I thought that what David just wrote was the idea? No that people couldn't
travel, but there would be more (maybe closer) places to travel to?
There's always the risk of having too many hubs an splitting up he crowd
too much, but given how widespread the community is an how hard/expensive
it can be to travel halfway around the world it seems like there could be a
few more local hubs?
On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:01 PM Ogborn, David <ogbornd_at_mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> Perhaps people still could travel to particular hubs though, if they want
> and are able? Even for those who want to get out of their local scene, they
> might then have a choice of where they would like to go for the conference.
>
> -D
>
> On Apr 30, 2019, at 11:50 AM, Sarah Groff-Palermo <
> sarah.groff.palermo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't think preemptively deciding for people that they shouldn't travel
> is best for our community. It is a lot easier when you live in Europe than
> elsewhere to say "don't fly but you'll still meet people."
>
> Leaving aside all the arguments about whether individual action is even a
> plausible response to the crisis, I think letting people choose how they
> want to offset their travel is reasonable.
>
> Scenes are already incredibly insular; I would hate to see the one
> mechanism that seems to exist to push at that disappear.
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:19 AM Evan Raskob <evanraskob_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it worth taking this discussion to the new forum, alex? It seems like
>> it might be better for conversation.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 4:13 PM Alex McLean <alex_at_slab.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Sure, but this is an existential crisis.
>>>
>>> I agree though that cultural exchange is important, and potentially
>>> part of the solution rather than problem. So we have to be imaginative
>>> and practical in coming up with something that fits best for our
>>> community.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 15:47, Sarah Groff-Palermo
>>> <sarah.groff.palermo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Eh, honestly, I can see the people in my city all the time. While I
>>> understand the reasons, I'd be pretty disappointed with a distributed ICLC.
>>> To me the whole point is to meet the bigger community.
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:39 AM Tom Karches <tkarches_at_gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Going along with this should be an effort to encourage geographically
>>> local groups to form. Which makes the entire community stronger. Local
>>> community is important.
>>> >>
>>> >> Tom
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 3:40 AM Alex McLean <alex_at_slab.org> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Anyone interested in hosting a 'hub' as part of a future, distributed
>>> >>> edition of ICLC? The idea being to reduce impact on the environment
>>> >>> and make the conference more accessible to people who can't
>>> >>> afford/spare the time for long haul flights. Should be a lot easier
>>> >>> than hosting a whole ICLC.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Let me know if you'd like to join a discussion exploring this idea
>>> >>>
>>> >>> cheers
>>> >>>
>>> >>> alex
>>> >>>
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