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[Thomas Gramstad <thomas AT ifi.uio.no>]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Grégoire wrote:

> On 04/29/2013 07:50 PM, Thomas Gramstad wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Apr 2013, Stian Rødven Eide wrote:
> >
> > > It was suggested that we have a theme for this year's FSCONS.
> > >
> > > It should preferably be broad, so that any suitable track will fit
> > > within the theme, but not too vague either.
> > >
> > > Some keywords / theme suggestions mentioned during the meeting were:
> > > * Crowd
> > > * Economy
> > > * Nordic Cooperation
> > >
> > > Any more ideas?
>
> I remember "accessibility" was suggested last year or the one before 
> that (we then decided not to have a theme) But it was more in the 
> focus then than it is now probably.
>
> > * Language technology
> > * Robotics, swarm intelligence, nanotech
>
> Those sound a bit too specific to serve as a theme for the whole 
> conference, they are more suited for independent tracks (we were 
> actually discussing having a language technology track this year, if 
> you are interested.)

That's what I meant -- themes for independent tracks. Sorry, I
didn't understand that the theme question was meant to be for the
whole conference as a whole.

So yes, I'd like to suggest them as track themes. And one more
track theme: Open Money. Including anything from Litecoin to
The Metacurrency Project.

> I kind of like crowd. It could actually even be connected to "swarm 
> intelligence" but also to other questions like "crowdsourcing" and 
> "crowdfunding" (which seem relevant to FOSS,) the mining of 
> "crowd-generated" data, participating democracye, etc

I agree, crowd seems best suited as a common theme for all the tracks
as a whole. But how strict is the common theme going to be?

> On the other hand, having just one common word as a theme sounds a 
> bit too large and maybe we should build a phrase around it, like 
> "creative crowd", "connected crowd" (or "connected crowds" plural to 
> make it sound more diverse.)

I agree. Crowd Economy Cooperation? :-)

> We could make it cryptic, like the ccc mottos. "Connected crowd" 
> could become "the anthill and the wifi" :-D

A few more suggestions:

ccc -- comcon crowds
cccc -- creative comcon crowds
ant colony optimization

Thomas


> Jokes apart, we did say that the theme should not be a constraint 
> for the track organizers but I don't recall us deciding what it 
> should be used for? Is it supposed to be included in the visual 
> theme? should it guide the choice of keynote speakers?
>
> /?