I think it is difficult to fit all needs and wishes (quantity, quality and costs). One major advantage of the PyConDE for me was, that the tutorials and talks were on different days. Because of this, I did not spent to many holidays and the costs for accommodation was much lower. Perhaps you might think and discuss this for future conferences. Furthermore it could be convenient if the program start and end about lunch time. People could save two nights at a hotel, if they live not to far away.
You <http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/You.html> can't<http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/can%27t.html> be <http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/be.html> everybody's<http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/everybody%27s.html> darling. <http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/darling..html> Nevertheless I hope that we will have a great conference. Thanks to everybody who is working so hard, you do a great job! Have a nice evening and hopefully see you there! Stefanie 2014-02-01 Paul Boddie <p...@boddie.org.uk>: > On Saturday 1. February 2014 08.03.35 Andreas wrote: > > Paul Boddie wrote: > > > > > > Back in 2007, the exceptional conference was RuPy which offered > > > incredibly cheap rates for students, and I think we were all aware > > > that EuroPython was going to look expensive in comparison and might > > > end up being too expensive for the regional audience, particularly > > > students, but there was no chance that EuroPython could discount > > > rates aggressively to "compete" with RuPy. And of course, no-one was > > > really competing with anyone else, anyway. > > > > You can not directly compare RuPy 2007 with EP 2014. I was speaker at > > the first RuPy in Poznan and there is a certain difference in size, > > location, length of conference etc. - so do not let use compare apples > > with pears. > > For the record, I wasn't comparing RuPy 2007 with this year's conference. I > was just saying that back in 2007, when hosting a conference in what might > be > regarded as broadly the same region as RuPy, and trying to appeal to the > same > audience, some people might have decided that the base price was more > attractive for RuPy and that they'd go there instead. > > > Also keep in mind that the costs of conference visit also include costs > > for traveling and accommodation. Travelling to Florence appears more > > expensive then getting to Berlin. I payed between 250 and 300 EUR over > > the last years for the flights from Stuttgart to Florence. You can > > get to Berlin within Europe likely with half the money. So the > > conference fee is only one part of the overall personal price for a > > conference. > > Yes, I think most people are aware of this. Again, back in 2007 (from > which I > sampled the figures), many people would have been travelling to EuroPython > by > air from western and central parts of Europe because, if I remember > correctly, > the rail options were rather inconvenient, and so the lower cost options > that > people might have chosen (to go to RuPy in Poznań, say, although I wouldn't > know) weren't available. > > > Also every town and conference location has a different cost structure. > > Yes, that's why you don't have people hurrying to have these events in > Norway. > > > In addition to that: there will be a financial assistance program for > > people needing financial support getting to EP 2014. > > Great! By the way, I wasn't criticising anyone, but just trying to remind > people of the historic pricing and what considerations existed about such > matters at the time, especially since there seemed to be some confusion > about > what the pricing actually was. > > Paul > > P.S. I can go into more detail about where people came from to go to > EuroPython in Geneva, Vilnius or Birmingham, if people are sincerely > interested in that, but I don't think I need to labour the point, really. > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython 2014 Berlin, 21th27th July > EuroPython mailing list > EuroPython@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython >
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