As someone who has been involved w/ producing a show w/ attendance in the 1,500 attendee range for the past 5 years, I can tell you that even doing things on a budget costs about $65,000 / day. This is with making people pay for their own lunch. Did you know that a pot of coffee costs about $300? And Internet access in a Union run trade-show facility can be about $12,000 a day. When you sign an agreement w/ a trade-show venue, you are also signing an agreement that states you will use their specific approved vendors, all of which have mind blowingly high prices. You sacrifice cost effectiveness for efficiency.
65k is what the Ohio Linuxfest costs to put on. Almost 50% of the money comes from the community in the form of $65 donations for an "All Conference Pass". The rest of it is provided by sponsors who want to reach the community. I'd be very shocked if Astricon gets shelved because of the issues w/ Pulver however. Astricon is still "the Asterisk show" for all intents and purposes, and I personally believe it is far too important to just get canned. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
