I can understand this very well, I would feel the same. I had refrained from filing a submission this year, because I would give a talk and lead a discussion with my inadequate English language abilitys, but I would not have this documented on video, which is absolutely mandatory for all submissions for the first time this year.
I understand that the non-participants want to be able to reproduce all sessions on video. But on the other hand this present urge to stream and/or record absolutely every event, in my opinion has the effect, that more and more participants refusing to play an active part in the program. This is a conflict that is apparently often overlooked or taken too lightly. Regards, Steffen 2014-04-03 21:41 GMT+02:00 Lodewijk <[email protected]>: > I think it is a mostly personal decision, that depends more on the person > than on the audience. > > In general, my experience is that Germans underestimate their English > abilities. But not sure if that is helpful. > > Lodewijk > > > 2014-03-30 12:51 GMT+02:00 rupert THURNER <[email protected]>: > > Hi lodewijk, >> >> Good to hear! All the non native English speakers from institutions i >> spoke to (admitted, this is not hundreds) have basically the same concern: >> the conference is huge, a panel is somehow prominent resp the persons >> sitting on the panel are kind of exposed, the result is uploaded to >> youtube. There was one suggestion to just schedule it in a less formal open >> discussion style at the end of the glam track. This then would give the >> persons a possibility to anyway participate without beeing so much exposed. >> What you think? >> >> Rupert. >> >> Am 29.03.2014 00:38 schrieb "Lodewijk" <[email protected]>: >> >> > >> > Hi Rupert, >> > >> > this sounds like something the panel organizer has to arrange for. Last >> year in the WLM panel, we also had a panel member from Latin America with >> similar doubts - and we asked a Wikimedian from Latin America to translate >> for them. It is not an optimal situation, but it can be done. >> > >> > Lodewijk >> > >> > >> > 2014-03-25 19:42 GMT+01:00 rupert THURNER <[email protected]>: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Would there be any possibility ro have simultaneous translation at the >> glam podium discussion? The person whom we asked from the swiss national >> library refused to take part as his English would not be up to a level >> allowing him to sufficiently contribute. This would be German - English. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> >> Rupert >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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