<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div>Useful to note --<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2020/04/virtual-event-suggestions-for-open-source-communities/">https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2020/04/virtual-event-suggestions-for-open-source-communities/</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Keep in mind that the cost for some of these solutions might be attenuated by the fact that there is no travel<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>or hotel costs associated with attending virtual conference. So, if your job sets aside money for you to attend conferences<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>each year -- the entirety of that set-aside could go directly to the conference organizers and their associated costs.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> New virtual event solutions are likely to emerge now, too. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> phil<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__">-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div>He/Him/His<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"></div></div></div></body></html>