weazil
Moderator
Afternoon all
As we start to warm up for BOYL 2015, I started to wonder about the organisation of the thing. Up until now, it has been quite anarchic. I mean anarchic in the good sense of the term, in that various members have just dovetailed into each other's activities without requiring any 'controlled' (as applied by a 'controller') organisation.
Now the only real reason I've brought this up is that BOYL 2015 will be the 3rd event of its kind, suggesting that the thing is considered broadly successful. Given that it is considered this way, it is quite likely to see a much larger attendance than we've seen before - i.e. there is enough evidence from the previous two that it is worth the money and the time (now its three days!) to attend.
As such, it is appropriate to expect 100+ attendees.
So, my question to this community is simply this: as a result, does anybody think it requires more formal organisation? I have some opinions on the matter, but I thought I'd check with everyone else before tabling my own.
If you do think it requires more formal organisation, what should we do?
Discuss!
N.B.
This is not a discussion where an answer MUST be reached or that we (whoever 'we' is) are looking to CHANGE anything - this is an abstracted discussion to get a feel from people about what kind of things that might require formalisation, the reasons as to why and the method as to how. Please (pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease) don't just respond with one liners saying something like 'yes, we should do something.' This is a DISCUSSION. I trust you all. No, really. Even you.
If, for whatever reason, no consensus is reached, I'm sure we'll just carry on as we do - I still trust our anarchic bent is entirely appropriate and so far has seemed to work. I just thought it was appropriate to ask. Also happy to ask the question this time next year (and every year thereafter).
EDIT - just thought I'd add that you are free to recommend something without becoming accountable for the thing you've recommended. Just because its something you want doesn't necessarily mean you have to do it - please make the recommendation anyway. Assuming anyone thinks we should do something different, I'll set up other threads to find interested parties.
As we start to warm up for BOYL 2015, I started to wonder about the organisation of the thing. Up until now, it has been quite anarchic. I mean anarchic in the good sense of the term, in that various members have just dovetailed into each other's activities without requiring any 'controlled' (as applied by a 'controller') organisation.
Now the only real reason I've brought this up is that BOYL 2015 will be the 3rd event of its kind, suggesting that the thing is considered broadly successful. Given that it is considered this way, it is quite likely to see a much larger attendance than we've seen before - i.e. there is enough evidence from the previous two that it is worth the money and the time (now its three days!) to attend.
As such, it is appropriate to expect 100+ attendees.
So, my question to this community is simply this: as a result, does anybody think it requires more formal organisation? I have some opinions on the matter, but I thought I'd check with everyone else before tabling my own.
If you do think it requires more formal organisation, what should we do?
Discuss!
N.B.
This is not a discussion where an answer MUST be reached or that we (whoever 'we' is) are looking to CHANGE anything - this is an abstracted discussion to get a feel from people about what kind of things that might require formalisation, the reasons as to why and the method as to how. Please (pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease) don't just respond with one liners saying something like 'yes, we should do something.' This is a DISCUSSION. I trust you all. No, really. Even you.
If, for whatever reason, no consensus is reached, I'm sure we'll just carry on as we do - I still trust our anarchic bent is entirely appropriate and so far has seemed to work. I just thought it was appropriate to ask. Also happy to ask the question this time next year (and every year thereafter).
EDIT - just thought I'd add that you are free to recommend something without becoming accountable for the thing you've recommended. Just because its something you want doesn't necessarily mean you have to do it - please make the recommendation anyway. Assuming anyone thinks we should do something different, I'll set up other threads to find interested parties.