Hi, On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 17:00 Chris Lamb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Indeed, although he did not yet reply to my first question (quoted > above) regarding people who have already been rejected. As I mention > in my response, this would seem to have implications regarding speed > of getting back to people so perhaps you can help in the meantime. > > > The on-site accommodation itself is free, but it doesn't provide > > mattresses, blankets and pillows to sleep on, so without them we have to > > sleep on the hard floor. > > Are you sure attendees are aware of these things? (I also note you > plan to ask everyone to bring umbrellas.) These non-trivial > considerations don't seem to be being communicated which will > certainly affect whether some people wish to stay at the venue or even > attend whatsoever, therefore also having bursary implications. > > > I am wondering if selling used things after conference is not > > appropriate here. > > I still don't think I fully understand, sorry. I mean, since the dorm doesn't provide the bed (only bed frames), we have to buy mattresses, pillows and mats for people to sleep better in the dorm. (In other words, we are dealing with this problem, instead of asking attendees to bring their stuffs to sleep on-site) We plan to resell them to the new students in the university after the event.
