General talk about software patterns

[Linda Rising <risingl1 AT cox.net>]

Apologizes for multiple postings.

A Mini-PLoP at OOPSLA ‘07

On Sunday, October 21, a full-day bootcamp will be offered by Bob Hanmer 
and Linda Rising followed by a day of writers' (and writing) workshops 
on Monday, October 22, led by Bob Hanmer, Linda Rising, and Joe Yoder.

Bootcamp attendees want to learn more about patterns and pattern 
writing. Writing workshop attendees have papers that are ready for 
workshop feedback or, in the case of a writing workshop, have papers 
that need coaching.

Writers’ workshops will bring together authors of papers in software 
development who wish to have feedback from collaborative peers. 
Attendees will participate in a writers' workshop of their papers as 
well as writers' workshops for papers of other attendees in their group. 
Participants who do not have a paper to workshop are also invited, but 
everyone will be expected to read all the papers in their groups in 
advance.

We are also inviting papers for “writing” workshops. The authors of 
these papers are looking for writing coaching for ideas that are not 
fully developed.

Workshop organizers:

Linda Rising, primary organizer and contact 
risingl AT acm.org
Robert S. Hanmer 
hanmer AT acm.org
Joseph W. Yoder 
joe AT joeyoder.com

Bootcamp participants must submit a request to attend by *September 6*. 
Organizers will notify attendees of acceptance by September 11. This 
session is limited to 30 attendees, so please submit early.

Workshop (both writers’ and writing) participants must submit a paper by 
*September 6*. Organizers will notify authors of acceptance by September 
11. Accepted papers will be posted on the workshop web site and assigned 
to a workshop group.

Non-authors can submit a request to join a specific workshop group. 
Please contact the organizers if you are interested.

All participants must read all papers in their group beforehand and must 
remain with the group throughout the day.

Submitted papers will be part of an OOPSLA poster. Updated versions will 
be posted on the workshop web site. 
http://refactory.com/OOPSLA_Workshop.html