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[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Yeah, I was bummed that everyone couldn't make it.  That is  
definitely the downside and the weak point of such conferences.  It  
can cost a lot of money to organize and then it costs each person  
money to get there.  I think the Montréal crew did a good job of  
defraying those costs as much as they could.  I thought it was a  
brilliant idea to have the local artist community host us in their  
homes.  It saves a ton of money on hotels, and I think it's much more  
fun to stay with people than in hotels anyway.

The big advantage is bringing together a local community and allowing  
the international community to get together, exchange ideas, and  
discuss the common bonds.  Apparently, there is a pretty active  
community in a number of places that are not represented on the Pd  
lists or forums.  For example, at the PdCon, I learned about an  
active community in Bulgaria and Sao Paulo.

One thing that we could strive for in the next PdCon is more  
collaboration from the community at large.  For example, a place to  
organize carpools/rideshares so that people can pay less for  
transportation.  I think we could come up with a lot of ideas to make  
the next PdCon even more accessible than the Montréal people made it.

.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 <hans at eds.org> 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.
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