What I like about is the "known to

What I like about is the "known to the world" and the "connected to a topic" aspects. There may be other aspects of a global village missing, but I think any other global village should strive to aquire these two as well. To physically meet is important for a global community, but it can't mean for the majority to stay there all year. The more, the better, of course. If you think that Alpbach isn't a global village, one should think hard about a project to make it one.