Re: [guadec-list] Registration Fees for GUADEC 2007

["Benjamin Otte" <otte gnome org>]

On 5/18/07, Paul Cooper <pgc openadvantage org> wrote:
> Now this isn't fair - upto this point you had quite precise and narrow meanings
> and expectations linked to particular words; party & conference.
I still have pretty precise and narrow meanings and expectations. I
think you do, too. But I don't think they match at all. Mine were
linked to my perception of the event. See my first two mails in this
thread.

> You're not accounting properly for no shows. If someone registers and then
> doesn't show up then it costs us around 50 pounds (ok I haven't spent long
> working this out but it's probably about right) not to mention the wasted
> organisational overhead. So yes we tried to choose the minimum charge that
> was still psychologically significant enough that people would think twice before > booking on a whim and then not showing up on a whim.
So the reality is that I do feel uninvited and now have to pay because
there's some people that take GUADEC too lightly.

I think I'll just show up. You can still throw me out if the 10 pounds
are worth it to you.

Benjamin