Eric Skiff managed to get a great venue for PodCamp NYC (the New Yorker hotel) and I imagine do it on a budget. I've CC'd him here.
-----Original Message----- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard (Show) Hall Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:53 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Vloggercon venue voting now on the wiki I have to say that I agree with Jen. I'm very willing to participate, but I'm not willing to put it together, so my vote doesn't really mean a lot, in that I vote to have it where it will happen because someone there will make it happen (I'm hoping that sentence makes some sense to someone). ... Richard On 4/25/07, Jen Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think what will matter is not the number of people who 'vote' for a > city, but the reality of whether / not it will work there // > especially regarding who will host and produce the event. My vote is > that the people actually doing the work (presumably without getting > paid, as was the case with all of the previous vloggercons) get to > "vote" more/ have their wishes count. > > We in the peanut gallery can demand all we want -- but who is going > to make it happen??? > > That's why it was not in New York last time -- organizers tried for > NYC, but could not get a larger enough venue that was affordable. You > can "decide" New York / XX-city all you want, but if there's no place > for the budget we have (or people to do the work of planning the > event), it ain't gonna happen there. > > After a long search in NYC, the Vloggercon 06 organizers started > looking elsewhere -- and ended up in San Fran at the Swedish American > Hall. Plus the people working on the event all started moving to San > Fran. And it's easier to plan an event in the town you are living in > then somewhere else. > > Simply 'voting' and making that be some kind of ruling decision is a > bit crazy. Maybe the better question is who can plan, host, and do > this whole gig?? And what cities do those people live in? // Who > lives in DC who can work on this? Who is volunteering in ___ the > place you are voting for _____? > > Jen > > > On Apr 25, 2007, at 4:25 pm, Rupert wrote: > > > As if I didn't have better things to do than think up ways to decide > > a venue for a convention I won't be able to attend, I just found > > myself going through all the emails about Vloggercon from the last 6 > > months and noting down everyone's preferences. > > > > If you've said that you're For a city, I've put your name under that > > city, added up the totals and put it up on a page on the > > Videoblogging Group Wiki. > > > > It's a slightly more web 2.0 way of managing the voting than doing it > > by Email here, I guess. > > > > So if that's OK, you're now all responsible for checking it, adding > > or deleting your names and amending the totals. > > > > I say we give it a week to decide - whichever city has the most votes > > by Fri 4 May wins. Whaddya reckon? > > > > Go to: > > http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/Vloggercon-2007-Voting > > > > You can vote for as many cities as you want. Just click edit page > > and use the password: surge. > > > > Since I quickly compiled this from all the emails with subject > > Vloggercon on the Yahoo list over the last six months, noting down > > all preferences expressed, I'm sure there will be mistakes - don't > > shout, just change. > > > > If you think it's a crap idea, fair enough, just say so here. > > > > Right, now I'm going to go and get a life. > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.blogspot.com/ > > http://www.twitter.com/ruperthowe/ > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
