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[malgar]

Wouldn't be cool a forum meeting? Somewhere in the world? I know.. it is not easy at all to organize well a so worldwide event and not everyone has time and money to spend. But why not just think about it?
I thought that firstly a continental meeting is easier to organize. I'm speaking about an european meeting because I live here but this could be good for other continents too!
IMHO should be a place with some symbolic mean for us.. I thought a place like the deep space network antennas in madrid. When? perhaps this spring or summer...
Other ideas? Criticisms? I know that problems are big and not everyone feel the need of a meeting but it would be great shake your hands guys! I don't write so much here but I check almost everyday this incredible forum!

Ale.

[djellison]

I did think that a web-cast based thing would be cool, BUT, you have the trouble of having basically - a crap picture at the end. Seing a lecture in person is cool - but seing one down a webcast could be a bit lame. I walk around, use a laser pointer, make jokes about people who come in late ( don't worry, you've not missed a THING ) and so on - done via a webcase it wouldnt be too good, and it would require quite a lot of expensive hardware that we'd have to beg, steel, borrow, hire.

BUT

We could do a DVD of the end result and get that out to anyone who couldnt make it.
Doug