Laura Toma ha scritto: > Dear OSGeo community, > > After attending FOSS4G last week, I wanted to share some thoughts. As > much as I'd like to be a regular attendee, I am afraid that the > conference is becoming too expensive. ... > audience. For e.g., have a regional conference; and/or split into > several venues e.g. users/research/business/developers; have lower > rates for academia and researchers.
I think you raised a good point. I have seen several people, very active and interested on the freegis scene, not going for the very same problem. On the other hand, I do not agree with having lower rates for academia: lots of free lance devs (often the blood of many projects) are not affiliated to any university, and they would be even more cut out of the event. Splitting makes the metting less interesting, so it is not the best option. So the message to the organizers is: keep it simple and cheap. E.g.: hold the conference close to a low cost airport, provide cheap accommodation for those who cannot afford a 4-star hotel, and keep the registration costs as low as possible. Thanks. pc -- Paolo Cavallini, see: * http://www.faunalia.it/pc * _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss