[NCUC-EC] Durban, South Africa Supported Travel

[William Drake]

BTW

In light of the mail flow and not hearing any objections or alternative proposals I will write to Glen to meet today's deadline and say our funded travelers are Tapani, Wilson and myself.

BD


On May 17, 2013, at 10:50 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:

> 
> On May 17, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <ncuc at TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO> wrote:
> 
>> On May 17 08:57, William Drake (william.drake at uzh.ch) wrote:
>> 
>>> On May 17, 2013, at 2:28 AM, Edward Morris <edward.morris at ALUMNI.USC.EDU> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Is it worth raiding the NCUC budget for a little over $1300 to
>>>> have another body on the ground?
>> 
>>>> I vote no.
>>> 
>>> I vote yes.
>> 
>> We can afford it, I agree. But Ed made a good point about planning
>> further ahead: how will this affect Buenos Aires (and 2014)?
>> 
>> It seems to me Buenos Aires is more important than Durban,
>> and it might make more sense to send only three people to Durban
>> and five to Buenos Aires than sending four to both, for example.
> 
> Good point, we should think about the flow of the year and work.  A priori it's not obvious to me that BA will be of vastly greater significance for NCUC than Durban, in which case I'd say 4, 4 > 3, 5 (not that we're in a position to commit to both at this time).  But let's consider.
> 
> Again, we need also to nail just what our financial position is.
> 
> BD
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  Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
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