Hi Liz,
Elizabeth Matthis wrote on 2010-01-11 23.22:
Thanks for the very good proposal. I took the liberty of making a few
changes (below) to enhance the text and message. If I got something
wrong let me know and I'll have fun changing it again. ;-)
thanks a lot -- the text looks much better
Thorsten Behrens wrote (13-01-10 14:21)
Florian Effenberger wrote:
By the way, are there other "environment" criteria which might be added
for the CfL? For example, the overall "fuel consumption" to attend the
conference (based on the knowledge who usually attends), the use of
renewable energy o
Hi Lars,
Lars Nooden wrote on 2010-01-13 12.36:
Make it an online conference rather than a virtual one.
Virtual=not real. We want real communication, with real people.
it is not a real conference to me, because people are not really there.
Thus, it's virtual. :-) But I'll stop ranting now.
Hi Thorsten,
Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2010-01-13 14.21:
I agree with all of you that a pure virtual conference is a waste -
working in worldwide-dispersed team, I can tell you how much of a
difference face2face meetings are.
absolutely +1. I myself wouldn't attend a virtual OOoCon, because I
Florian Effenberger wrote:
> >By the way, are there other "environment" criteria which might be added
> >for the CfL? For example, the overall "fuel consumption" to attend the
> >conference (based on the knowledge who usually attends), the use of
> >renewable energy or availability of recycling?
>
Florian Effenberger wrote:
> I'm still a bit hesitant. Not many people showed their interest in a
> virtual-only conference.
Make it an online conference rather than a virtual one.
Virtual=not real. We want real communication, with real people.
Plus in marketing, we should be aware of how some
Hello,
To be honest, I really think that "real" meetings provide the chance to
meet new people "by accident" which usually work in completely different
projects. And I'm sure that the dedicated location (traveling, living in
a hotel, ...) sometimes really helps to get away from the daily routine
