On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 09:21 +0200, Femke Snelting wrote: > > "However, the video team did an amazing job this year [3] - a combination of > > live streams of all the talks plus volunteers forwarding questions from IRC > > meant that people could stay involved despite the distance. > > [3] http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf8/Videoteam/Thanks " > > > > There is more information at > > http://www.news.software.coop/debconf-8-video-team-gives-excellent-service/42/ > > and http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf8/Streams. > > > > This is definitely an option worth considering for those of us who really > > can't > > attend due to costs or other engagements. > > I doubt the OSP's will manage a roadtrip to Singapore ;-) but I think in > that case we would work with Adam Hyde (thx for offering Adam!) to > organise a parallel event and relay through chat and IRC from Europe, > which could be nice as well. > > In my experience streaming the talks does of course not replace a > physical meeting but I agree with Alex that it can involve people on > another level if taken seriously (i.e. moderators on chat and stream). I > think also LGM itself could benefit from this kind of remote > participation. Something to consider, whether LGM lands in Amsterdam or > Singapore this year. > > In case LGM is held in The Netherlands, I've discussed with Florian > Cramer who heads the Piet Zwart Media Design MA in Rotterdam. This is to > my knowledge the only art and design programme run entirely on F/LOSS > (Shoebot Ricardo Lafuente graduated there). It could mean involving > their MA students, organising additional workshops, talks, events -- the > PZI would be happy to contribute with their expertise. > > Good luck deciding! > > Femke
So are you saying you would like to put proposal in for Amsterdam now? Jon > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
