On 08/10/2014 17:19, Rufus Pollock wrote:
On 8 October 2014 16:49, Abbas Mahmood <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:Hi Rufus, I think that OKFest shouldn't be held in Europe simply because that's where most of your staff are based. If OKF sees itself as a global There are several considerations of which this is one.
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We'd absolutely love to see both more Open Knowledge events around the world especially regional OKCons. Re the Festival we would also be very excited to travel around at some point. However, near-term, as the email explains, there are real practical challenges of moving the Festival around - but part of this thread is about people's thoughts on this and what we can do going forward (for 2015 I think will be very tough just because of timeline ...) Rufus
On principle I feel it is a high priority to hold OKF outside of Europe. I quite understand that there are pragmatic reasons for suggesting London and Berlin for 2015, time being one of them. Therefore could I suggest that a call is made for hosts for OKF 2016 right now? This will deal with problems of time constraints. And could I also suggest that an emphasis is placed in this call for venues and organisations outside Europe and the U.S.?
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