Friday
(1)The conference of the Libertarian Alliance and Libertarian International will be in London starts tomorrow and it is not too late to come if you wish. It last from Saturday 22nd to Sunday 23rd November 2003. It is possible to register and pay on-line.
The speakers include fellow Samizdatista David Carr and serial Samizdata commenter Paul Coulam.
I hope to meet up with a few of you there.
Yes it looks like it will be pretty good. The organiser, Chris Tame, tells me that there has been "the usual bloody last minute rush" of people to come to this thing, so networking possibilities are now looking good.
A fortnight ago, Chris was effing and blinding to the effect that if people didn't want to "support" such events, then to heck with them, or word to that effect.
Now he's saying he's going to keep going with these things.
Good news.
Posted by Brian Micklethwait at November 21, 2003 01:51 PM
... although, speaking personally, I will be watching the Rugby World Cup Final (England v ... some island in the Pacific I think they said) and I won't be getting there until lunch time on the Saturday.
Posted by Brian Micklethwait at November 21, 2003 01:53 PM
£85, is he kidding? I can't make it because of the rugby and band commitments. I hope you all have a good time.
Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at November 21, 2003 02:47 PM
£85 -Remember Freedom isn't free!
But I didn't think it was that expensive!
Posted by Rob Read at November 21, 2003 04:29 PM
Ok, I admit to slight confusion here. What does an attendee of this conference get that can't be had by the terabyte out on the (free, no travel required) internet? There is not a shortage of libertarian bloviation.
Posted by Julian Morrison at November 21, 2003 06:12 PM
You get to see all these bright sparks in person...that is what you pays your money for. To be fair, you could make that argument about any conference vs papers/the internet.
Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at November 21, 2003 11:24 PM
Dodge: Absolutely right. Although when it comes to libertarianism, there are some 'bright sparks' that you just don't want meet in person... ;-)
Posted by Gabriel Syme at November 22, 2003 10:54 AM
£85 is quite reasonable for a conference. Most of the local government, LGA, CPA, Audit Commission etc. conferences I get invited to attend cost more like £200 a day. Of course it is the taxpayer that is picking up the bill for most of the attendees. They also tend to be mind-numbingly tedious.
I would have liked to go but I had other commitments. Conferences are great for meeting like-minded people. Unless, of course, they are run by the LGA, CPA, Audit Commission etc. when they tend to be full of Guardianistas.
Posted by John Harrison at November 23, 2003 04:01 PM
Julian Morrison writes:
"Ok, I admit to slight confusion here. What does an attendee of this conference get that can't be had by the terabyte out on the (free, no travel required) internet? There is not a shortage of libertarian bloviation."
I suppose its the difference between being a geek and having a life.
Posted by Paul Coulam at November 25, 2003 12:17 PM
I have posted three conference photographs here.
Posted by David Farrer at November 25, 2003 05:58 PM
