On Sunday 24 September 2006 20:32, Jim Nasby wrote:
> > Thus, one in Japan, one in central Canada, perhaps one in the western
> > US, perhaps one or more in Europe and elsewhere, with the assumption
> > of rather less heavy travel being involved than was the case for the
> > "Anniversary" conference.
>
> One thing to consider is that such a format might make it more
> difficult to get adequate sponsorship, since presumably it would cost
> more to host a number of small conferences rather than one large one.
> Likely sponsors would probably have to lay out more money outside of
> the sponsorships as well, since they'd likely want to attend multiple
> conferences.
I don't think it's as big an issue as it might be. Look at Linux World, they
have multiple shows running throughout the world and not just in the US.
cheers