On 2/22/07, Charles Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sure most people would agree that it would be good to be > > less Yahoo-centric, but how? > > > Why do we have such self-hatred? Even if attendance were strictly > limited to members of this list, it would be a fabulous gathering. Do > we want 5000 new people attending that are unfamiliar with the culture > which we've created here over the past few years? If there is a time > for reaching out to new people, is this it? Are you flying across the > Atlantic Ocean to meet people you've been watching and corresponding > with for months, or absolute strangers?
I don't think I understand 100% what that was about. But I'd say let's aim for a 1000 people attendance maybe 1500. We were 600 last year. Sold out. I love the NY idea because I want to see MANY more people from across the Atlantic. Hopefully even some people from other parts of the world other than just europe and the US... especially some people from developing countries. There's a phrase "the september that never ended" on the internet referring to the flood of newbies on the internet one september do to AOL that forever changed net culture. Before that it was all geeky and academic and crap. All I want to know is that we can have just enough newbies and people from outside the culture to keep us on our toes and challenge us and remind us what it was like to discover vlogging for the first time. Not so many it distorts the whole agenda. The big question is corporate participation. I'm still pretty anti-both... anti-expo but I think we have to accomodate anywhere from 25-100 different vendors somehow. -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog > > > > Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. > Links > > > > >
