[members-discuss] [Ticket#2011100301001283] Proposed 2012 Charging scheme, Board comments

Hi,

On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 16:42 +0200, Erik Bais wrote:
> The benefit of having the RIPE meetings in person is that people actually have a better interaction than with a webinar.
> 
> > I think webinars are a great idea. It lets all the members go back and
> > watch it as much as needed. Plus it would be great to have an expanded
> > library of webinar training videos.
> 
> It is the option of full-duplex communication (the discussion) that adds value where you won't have that with a webinar is my experience.
> 
> Replacing the actual meeting itself 100% by a webinar is contra productive I think.

Even if I have never attended a RIPE meeting (for various reasons), I
completely agree with that. Meetings are, imho, mostly a social event.
There would be less interest in simple webinars.

Regards,

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Clément Cavadore
Yacast Media