[CREATE] Bad news from Amsterdam

[adam at flossmanuals.net]

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
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