well be worth it. It would also contribute to
> aspects such as community building which, for a number of community-
> based projects (and one or two quite notable ones) is an aspect which
> is under-appreciated these days.
> Just some thoughts, but community-based projects are only as healthy as
> their communities.
> Cheers!
>
> --
> A Kiwi in Australia,
> doing my bit toward raising the national standard.
>
You are free to organize any event you like. For example in the
Netherlands there's a small group of people organizing get-togethers
that are open to anyone interested. Sometimes developers attend.
-Otto
