[pp.int.general] PPI GA 2013 - Call for Hosts

[Patrick Maechler v/o Valio]

1. Internet GA vs Real-Life GA:
I personally would absolutely prefer to have internet GAs, if I would  
be confident, that at least 33% of the informal exchange that would  
happen at a RL-GA would happen (which are IMO important for  
strengthening the inner bounds of the movement) and at least 80%  
(better: more than 100%) of what could be achieved on formal decisions  
and agreements are guaranteed to be possible. The thing is: I'm not  
confident yet, that even half of said would be guaranteed without  
prior infrastructure standards defined and sufficiently provided.
Yes, the informal parts would be anyway better to happen on a really  
broad level (i.e. not just "single" delegates); but here the  
discussion on encouraging that is not really happening atm AFAIK.

2. Europe vs Non-Europe of a RL-GA
I have been already last year the second most fierce advocate in the  
board (apart from Samir) to have it outside Europe and I completely  
agree with Josef: If we have a RL-GA in 2014 it makes way more sense  
to have it in Europe and thus hardly any sense not to prefer any  
viable offer (the US is neither on the top of my personal imaginary  
preference list of "possible nations outside Europe").

-pat