I forgot to mention, I think the whole event should have been streamed. There were some technical difficulties that prevented it from happening this time. But I think it should be something that is considered essential.
.hc On Aug 29, 2007, at 9:54 PM, Andy Farnell wrote: > > Because of being on my ass moneywise > at the moment the air fare completely demolished me this year. > It upset me not to be able to attend because of that. > Let's face it the cost of international air travel > is only going up and fast. More regular smaller > meetings at more diverse geographical locations > are the way to go. Perhaps holding conferences on multiple > concurrent sites with extensive videolinking. (Us Pd people > should be *pioneering* this sort of thing) - a global community > built from cellular (chapters) in a network. > I was thinking of saying "No to Sao Paulo, yes to Barcelona" > but then I heard, "what about South Americans > who are probably *less* able to afford traveling to Europe > than we are of travelling to S.America?" > So the option to support is BOTH. At the same time. > > > > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:38:23 -0400 > Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> On Aug 28, 2007, at 1:03 AM, Chris McCormick wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 11:56:45PM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: >>>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Chris McCormick wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 07:48:56PM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote: >>>>>> (who's sad, that is already over) >>>>> I have been so jealous these last few days! I am so there next >>>>> year. >>>> >>>> There's no next year. >>> >>> Oh, that's really sad. Seems like you guys did a really great job. >>> Well >>> I guess there will be another Pd conference of some kind in the >>> future, >>> right? >> >> Well, if someone gets really inspired and organized, there might be a >> next year. There is already talk of having the next one in Sao Paulo >> or Barcelona. >> >> I hope the next one will happen sooner rather than later. It was >> really excellent to meet people I know from the list, but also to see >> the art community in Montréal. It really was an interesting mix of >> people and ideas. >> >> .hc >> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ------------------- >>> http://mccormick.cx >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >>> listinfo/pd-list >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> ---- >> >> Access to computers should be unlimited and total. - the hacker >> ethic >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ >> listinfo/pd-list > > > -- > Use the source > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > listinfo/pd-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Mistrust authority - promote decentralization. - the hacker ethic _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list