Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2012 Sponsor Perks

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi Christophe,

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:32:28 +0100, Christophe Fergeau wrote:

> > We used a similar pricing scheme in The Hague. 
> > Professional/standard/student
> > rates, the latter for free but no T-shirt included as with the other 
> > rates.
> > Foundation members got 25% reduction. Don't forget a free entry pass 
> > for the
> > speakers, so that they don't have to walk around with 'student' on 
> > their
> > badges.
>
> Dunno if you intentionnally replied only to me.

No, I didn't, that was a mistake. Hope you don't mind I reply on-list.

> Having categories
> associated to the different rates, and different badges depending on
> how much you paid makes things totally different from fosdem... I'm
> employed, so I'd feel bad not paying the standard rate. Moreover, if 
> I
> don't pay the standard rate, I get a "this guy is cheap" badge since
> I'm not a student.... A nice "Friend fo GUADEC" badge (aka ego badge)
> for non-professionals paying 100+ euros (once again, I'm making up 
> the
> rates) might be a good idea.

I agree. Yes, it's different from FOSDEM but the similarity is in the 
fact that when you pay something, you get a T-shirt. :-) All I'm saying 
is that we have plenty of past experience with pricing schemes so let's 
not reinvent the wheel each time but improve on what we have.

regards,

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Reinout van Schouwen