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I'd suggest holding the next conference in the Americas. I know this
will likely be opposed by many, but the next one will hopefully focus
on tidying up the statutes and appointing new members - if properly
organised, remote participation should be enough.<br>
<br>
-Will<br>
<br>
On 21/04/2010 17:58, Nicolas Sahlqvist wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> I tend to think that the form of
PPI will not make it more or less<br>
> international, it is rather the way we push for PPI to become more<br>
> international and that is a challenge considering most PP's are
located<br>
> within Europe. Any ideas how we make PP's more popular in Latin
America,<br>
> Asia, Africa and Caribbean?<br>
><br>
><br>
> - Nicolas<br>
> PPI<br>
><br>
><br>
> 2010/4/21 Błażej Kaczorowski <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:blazej.kaczorowski@gmail.com"><blazej.kaczorowski@gmail.com></a><br>
><br>
>> If we want PPI really international now European we need to
change it<br>
>> to federation - now it is organization.<br>
>><br>
>> Blazej<br>
>> PP Poland<br>
>><br>
>> On 21 April 2010 17:54, Justus Ršoemeth <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:squig@dfpx.de"><squig@dfpx.de></a>
wrote:<br>
>>> I didn't say it was perfect in Brussels. I just tried to
point out that<br>
>> by<br>
>>> pushing it towards the Americas you are pulling it away
from Oceania. May<br>
>> be<br>
>>> easier to keep it at local working times and just expect
the other people<br>
>> to<br>
>>> get up earlier or stay up longer. Trying to make it best
for the Americas<br>
>>> and Europe is counterproductive in my opinion.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 21.04.10 17:31, Andrew Norton wrote:<br>
>>>></span><br>
<blockquote type="cite">On 4/21/2010 11:08 AM, Justus R?oemeth wrote:<br>
<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> But those times are really unfortunate for remote
participation of<br>
>>>>> places like NZ and AUS.<br>
>>>>> I don't think we'll be able to find a solution
here that works for<br>
>>>>> everyone perfectly.<br>
>>>>><br>
<br>
The current times were pretty exclusionary as well. at GMT+10, you were<br>
looking at starting around 6pm(9am) and ending at what, 3am (7pm)? not<br>
THAT bad, but not that great either.<br>
<br>
<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On 21.04.10 14:57, Andrew Norton wrote:<br>
>>>>> On 4/21/2010 3:49 AM, Wolfgang Preiss wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> As it comes to the other points you
mentioned, there is hardly I can<br>
>>>>>>>> say, I only can express an opinion
there. As for time planning, the<br>
>>>>>>>> conference is being planned as it fits
best local time. Although<br>
>> this<br>
>>>>>>>> means for the remote deligates to sit
at 3am or earlier at the<br>
>>>>>>>> computer,<br>
>>>>>>>> it is much easier to handle for them
to do so, than for the larger<br>
>>>>>>>> number of deligates at the conference
to adapt to the time wishes of<br>
>>>>>>>> the<br>
>>>>>>>> remote deligates. After all these can
benefit participating from<br>
>> their<br>
>>>>>>>> homes. After the majority of PPI
members is located in europe that<br>
>> is<br>
>>>>>>>> a<br>
>>>>>>>> burden for the deligates in other time
zones to carry. Sorry :-)<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I'm not talking about a major shift, like starting
at 4pm and going<br>
>>>>> until 2am local, I'm talking about maybe starting
at 12 noon, finishing<br>
>>>>> at 7/8. 3 hours can make a fair bit of difference.
Then the social<br>
>> stuff<br>
>>>>> can be done in the AM (and still at night). now a
meeting held in the<br>
>>>>> Americas would benefit from an early start, say
8-9am, so that its not<br>
>>>>> too late for European remotes.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> Regards<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> Wolfgang<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
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