>> I think the days of conducting a small conference in the physical world >> should be replaced by something like a video conference over internet... :)<<
You may be right, or you may be wrong. I don't know. Sounds easy, right? But it turns out not so much. I refer you to the points made by Ed and the networking of the conference. From an attendee perspective he is absolutely spot on. Also, we have done the business model cost wise and it does not work for the Fox Community. I've talked to several video production companies including the one that does PyCon every year (friend and former FoxPro guy). The math does not add up for us. It may work perfectly for other conferences, but we have a shrinking customer base and a very small one at that. Sorry. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Man-wai Chang Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 07:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Help save Southwest Fox I think the days of conducting a small conference in the physical world should be replaced by something like a video conference over internet... :) On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Rick Schummer < [email protected]> wrote: > Putting on a conference is a risky endeavor. Conference centers > require a guaranteed minimum income to block the dates of a > conference; for a conference like Southwest Fox and Southwest > Xbase++, that minimum is in the tens of thousands of > dollars. > -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY! / v \ 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 (Linux kernel 2.6.39.3) /( _ )\ http://sites.google.com/site/changmw ^ ^ May the Force and farces be with you! --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
