Hoi,
Video conferencing is ok-ish.. at best. It does not give you the
opportunity that face to face communications gives you. It does not allow
you to get through the fog of misunderstanding, Really, when the right
people go for the right reasons, it pays its dividents.
Cost is only one criteria to measure things by. What would you consider as
relevant for more people to go ?
Thanks,
Gerard
On 31 March 2014 11:47, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Re:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014
I had thought that to ensure the cost of the conference was kept to a
healthy level that organizations would send no more than 2
representatives plus one optional guest. This seems to not be the case
looking at the proposed attendee list[1] with the UK sending a massive
party of 8 people (excluding Wikimania representatives), significantly
larger than any other Chapter or Thorg.
Could we please be modest with the movement's money and than some of
these proposed names are withdrawn? I propose setting an absolute
maximum of 3 representatives from any chapter, thorg or user group and
that is enforced rather than a vague guideline.
There will be video conferencing available, costing the movement nothing.
Links:
1.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Participants
Fae
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
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