Hi all,
Christine Louise Beems schrieb:
Here's an idea on conferences to add to the mix:
This is exactly the idea I had ;-)
Face-to-face networking and socializing is essential for both community
and business development, so how about having an annual face-to-face
'global' conference with multiple (regional) venues, all held on the
same date(s). This would give folks the option of staying closer to home
-or- traveling to a distant location, being somewhat able to accomplish
the same networking/socializing purpose at any location...?
I see the reasons to reduce CO2 emission (and the possibility for a
dedicated marketing strategy) as well as the effects of face-to-face
meetings:
- avoid mail misunderstandings by knowledge of tone and mimic in discussion
- reach faster agreement on difficult topics
- work collaboratively more effective than online
- improve knowledge on other community members resulting in better
communication later on the lists
- feel the "spirit of OOo" and have a lot of fun. This is more than just
feeling good: It keeps the dedication to OOo and therefore it's one of
the strongest reasons to spend a lot of spare time for the project.
Less real meetings will have negative effects on the community (feeling
and actual work) - and these effects will have to be weighed against the
environmental profit of not moving to the OOoCon location.
For myself I don't want to reduce the number of personal meetings, but
we should try to make them as environmental friendly as possible.
Christine's idea is a good compromise - small local meetings with a
central virtual conference.
In my opinion these RegiCons should be located at places where many OOo
members don't need to move (or move just a short distance).
With one large OOoCon every two years meetings between people from far
away would be possible and keep alive the personal contact.
Best regards
Bernhard
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