Hi Jacob, On 8 February 2014 13:39, Jacob Hallén <ja...@openend.se> wrote: > When I ran the conference in Göteborg, we had fixed costs of about €1000. > EVerything else was per-attendee. We also knew that we would have plenty of > space to spare. This allowed us the luxury of having an open Early Bird > registration. We knew (well, were almost certain) that there would be at least > 50 people who would pay the full ticket price. > > In Berlin, the cost of the venue is in the tens of thousands of Euro, and > there is a high fixed cost for Audio and Video equipment. There is also a hard > cap on how many people you cań fit, and it is quite likely that tis cap will > be > hit. With an open Early Bird period, there is a significant risk that the > conference will be a huge success, being fully booked, but that it would kill > EuroPython, due to incurring a significant loss. > > So, in summary, everything isn't exactly as we want it to be, but much of this > comes from external constraints and the fact that we have a new venue and a > new team running the conference. They are bound to make the occasional screwup > due to inexperience. They need your understanding and support.
Thank you Jacob for your clear explanation! A bientôt, Armin. _______________________________________________ EuroPython 2014 Berlin, 21th27th July EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
