I completely endorse Paul's sentiments. Having high local participation is a key point of KohaCon and is the very reason it circulates around the globe.
I urge the organisors to issue a statement clarifying why the registration was imposed and what the view is towards local participation. Jo. On 16/11/2016 4:49 AM, "Paul Poulain" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > If the reason for adding some fees was to avoid having locals attending, > there's something going wrong... 80% of attendees are local people. And > that's why we're moving from countries to countries. In India, IIRC, there > were "all" students from the local librarian school. And that was *great*. > The audience of the KohaCon usually consist in 20-30 "usual attendees", > that come every year, it (almost) doesn't depend on where it takes place, > some "close countries" people, that take profit of a "short" trip, a few > coming from a long distance, and all others are local ! > + : the 1st part of the KohaCon is usually dedicated to "discover what > Koha can do for you", so it's made for local ! > > Le 04/11/2016 à 07:53, Mirko Tietgen a écrit : > >> Hi, >> >> from the IRC meeting I understand the fee and the registration is >> there to avoid having locals attend the conference. Is that correct? >> >> A very important point of Kohacon as I understand it is to give >> locals a chance to participate in something they could otherwise >> not be part of. Free of charge. >> >> We switch the location every year and have rules to avoid it going >> back and forth between Europe and the USA most of the time. Rules >> that lead to the Philippines winning the bid by default, because a >> European location was automatically ruled out this time. >> >> As I understand, we do that so there is a small chance for people >> to attend a Kohacon even if they can't travel to distant places. >> I'd like people in the Philippines to have that chance next year. >> >> I would like some clarification on this please. >> >> -- Mirko >> >> >> Manny Tamayao schrieb am 03.11.2016 >> >>> Dear Paul and to our fellow Koha Community, >>> >>> >>> >>> Forgive us for the modification. >>> >>> Yes, to your surprise we will have a registration fee ($100) >>> for KohaCon2017. We are doing our best to make it registration >>> free. >>> >>> We are talking to the stakeholders of the venue and looking for >>> other sponsors to help us. >>> >>> Again, we hope that you will understand us and everyone will >>> register online https://goo.gl/forms/BSZz8NT46u4pBqT23. >>> >>> >>> >>> Salamat, >>> >>> Manny >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Ø ------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> Ø Message: 4 >>> >>> Ø Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 17:30:07 +0100 >>> >>> Ø From: Paul Poulain <[email protected]> >>> >>> Ø To: [email protected] >>> >>> Ø Subject: Re: [Koha] KohaCon 2017 Online Registration Form >>> >>> Ø Message-ID: >>> <[email protected]> >>> >>> Ø Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >>> >>> >>> >>> Ø Hello Manny, >>> >>> >>> >>> Ø I'm a little bit surprised, with the reg fee as >>> >>> Ø https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon17_Proposals >>> says: >>> >>> >>> >>> Ø "proposed cost: no registration fee". >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Ø Le 30/10/2016 à 16:20, Manny Tamayao a écrit : >>> >>> Ø Good day Koha community, >>> >>> Ø > >>> >>> Ø Here's the link to our KohaCon 2017 online registration >>> form: >>> >>> Ø https://goo.gl/forms/BSZz8NT46u4pBqT23. We will waive the >>> registration fee >>> >>> Ø of the first 100 participants who will register early. >>> >>> Ø > >>> >>> Ø Kindly help us to disseminate this information. >>> >>> Ø > >>> >>> Ø Salamat, >>> >>> Ø Manny >>> >>> Ø > >>> >>> Ø > >>> >>> Ø > >>> >>> >>> >>> Ø -- >>> >>> Ø Paul Poulain, Associé-gérant / co-owner >>> >>> Ø BibLibre, Services en logiciels libres pour les >>> bibliothèques >>> >>> Ø BibLibre, Open Source software and services for libraries >>> _______________________________________________ Koha mailing >>> list http://koha-community.org [email protected] >>> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> [email protected] >> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > > -- > Paul Poulain, Associé-gérant / co-owner > BibLibre, Services en logiciels libres pour les bibliothèques > BibLibre, Open Source software and services for libraries > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
