In reply to Jeff Chandler.

If WordCamps start bringing people in from outside the bubble and who are not local to the area of that particular WordCamp

therein lies the problem. as a WC Organizer, you're pushed to focus on local people (the Foundation wants 80% local). For Tampa, we had to be a bit more broad with how we defined "local" since we are so spread out, but the vast majority were from Florida.

It's very, very hard to ask someone to travel, for free, to a conference with a lot of beginners if you aren't already friends with said person. I know, I tried.