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From: "Steven Feldman" <<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Seven (aka Arnulf)" <<a href="mailto:seven@arnulf.us" target="_blank">seven@arnulf.us</a>><br>
Cc: "<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] question period for FOSS4G 2015 RFP - this week<br>Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 21:26<br><br><br>I think we need to recognise that cost of travel will limit attendance<br>from NA and Europe except for those funded by employers. This was<br>
always the downside of the non NA, Europe choice. Upside is hopefully<br>growing the community in SE Asia<br><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think cost of travel is much more than just the flight: it's also accommodation.</div>
<div>Previous conferences in Denver or also Nottingham had (recommended) hotels right at the venue, which were quite expensive and easily topped the cost for the flight.</div><div><br></div><div>Because I live in Japan attending FOSS4G conferences is usually expensive for me ;-)</div>
<div>But because some currencies are strong and some are weak, travel costs for Europeans for example to Korea might be still less a problem than travel costs for someone from Philippines to Korea.</div><div><br></div><div>
Jeju Island really seems to be a famous and popular holiday location. My wife always wanted to go there for vacation.</div><div>But it may be cheap to get there from Seoul, Tokyo and some other capital cities, but for example from Osaka there is no low cost carrier and not that many connections. Instead, to Seoul it's really easy to travel with several low cost airlines. It's actually cheaper than flying to Tokyo.</div>
<div>I would expect that what is the case for Osaka is also the case for many other cities in Asia.</div><div><br></div><div>Just a few thoughts,</div><div>Daniel </div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan<br>
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