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@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Could we please be modest with the movement's money and than some of these proposed names are withdrawn?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.
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