[pp.int.general] Invitation to the PPI General Assembly 2011

[Justus Römeth]

Ahoj
I agree here. It would be nice if those board members voted for 
Friedriechshafen were to explain what they found more convincing, 
compared to the Osnabrück offer. Having had a look at both applications, 
the only ones I found were that a fair center has more prestige than a 
high school, and that it could boost the PP of Baden Würtemberg in their 
coming up elections.

I seriously doubt that that is enough to warrant the 4-fould costs, and 
would b e delighted if someone could shed light on what I am missing, 
because I frankly don't think the board is that incompetent.


Also, did the board actively encourage non-European PPs to organize the 
conference? Just asking for conference offers may not be enough (this is 
also for the future). And, esp. if it were to be held outside of Europe, 
the needs for size would probably be much smaller.
If the PPI board is not willing to do this, then maybe we should limit 
the current PPI to Europe and set up other chapters for Oceania and the 
Americas, at least when it comes to conferences.
This not to stop the knowledge and communication between the different 
areas, but to take into account that apparently the Europe based PPI is 
limited in scope for conferences as well as personnel.

Cheers
-J

Another thing
On 20.01.11 03:18, Boris Turovskiy wrote:
> Now that's the point which astonishes me personally most, I thought
> Osnabrueck was a no-brainer, with mostly the same offers for 1/5 of the
> cost and a budget planning that would not require any entrance fee at
> all. Actually, 4600€ for a conference with these specifications is so
> far through the roof that I didn't at first believe Friedrichshafen was
> selected - were it a proposal for one of our State Assemblies of similar
> size, there's no way it would be seriously considered.
> I think the Board will be in for some serious questioning on that
> decision at the conference.