Hi, Maybe it is time to change the subject of this thread ;)
Regards, Y. Le Wednesday 27 August 2008 00:59:55 Landon Blake, vous avez écrit : > Puneet wrote: "a conference becomes too big to continue being useful." > > Do you mean "too big" as in number of people attending, "too big" as in > number of topics presented, or "too big" in some other sense? > > Landon > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P Kishor > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:56 PM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Local Chapter, network and > structuration > > On 8/27/08, Dave Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008/08/26 3:08 PM, James Fee wrote: > > > I overheard someone say at GeoWeb 2008 that they could care less > > about > > > > FOSS4G outside of North America and they have no interest in what > > will > > > > probably be the next couple FOSS4Gs around the world. > > > > Hearing things like that, and the reactions about it being > > 'impossible' for USA state and local government employees, etc., > > make me wonder if there is any value in having the organizing > > committees of 'foreign' OSGeo events doing any marketing > > directly to such people. > > I wonder what is the cost of marketing directly to me? > > I wonder what is marketing directly to me? > > I don't remember seeing an what seemed like a paid ad for any > MUM/FOSS4G conference in a paper magazine or also on a web site? > > Just curious. > > By the way, I am not a State/Local/Fed employee, yet, I too have > little interest in these overseas, high-cost conferences, at least as > long as I have no funding support for them. I do suspect that at some > point, at least for me personally, a conference becomes too big to > continue being useful. > > > The "glass half empty" view would be that such marketing > > is 'a waste of time and money', because such people either > > aren't personally interested, or their workplace has policies > > that won't allow them to attend. > > > > The "glass half full" view is that by directly marketing > > to such people (who might want to self-identify, to make > > sure they are on the relevant 'marketing lists') they get > > the opportunity to have discussions with their supervisor(s), > > and that if, over time, enough people raise the issue enough > > times, along with examples of how other jurisdictions get > > value from sending their staff to 'foreign events', maybe > > things will change. > > > > -- > > Dave Patton > > CIS Canadian Information Systems > > Victoria, B.C. > > > > Degree Confluence Project: > > Canadian Coordinator > > Technical Coordinator > > http://www.confluence.org/ > > > > OSGeo FOSS4G2007 conference: > > Workshop Committee Chair > > Conference Committee member > > http://www.foss4g2007.org/ > > > > Personal website: > > Maps, GPS, etc. > > http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Yves Jacolin --- http://softlibre.gloobe.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss