Re: Thoughts on WAWG F2F + I Annotate next spring

If there's flight funding - then it would be fine by me at least - also an
excuse to stay for the conference as well I guess. ;)

I would still prefer a F2F in AMS or similar European city (we in
Manchester can also provide conference room, as we have done before) - but
it would be silly to squeeze that right next to the I Annotate.
On 14 Nov 2014 20:37, "Doug Schepers" <schepers@w3.org> wrote:

> Hey, folks–
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> I see the reasoning from both sides. As someone in the middle (East Coast
> US), I don't mind flying to California or to Europe.
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> The WG is currently split pretty much down the middle between Europeans
> and North Americans; but as Nick said, the 5 Hypothes.is folks from Europe
> will be there anyway, leaving 13 Europeans in the WG that may have a
> different preference.
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> I'm most curious how they feel about it. If you are a member of the WG in
> Europe, please let us know if you feel disadvantaged by having an April F2F
> co-located with I Annotate in San Francisco (given the potential flight
> funding by Sloan). I'm sensitive to Ivan's concerns, but I don't want to
> assume that Europeans are against this; they may enjoy a trip to SF, or
> they may not be inclined to go to a F2F no matter where it's held. I'd like
> to base our conversation on facts.
>
> Regards-
> -Doug
>
> On 11/14/14 6:43 AM, Nick Stenning wrote:
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>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014, at 11:39, Ivan Herman wrote:
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>>> Dan,
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>>> I really appreciate your offer. I do have one issue, though: I am
>>> concerned about "continent diversity".
>>>
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>> It's worth noting that a substantial contingent intersecting with the
>> WAWG will be going to I Annotate regardless (it is a conference about
>> annotation, after all). You're probably not saving as many people as you
>> might think from a 10+ hour flight by holding the F2F back in Europe.
>>
>> Yours, the obviously biased on this matter,
>>
>> -N
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