I think Femke and I would like to propose Amsterdam as a secondary venue to augment the main event if it is not in Europe.
adam > On Saturday 04 October 2008 04:06:59 Jon Phillips wrote: >> 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-serv >> > >ice/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? > > > It does sound like an interesting location for sure... > > Still, I'm also happy to go back to MTL > > Craig > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
