[pp.int.general] Pirate Parties International Conference Kazan 2013

[Simon Frew]

We run remote participation for every congress in Australia and it costs
virtually nothing. See our official complaint letter for how to do it. The
idea it is expensive is false.
On Apr 2, 2013 9:32 AM, "Jyri Hämäläinen" <Wildfinn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gentlemen, you seem to be forgetting that arranging remote participation
> is extremely difficult and expensive. Running a global organisation is also
> extremely difficult and expensive. Big demands can be taken seriously only
> if there are hefty funds to draw from.
>
> The problem with PPI is not in where and what it does nor what it does not
> do, but in that people assign pretty wild expectations to it. The best way
> to "fix" PPI is to assign low expectations, low priority, low authority and
> low funding to it, and to instead use the PPI as an excellent pathway for
> getting networked with pirates you might get to meet someday somewhere.
>
> Kazan looks like a decent conference location btw. Every location is far
> away from practically everyone. We will just have to deal with it.
>
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