[Sigia-l] Questions re Next Summit

[Samantha Bailey]

I believe there is an attempt to move the conference back and forth between
east and west each year--and for someone living on the east coast, it's much
appreciated; I like the idea of Montreal this year & Vancouver next year!


Samantha Bailey
samantha at baileysorts.com | http://baileysorts.com


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From: "David Heller" <dheller at htmhell.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:02 AM
Subject: FW: [Sigia-l] Questions re Next Summit


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> 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
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