[guadec-list] Registration Fees for GUADEC 2007

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

As people are probably aware, GUADEC is getting ever closer and we 
haven't yet announced registration. Rest assured, once we have resolved 
the current problems, registration will open before the end of May and 
will continue right up until the start of GUADEC itself.

Registration fees will be as follows[1]:

£10 - Student/Concession
£30 - Standard
£140 - Professional (i.e. being paid to attend)

A 50% discount applies to standard and professional (but not to 
concessions) if you are a foundation member. A 50% discount also applies 
if you are a organisation that is sponsoring and requires additional
attendee passes.

Many people may be wondering why there are no free registrations this 
year, and this is simply because we will be investing a significant 
amount of money per registration, and we simply cannot afford to have 
people register, pay nothing and then not turn up. If look at prices to 
other professional conferences, you will notice that the registration 
fees are very cheap by comparison.

Another point of note is that there will not be any formal checks on 
status. Instead we are relying on trust that people will pick the 
appropriate registration level. We would like to encourage everyone to 
consider donating whatever they feel able to afford, as all the money is 
spent making GUADEC as fantastic as possible, and any remaining funds 
will be transferred to the GNOME foundation to help make the GNOME 
project succeed.

Regards,

Thomas


[1] Approximate currency conversions as of 15 May 2007:
	£10 = 14.63 € = 19.82 USD
	£30 = 43.91 € = 59.46 USD
	£140 = 204.90 € = 277.48 USD