On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 18:34 +0800, Frederic Muller wrote: > Hi! > > How many people gave Rs 2000 so far? Maybe we could simplify the numbers > of option. Only one person has opted for Corporate delegate so far and he is a Novell guy. > Also the option with T-shirt should be made cheaper since we > offer food (to make it compelling)? I was thinking of something around > $15 since we'll be selling them at $20 during the conference days. > > Two people have opted for Delegate including t-shirt option. > > Revised version below: > > -------------- > GNOME.Asia Summit going Free! > > Due to the many sponsors who have shown interest in supporting > GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 we have the pleasure to announce that we are > waiving the registration fees meant to cover part of the food and > conference costs. For the people who have already registered we will be > refunding their tickets at the registration booth on arrival against > your Doattend pass, and for the others just come and enjoy the fun for free! > > We hope this decision will make the event more accessible to students > who usually are on a short budget, and encourage more curious visitors > to just "drop by" to see what GNOME 3.0 is all about. > > We have kept the special offer to get a GNOME 3 t-shirt for those > interested as well as the corporate delegate one for people willing to > contribute financially to the GNOME Project. > > As a side note the students training session is on a first registered > first serve basis as we have limited capacity. Should we be able to > increase that capacity we'll let you know on the website. > ================= > > Is that better now? > > Thanks. > > Fred > > On 03/24/2011 06:05 PM, Bharath Acharya wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 17:47 +0800, Frederic Muller wrote: > >> Dear all, > >> > >> Please find the text below: > >> ---- > >> GNOME.Asia Summit going Free! > >> > >> Due to the many sponsors who have shown interest in supporting > >> GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 we have the pleasure to announce that we are > >> waiving the registration fees meant to cover part of the food and > >> conference costs. For the people who have already registered we will be > >> refunding their tickets at the registration booth on arrival against > >> your Doattend pass, and for the other just come and enjoy the fun for free! > > > > Small typo > > , "and for the others" > > > >> > >> We hope this decision will make the event more accessible to student who > >> usually are on a short budget, and encourage more curious visitors to > >> just "drop by" to see what GNOME 3.0 is all about. > > > > "to students" > > > >> > >> We've added a special offer for GNOME 3.0 t-shirt at a discounted price > >> for those interested. The funds will go towards helping the GNOME > >> Foundation to support its goals and developers. > > > > Also mention that we have a registration option still open for people to > > go for this option during their online registration, and we can keep the > > corporate registration open too. > > > > Please also mention that the student training is for only a few set of > > students who register early, and if we plan to open up a new option for > > another training day, we'll keep everyone posted on the website. > > > >> > >> ==================== > >> > >> Are you all ok with this, do you have anything you'd like to > >> add/remove/change? > > > > As mentioned small changes. Other details seem fine to me. > > > > Regards, > > Bharath > > > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Fred > >> > >> _______________________________________________
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