> > Message: 2 > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Astricon costs... > From: Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:30:26 -0500 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 19:34, Steven Sokol wrote: > > > Has anyone really looked at the costs for Astricon. But the hotel costs. > > > $111.00 USD per night.. come on guys give me a break. I will not be > > > staying at that hotel. I can rent a car and stay near the air port for > > > almost half that. > > > > > > In addition from what I have been told their will be no shuttle > > > service from the Airport to the hotel. > > > > > > Anyone else have any input on this? > > I didn't want to publicly comment on this, but since it is out here > now... > > > Guys, the hotel costs are $111.00 including tax per night. That is actually > > very reasonable for a decent hotel. I'm willing to bet that the place you > > found for 1/2 the cost of the Marriott is not capable of hosting a > > conference for 150 - 200 people. > > > > The other issue is that Olle and I are on the hook for a minimum of 135 > > hotel nights at the conference. If we don't book and pay for 135 nights, we > > get billed for the difference. Without the tax (at $99/night) that comes to > > $13,365.00 USD less the rooms sold. > > Several people may be familiar with Phreaknic in Nashville. We tend to > tak over an entire hotel for a weekend. Price for Phreaknic is ~$8k. > This is the upfront cost. Once the rooms are paid for some money comes > off, T-shirts pay back most if not all of their own costs. Con price is > $20 per person period. We have been getting 350-400 people per year. > Rooms are $62/per night. Oh and we have had Mark for the last two years > too. > > So far Phreaknic has been close to break even the last few years. It > wouldn't take much to make it even.
Can we do something similar for Astricon too? I personally would be more than happy to give a guarantee, including advance payments. I am sure, there are a lot of people on this list (as well as off the list), who would like to attend. Any volunteers to collect names? -- sudhir _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
