On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Gabor Szabo wrote:
> On 1/20/06, guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> >
> > > I am now considering to register, but come to only one or two of the days.
> > > I hope that I'll decide to register today or tomorrow, and you'll see me
> > > on the registration list. I *loved* your previous conferences, and I
> > > really
> > > want to go to another one.
> >
> > that's such a israeli attitude ;)
> >
> > "i can't come to all 3 days, so i'll just stay at home".
>
> There were a number of people who asked for one-day pass but I did not have
> the time to make the change on yapcom (the web application administrating the
> event) to make it easy to handle it and doing it manually just adds to much
> extra work.
an option for next year, then.
> Besides, offering single day pass now is too late as people who
> already paid the price but might want to come only for one day will be
> penalized. Returning the money would add just more administrative work.
no doubt. it's also not a very good idea to make retroactive changes, with
all the justice-looking isralies breathing down your neck ;)
> What I thought now is to bite the bullet and starting from the 23rd
> offer a reduced fee for those who don't want to come for all 3 days.
> This reduced fee would be actually the same as the early-bird full
> price so 450 and 190 NIS for companies and individuals respectively.
> This way the we don't penalize the early payers and those who pay
> late will have the choice of full prices (650/290) for 3 days or about
> 2/3 of the price (450/190) for any 2 days. What do you people say?
i say - go for it, if it's doable in the management area. it's the best
you can do this year, i imagine - and people (i hope) will appreciate the
effort. surely some people will find a hole in the plan and start whining
or gloating - just ignore them ;)
my original comment was reffered to nadav, not to you - about thinking
like a cheap israeli "oh, i payed for a 3 days conference, so if i only
come to 2 days, i get screwed" - and i don't think nadav is a cheap
israeli, nor is he a broke student or someone having hard time "finishing
the month" - he merely got caught in a israeli concept due to bad israeli
education - i know how hard it is to take this out of your system, because
i had the same israeli education too when i was young ("ma, ani fraier?
shilamti avur haglida, az afilu im hi mag'la ani ochal ota ad hasof, rak
kedei lo lizrok kesef lapach") ;)
--
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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