A proposal for your thoughts, as we plan future FUDCons...

[Sebastian Dziallas]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 14:29 -0400, Jared K. Smith wrote:
>
>> To be frank (no Beefy Miracle pun intended), I already dislike the
>> fact that some people feel like they have to be at FUDCon North
>> America (even if they're not from North America), as that's the FUDCon
>> where "everything happens".  If anything, I'd go the other direction
>> -- I would make the regional FUDCon events stronger.
>
> I'm kind of siding with Jared here, I think: the barriers to travelling
> to North America aren't just financial. People are likely to feel more
> comfortable in general travelling within their region, it's likely to
> present fewer logistical difficulties, and there are language issues to
> consider too - maybe at regional FUDCons it's easier to do things in
> languages that are common in the region, or at least find others who
> speak your language. And I think the cost issue Matthias points out is
> another big one - as he says, $20k actually doesn't go very far towards
> flying people around the world.

I agree. Also, in terms of timing, students will usually be in a
critical phase between March and May which is the time leading up to
their finals. And afterwards, airlines tend to increase prices for
international flights tremendously, bringing a flight from EMEA to the
US (or the other way round, really) that's usually around $500 up to
at least two or three times of that price. And yes, I'm personally
experiencing that when I'm going back home in May.

-s

> (On a personal note, for the anecdotal data side of the thread - I try
> to avoid flying to or through the U.S. wherever possible; it's just not
> a pleasant experience if you can possibly avoid it.)
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