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Maybe this was mentioned before, but videos are available for many presentations at FOSS4G 2017:
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In 2016 we also streamed the whole conference - for free.</p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Just a thought – this year<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://nacis.org/annual-meeting/current-meeting/" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">NACIS
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Maybe charging a fee to receive streams of the FOSS4G sessions would allow some people to attend that couldn’t otherwise afford to.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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When you look at the costs associated with a person attending a typical international FOSS4G event, the actual conference fees a small amount of the actual cost.<br class="">
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