Ken, I did not know you felt so strongly against this. Maybe another date should be considered with the proper promotion?
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Ken Fallon <k...@fallon.ie> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2014-11-06 19:24, Ken Fallon wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > As kwisher reminded us on the Community News show, the new year is > > only two months away. > > > > Enigma started a new year review each year since our foundation, > > and in 2011 we held the first New Year Show which went on for over > > 12 hours. In 2012 we had our first 24 hour show and extended that > > in 2013 to follow all the Time Zones (26 Hours). > > > > So the question is, should we do it again ? > > > > > > My vote is no we should not do it. > > - From a promoting podcast point of view, I had hoped that the show > would be a catalyst for getting other podcasters together as a general > "FLOSS Podcast event". This in turn would lead to a more vibrant > community, and have the knock on effect of getting more contributions. > > This is not happening. Whither it is from lack of promotion of the > event, lack of participation, or the fact that many people consider > their presence on the new year show to be their contribution for the > year. > > Then there's the stress involved in any live event. Things going > wrong, people needing to be contacted outside of office hours. We are > asking a lot of people to help and be available for the duration of > the show, and yet we only get a participation of about 100 people. > > - From a personal point of view it means that I am away from my family > during the show. The New Year time is an important celebration in the > Netherlands in general, been a time for meeting up with the neighbors, > friends and family. Ignoring the time running up to the show, the > entire day before and after is spent away from my family and children. > > Don't get me wrong, I love the show for all that and it's a great time > to have a chat with everyone. But if you ask me, I can live without > the hassle. > > - -- > Regards, > > Ken Fallon > http://kenfallon.com > http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUXKryAAoJECO2jUN3MRFpxRcP/2Q6j1r556bVZLGxAsRJlF7M > NgWB9BFg2z6uHo7PMTqUBLkMHRCqOKEDTL7j0vZqo85EbimB2Xh/9Le8FhIEQzTd > uBJOMqyFZUBTBzDw/+bi4yduj0rkWnFjJYv4BCax/ttIfCvl/4kK+DbZIF+/krp/ > HwHvPlnHgGD85NFyXcL5k0GVB78EJHDWXCM0iXSd6GeX+AYkjzgnUCa7xrnZcuiM > fBv6mCJWieOCM8WEk9aSDbZ+ygDMnRw6H3y3SEGtSQczdVstYWnYeIS4gpaRFBds > GunLb5r1djYKUVpphBQN3dG0FnPAIc8/Nn+mnD2HWuuldNF4uK9hXH8Avl4jKLs7 > 5ZJeXxdwKrFNe2iV47i0DGacfY99kYuJFuzGHdqiSHKJtFXc/zgrQG9DJfq8UjT9 > NX/N/fnaGfDYVSS2OFI0xgQ8YG0zz/AbXegTmTkTjY1/HmsvNWMrexo4d35ebexl > 0uqkT8uZrAd+v/+TFHbO5jCeWcbVEWP8PODbtT30Y91yk8gOzvytAsJ5meecuYDH > W/xnQa9IBk5gRkMhWkB3IamGv8qR3silRWoUJMWSVzBzxiZecl0HN7kpd7Vm2yVO > 9yixxUmNCu1tqfOYr8AnqEYnH4zV7iqasEjufZQlYgO03pqtvUzY8A4ZM5jBoxRS > XtVoBIfPLGlCWpUevEGG > =giV6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >
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