[wsfii-discuss] Re: wsfii-discuss Digest, Vol 25, Issue 24

[l annison]

>
> > jeff buderer wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to see the Economic Sustainability of Community Wireless
> as
> >> a major theme at the WSFII Africa 2007 Summit. I will begin work to
> >> incorporate the issue  of economic sustainability and (complementary to
> >> this marketing) into our planning for the Summit.
> >>
>
Great. The sustainability issue is such an important part of the 'puzzle'
and it's great to hear it will be in the next book and at future events.

Can I make a request? Some of us are entirely unfunded and just do not have
the resource to attend events in India and Africa, much as we would dearly
love to do so.

Memory (for digital cameras and recorders) is now so cheap that it doesn't
need to cost a fortune to record panels, workshops, keynotes etc, nor to
stream out or make available after the event to download (Google video,
frequency clock or similar). I know bandwidth for streaming can be an issue
at any event, as well as the quality of the footage, but it would allow
those of us unable to attend in person to see/hear the contributions and
conclusions from such events. And it doesn't need to be edited footage as if
we were actually present, it wouldn't be either!

I don't know how Consume would feel about using Frequency Clock to make this
available to anyone wishing to watch or listen to conferences/events, but it
would help enormously if virtual attendance (it doesn't need to be in real
time) were possible. I personally would be happy to pay a small 'virtual
attendance' fee to view such footage from events that I would very much
liked to have been present at but could not afford to attend.

Cheers
Lindsey
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