In reply to Ravi Murugesan.

Hi Ravi

Yes, some good points here. We do need to work on getting good information to those of us who fail to think of these options about places that work, what challenges (if any) there are. I'm hoping we will be able to set up some projects to provide a guide to conference/workshop locations and also to work on technology aspects for multi-site meetings and telepresence as well. This is something FORCE11 is well placed to lead on.

On a personal note, I had to apply for a visa for the first time in years a few months back, and it was a pain. I can only imagine how much of a pain it is when you need to do that for every trip...