> There's no easy way to deal with this. > > BCB1 explicitly stated "no spectators, only participants", and missed out a > lot of people with interesting opinions. BCB3 dropped that line and saw a > flood come in. BCB6 is attempting to calibrate that dial again.
I agree Kiran. It's a tough balance to maintain...and I'm glad I don't have to do it! All I am saying is, I have realized that BCB is a very interesting event as far as I am concerned, even though I am not a techie; so even if you put out a sign at IIMB saying "No Deepa Mohans are allowed", I am going to be there! I think you did say to me at one Barcamp that if I found it interesting I should come along...it was only my law-abiding middle class mentality which prevented me this time. Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore".... Deepa. On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20-Apr-08, at 9:34 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > Also, I think that keeping casual visitors out is not logical..the > > casual visitor of today might be the committed contributor of > > tomorrow. Since the whole Barcamp premise is based on freewheeling, > > impromptu discussions and presentations as well as scheduled ones, > > trying to exclude casual visitor is, to my mind, contradictory. > > > > I do not know to what extent Jace is involved with Barcamp now...but > > if you are, Jace...that's feedback I want to give you. > > > > I pondered on whether to take this offlist and email only Mayank and > > Jace...but decided to let this stand. But the next Barcamp, no matter > > who says what..I am going! :) > > > > > There's no easy way to deal with this. > > BCB1 explicitly stated "no spectators, only participants", and missed out a > lot of people with interesting opinions. BCB3 dropped that line and saw a > flood come in. BCB6 is attempting to calibrate that dial again. > >
