Re: [guadec-list] Registration fees

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad cs toronto edu>]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Alberto Mesas wrote:

> If we are able to get a free fee I'm sure we can get " a lot " of local ppl
> visit the GUADEC and get their first contact with GNOME development.
> If GNOME wants fresh blood GUADEC is a good way to get it.

Probably too late for this year, but what about having a free
day?  It may have one or two tracks of talks and the rest of
hackers hacking outside and Getting new people Involved?

behdad


> 2006/2/15, Danilo �egan <danilo gnome org>:
> >
> > Today at 12:27, Andy Wingo wrote:
> >
> > > I wasted a bit of time searching the internet for last year's prices. I
> > > seem to recall that "professionals" paid more than "students/hobbyists".
> > > Note that most company people fall in the former category. So company
> > > people end up paying more. This is fine with me, but I seem to remember
> > > some whinging last year on the planet. Still I think it's a good plan --
> > > to have a "hobbyist" level and a "professional" level. Not that it
> > > should be apparent on badges or anything, that's poor taste IMO.
> >
> > It was �30 for students, and �150 or something like that for
> > professional people.  Note that "professional" fee applied only to
> > those being sent by companies, not to those funding themselves, at
> > least that was the explanation last year.
> >
> > >> Participants also need to understand that GUADEC is a main source of
> > >> income for GNOME during the rest of the year.
> > >
> > > I was not aware of this. I thought that the fees advisory board members
> > > pay financed the rest of GNOME. Is this not the case? Murray/Dave?
> >
> > I doubt registration fees are: if there were 300 participants last
> > year, that would amount to less than 10k euros (approximate: some
> > didn't pay the fee, some paid "professional" fee).  Cornerstone
> > sponsor on its own should provide more money, if I got it right.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Danilo
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