On 5/28/13 11:47 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: > On 5/28/13 6:27 PM, Arturo Servin wrote: >> Going to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Mexico City or Santiago will always >> split audiences as these are the major tech hubs in the region (also add >> Bogota, Lima, San Jose and other cities). So, I think it is not >> comparable with Australia. > > I actually don't agree with Lloyd that the reason that the Australian > meeting didn't lead to increased Australian participation was that it > was because it was in Adelaide. I don't expect a South American > meeting in any South American city to lead to an increase in Latin > American participation, either. > > Melinda > If we just do a meeting probably it won't. But as Christian said it before, that is not the plan. I think that the meeting would be a catalyst to do more thing, but not a solution by it self. .as