> Would have been difficult for me to wangle an invitation to an event I did > not even hear about til it was underway.
You're right, that would have been difficult! It was never mentioned in this > group that I can find until Jay said that he was actually at it, and told us > about a live stream that apparently no one was able to join. Even had it > worked, that notice might have come through at a time when us Europeans were > in bed or something; advance notice might have allowed us to plan ahead to > participate. > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/24/05, jonny goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>> As somone remarked, an "open media developers summit" by invitation > > only is something of an oxymoron... Are we in danger of getting a > > little clicquish, folks? > > > > While the above does seem like an oxymoron, these folks only had limited > > space and they > > chose to do it the way they did it. I think that's > > OK. There's room for all kinds of conferences---first come first served, > > free, expensive, > > invite only, etc. Also, if anyone really wanted to go and planned ahead a > > little, I bet you > > could have wangled an invite. And nothing's stopping you from organizing > > your own > > conference on the same topic with a different policy on participation. > > > Would have been difficult for me to wangle an invitation to an event I did > not even hear about til it was underway. It was never mentioned in this > group that I can find until Jay said that he was actually at it, and told us > about a live stream that apparently no one was able to join. Even had it > worked, that notice might have come through at a time when us Europeans were > in bed or something; advance notice might have allowed us to plan ahead to > participate. > > > -- > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > www.beginningwithi.com <http://www.beginningwithi.com> (personal) > www.tvblob.com <http://www.tvblob.com> (work) > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
