Robert asked:"Who do these people think they are?"
I believe the perspective of the Arctic Challenge is:
"Who do you think you are?"...Given that you enter and must be selected.
And, "Are you good enough to compete?"...Given that it's an arctic
competition, and the judges must be persuaded to select you.


After all, there will be polar bears. Which, in the event of outdoor
competition, is a moderate increase in risk even for those who regularly
negotiate bureaucratic ills or political warfare.


Enjoy.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <[email protected]> wrote:

> Looks like the UX Challenge organizers changed a few details along the way.
> >From the site <http://www.uxchallenge.com/pricing.html>:
>
>   - There's a conference fee of $2,000 per person
>   - The hotel is not included — it's $450 per person for four nights
>   - Contrary to what is implied on another
> page<http://www.uxchallenge.com/concept.html>,
>   flights from Oslo to Svalbard are not included either
>
> In short, assuming $1,000 for airfare to Oslo (from the USA), it would cost
> close to $20,000 to send a team of five people to the UX Challenge. And
> this
> is for an event you have to qualify for to even attend in the first place.
>
> Who do these people think they are?
>
> -r-
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