Comments on: geeks and werewolves (some notes on FOO)

By: Adam Trachtenberg

Adam Trachtenberg — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:27:46 +0000

Thanks for moderating far too many games of Werewolf. A kickass moderator is crucial, yet thankless.

By: Rajan

Rajan — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:24:18 +0000

Hi Danah,

Barcamps in India (infact in many cities in India, hyderabad, bangalore, delhi, mumbai, pune) have happened before Barcamp Earth I co-organized two barcamps in hyderabad myself and attended the one in bangalore.
http://barcamp.org/BarCampHyderabad
http://barcamp.org/BarCampHyderabad2

http://barcamp.org/BarCampBangalore

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:45:42 +0000

Names in a hat?

By: zephoria

zephoria — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:33:27 +0000

Alison – actually, invites do rotate and they make an effort to have at least 1/2 of the people be totally new every time. This year, they doubled the number of attendees because they couldn’t narrow down who to invite. Of course, people get really upset when they aren’t invited back the next year. When Tim proposed inviting no one from this year back next year but inviting all new people instead based on the recommendations of those who attended, the entire room booed. ::sigh:: I can’t even imagine how hard it is to choose who to invite back and who not to. So many emotions involved.

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:29:47 +0000

Perhaps FOO camp wouldn’t be so elitist if people who were invited rotated. You get an invite say every 2 years, allowing other people to go, and mixing of groups to ensure good quality discussion.

I type this as an outsider, and never likely to attend such an event.

By: zephoria

zephoria — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:50:26 +0000

::laugh:: Obviously, that should be “fertile” but somehow, that’s not what came out at 2AM.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:50:06 +0000

‘Furtile’ makes me think of a field full of ninjas.