Guest guest Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 > One other thing we did in Nepal is form a network among reputed local AW > orgs. Such a network has the potential of providing us with much needed > inspiration and new ideas. Dear Lucia: Perhaps you can give the details of how you formed this network in Nepal. Was it online only? It seems the Indian AW groups are struggling to accomplish this. Especially important to achieve as it seems most India NGO's will not be able to attend AFA but important to get something solid going online nonetheless and AAPN cannot solve all of our problems! kind regards, Weintraub, Seattle, Washington USA Visakha SPCA Volunteer Global Outreach Director www.VisakhaSPCA.org <http://www.visakhaspca.org/> aapn , " lucia de vries " <luciadevries wrote: > > I really like Jiggy's suggestion. I for one am feeling sad about the fact > that I won't be able to attend AFA 2008. There's no prospect of being able > to join any other animal welfare conference in the near future. I would > definetely join an online conference if given the opportunity. > > One other thing we did in Nepal is form a network among reputed local AW > orgs. Such a network has the potential of providing us with much needed > inspiration and new ideas. > > Another great (and relatively cheap) suggestion is to join an online course > with Humane Society International US. See http://www.humanesocietyu.org/ > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Herojig herojig wrote: > > > As a one-time attendee (Singapore) from a tiny org in Nepal, I agree > > with > > the sentiments echoed in the past few notes re: expense and accommodations. > > I happened to be flying back from the Netherlands where our org had just > > been given a grant, so attending the AFA was not so much a burden then, but > > for the years since, the expense can not be justified in relation to our > > budget. Solutions? > > > > I suppose it would be very naive to consider mass-funding of air-fare > > sponsorships for presenters and even participants (but I have been accused > > of that before). Is there an alternative to donor-driven handouts? > > > > Observation: as a retired IT professional, I have followed the industry > > with > > nostalgia over the years and noticed this about trade shows and network > > conferences; there are far less of them then there used to be. > > Participation > > is down across the board in even the bigger shows like COMDEX, and less and > > less smaller businesses and private individuals attend. What is happening > > instead is of interest to even non-technologists, as the cost savings of > > virtual networking are starting to outweigh the inherent problems of this > > emerging phenomenon. Some interesting reading in this regard can be found > > here: > > > > * http://www.appscout.com/2008/04/virtual_worlds_2008.php > > * > > > > http://www.building.co.uk/sustain_story.asp?sectioncode=747 & storycode=31\ 0098 > > 8 & c=2 > > * http://secondlife.com/whatis/ > > * > > > > http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/05/conference-networking-tools-do\ -the > > y.html > > * http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/wklemm/Eight%20Ways/8waystoengage.htm > > > > Sample output from a successful Online Conference: > > > > http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning_pedagogy/elp_confere\ nce0 > > 7.aspx > > > > Of course, there are a million other links in this regard, thanks to > > Google, > > but the point being that perhaps some of this should be explored by the > > organizers of AFA 2009. With the cost of a half-dozen tickets, something > > useful can surely be created for the dozens of folks who can¹t attend the > > conferences in real time. > > > > Recommendation: AFA should organize a team of folks (non-conference > > organizers and organizers of past events) to study the feasibly of an > > online > > component for the next event. The study should include budgeting and cost > > assessment, and a plan for a beta test of the online component. Seems like > > AFA 2008 would be a great place to get this work started. > > > > Too bad I can¹t afford to go this year, as my topic to present would have > > been ³Don¹t Just Bark Bite: Using Technology to Develop Sticky Animal > > Welfare Messages.² But maybe you can catch it next year online:) > > > > Jigs > > Advisor to www.animalnepal.org > > > > > > Edwin Wiek edwin.wiek <edwin.wiek%40wfft.org>> > > Organization: WFFT > > edwin.wiek <edwin.wiek%40wfft.org>> > > Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:42:03 +0700 > > AZAM SIDDIQUI azam24x7 <azam24x7%40gmail.com>> > > Cc: aapn <aapn%40>> > > RE: airfares AFA-2008 > > > > > > The cost of flying is high for everyone, even those with money. Airlines > > need to pass this " burden " to their > > customers as they are companies set up with the aim of making money, that > > is > > nothing new either. Having > > a conference abroad every 18 months is probably too much for most NGO's; > > maybe even the ones " with money " . > > The last one in India was not cheap either; flying there was expensive, > > rather old and dirty accommodation > > was priced over a hundred dollars a night. I think however that the > > bottom-line is if it is worth to go or not? > > As I can read in Nilesh remarks they raised an ambulance through this > > meeting and did some networking > > as well, so it looks like it was worth a lot, especially taking in > > consideration that it was a home-match for them. > > > > I was told by the organiser of this year that the aim of this years meeting > > was to have people talk about > > problems they faced and how they dealt with it and overcame these problems. > > Unfortunately I never heard > > about it again and I am afraid that we will be sitting listening again to > > one person after the other talk about > > their successes in the past and their future plans hoping for someone > > attending to help fund this. Not much > > to learn from for most of us I would think. So networking stays as one of > > the main objectives for attending. > > > > For Wildlife NGO's such as ours it is not very interesting as there are not > > many wildlife issues on the program > > again, taking that together with the fact that the meeting will be much the > > same as the last one we will probably > > not attend this year. Every dollar can only be spend once... if you have to > > spend them, spend them well. > > > > Edwin Wiek > > WFFT Thailand > > > > > > _____ > > > > aapn <aapn%40> < > > aapn%40 <aapn%2540>> > > [aapn <aapn%40> < > > aapn%40 <aapn%2540>> ] On Behalf Of > > AZAM > > SIDDIQUI > > Tuesday, 03 June, 2008 11:19 PM > > NileshBhanage > > Cc: aapn <aapn%40> < > > aapn%40 <aapn%2540>> > > Re: airfares AFA-2008 > > > > Due to the drastic spiralling of oil prices, airlines have hiked fuel > > surcharges five times in the past five months, passing on the > > additional burden to the passenger. > > Therefore for animal people of 3rd world developing nations it is > > difficult to shell out that much money to go & attend a conference, > > does not make sense either. > > Instead, AFA organisers/ sponsors could do best by alotting the > > collected funds to the needy NGOs working with animals. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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