This year there are at least two new, convenient methods to engage
other sections of the (potential) community which we could now
contemplate bringing into the game.

Firstly, it is now very inexpensive (free) to distribute movies and TV
episodes. If the talks at the workshop could be recorded with
inexpensive camcorders, they could be made available to a (much) larger
audience. With just a bit of pre-planing "we" can find people to
volunteer to supply the camcorders and other people to volunteer to
operate them to capture the sessions. The last century was the measured
century. Now we have entered the recorded century and it's time we took
advantage of that fact to allow our activities to have a much wider
impact than just those who can afford the time and money commitments to
attend the workshop in person.

Secondly, it is now very easy and inexpensive (free) to make papers
widely available in a form which allows and encourages readers to
correct and expand and discuss each one. I speak here of using wikis to
provide this interactivity in a compelling and easy to use medium. If
the authors have agreed to give copyright to the Compendium Institute,
then even the papers which are not selected for presentation at the
workshop proper can nevertheless be deployed so as to provide value to
the community.

Dick

On 2006, Feb 1, , at 12:43, Simon Buckingham Shum wrote:

> We hope that this move from the US will make it easier for a different
> section of the community to attend a gathering.