My thoughts/votes: - 2-3 days over a weekend in NYC - for me, and I suspect for many, a week camping is not likely to be possible (I have family vacations and other factors to consider) - try to get funding to bring in "worthy" vloggers from other parts of the world who otherwise couldn't afford it, e.g. Africa, Bangladesh, Indonesia (I don't mention India only because I think a lot of Indians could pay their own tickets). And of course Baghdad, if we can get visas for them... - this part needs a LOT of advance notice as the US government is such a PITA about letting foreigners in these days. - nothing wrong with us chickens, but let's try to expand the pool to people who do videoblogging but don't necessarily consider themselves videobloggers, e.g. some of the YouTube people - at least make an effort to invite them! - widen the circle in every possible way. Tear up the "A List", forget the same old names, invite the Z List. Get out and find people who are NOT part of this group and, when/if they show up, make them feel welcome - a risk at events like this is that old friends hang out exclusively with people they already know, which rather misses the point. Much of the coolness of vlogEurope was in spending lots of time with people I knew nothing about before I had them sleeping in my family room. - No panels, no speakers. We're all makers here as well as audience - why would we have an event where we sit passively and listen to the so-called experts? WE are the experts. What format can we use to share knowledge without descending into utter chaos?
-- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
