FW: [Sigia-l] Questions re Next Summit

[David Heller]

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From: David Heller [mailto:dh at htmhell.com]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:02 AM
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Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Questions re Next Summit

James, I appreciate your problem here.
But to me this is not our issue for choosing a conference site, but our
issue w/ our cellphone providers who have not unified on a single cellular
standard like much of the world has.

Lets face it, if the IA community really wants to be international we have
to let go a little here and there. So for 3 days you can't use a cellphone
... Remember when they didn't even exist?
Can the conference make a commitment to a good WI-FI system, and you can use
a free VoIP service? ... ;)

I don't even know why Richard felt it necessary to talk about entry
requirements. So you have to have a passport (or birth certificate)? Why
don't you have have a passport already? I don't know of a single European in
a professiona like ours that has not had to carry a passport. I can't
believe this was even mentioned as an issue. Besidess, you should get out of
the US. Having different perspectives on the world is an important
requirement for IA.

I would say now more than ever IA Summit should leave our fair borders ...

Question ... Are we focusing on the east coast for a reason? I know it was
portland 2 years ago ... But what about Vancouver? Love that town. I know
not French ... But still very Canadian.

-- dave