Re: [guadec-list] Terms and conditions for registration

[Andrew Savory <andrew savory limofoundation org>]

Hey Dave,

On 8 Apr 2010, at 19:41, Dave Neary wrote:

> I think it makes sense to have "packs" for each payment level - in the
> past we have had an evening for professional participants only, and
> FOSDEM does very well out of their model which is "it's free, but if you
> want to get a t-shirt, you have to donate €25, if you want to get a book
> & magazine subscription as well, you donate €50". The €100 price point
> is a bit high for just a t-shirt, but if we can figure out some way to
> make it worthwhile for the people paying then I think we should take
> that opportunity.
> 
> Aside from a t-shirt & a USB key, what do we have to give? Access to
> some reception? A special badge? The Friends of GNOME mug?
> 
> For professional attendees, we should make an effort to have something
> even more extra - a DVD with presentations sent out afterwards or
> something. Perhaps we could even work with Miro before the conference to
> have a DVD of GNOME presentations given as part of the registration pack?

Speaking from the professional perspective, it would be worth €250 to be in the same room as other professionals/companies commercialising on GNOME to share war stories and compare scars, so a big +1 to some sort of informal networking opportunity above and beyond the always-awesome sponsored events.

Please don't go down the DVD route (round and shiny is so legacy), but it would be extremely valuable to have all of the talk materials on a website during or right after the event, especially if videos were included.

If you do feel you want some physical tangible thing, a USB key (or even micro-sd like GCDS) with a dump of the GNOME source on would be a nice touch (instantly out-of-date, but I can always re-use a key or SD).

And from a personal perspective, it's always nice to get a t-shirt :-)  (At FOSDEM I cheerfully ponied up the €25 contribution for that)


Andrew.