[Linux-aus] LCA2014 update

[James Turnbull]

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Chris Neugebauer wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:31 PM, James Turnbull
> <james at lovedthanlost.net> wrote:
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>> Donna Benjamin wrote:
>>> It can easily be done with a distributed team, and a professional
>>> production company.
>> +100. OSCON is done like this. Sarah and Edd run the program and do
>> the high level planning and a professional production crew - in
>> this case O'Reilly staff - run the operation on the ground. They
>> managed nearly 3000 people this year like that so I think it's a
>> model that not only works but scales.
>> 
> 
> OSCON also costs approximately 4 times as much to attend as LCA
> does, and has considerably fewer social value-adds than LCA does.

So? We don't need 3000 people attending, they provide breakfast and
lunch and swag and a host of other things we could strip away.

The point is that community and professional partnerships can work.

Regards

James


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