For those not in Thailand there is a strong sense of danger due to the media coverage and how the issues have been painted. It seems that either postponing or at least polling a few of those from outside of Thailand might be a good idea. We might use it as an opportunity to say there's nothing to fear too. Would it convince anyone though?
On Apr 13, 7:44 am, Gen Kanai <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:46 PM, JFXBerns <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our first organizer's meeting for Barcamp Bangkok 4 will be held on > > Tuesday, April 20th at 7:00pm at Waweee Coffee on Soi Aree 2, near the > > Aree BTS station. I figure Aree is far enough from the mayhem that > > there will be no problems holding a meeting there. > > > Please tweet this / spread the word so we get as much input from as > > many people as we can. Let's try to get new people on board! > > > Luckily, we have used Sripatum before, so we don't have as much > > planning to do, we know what we need to do already; it's just a matter > > of execution. > > > Meeting Agenda: > > > 1) Do we postpone the event? We should at least consider whether or > > not to hold the event given the current social unrest--or have a > > contingency plan if events gets drastically worse. > > For a perspective from outside of Thailand, I think it would make > sense to consider postponing the event. If you move ahead with the > current date, I think it would be hard to get participants or sponsors > from outside of Thailand. I, myself, am reconsidering attending due > to the current state of the unrest. > > If there is no cost to postpone, why not do so and choose a date when > we know there will not be any possible danger to attendees or > participants. > > Gen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en.
