What would be nice is to know how much an average day at GUADEC will cost. Yes, you have flights and hotel costs.
But there's more: food (what's the price of a cheap but survivable restaurant in Gran Canaria?), public transport (atleast two tram rides every day in Istanbul, plus a 15 min walk in the burning sun if you didn't take the bus). These are all small extra charges (not that small in the case of restaurants), but multiply that by 8 or 9 for the whole week and it suddenly gets a quite substantial amount of money, especially if you can't send the bills over to the company. At the advice of Dave, I've booked my plane ticket early*, yet I'm now hearing everywhere that it's extremely touristic over there, leaving me with fear that just the cost of staying alive there might already be very substantial. That being said, having a small contribution from our side is perfectly reasonable, but let's keep the big picture in mind: there's more to it than just airplanes and hotels. Ruben * and thus "cheap", hoping to increase my chances of foundation sponsorship. On wo, 2009-02-18 at 09:56 +0100, Johannes Schmid wrote: > Hi! > > > (If you feel strongly that it is a good idea, now is the time to speak > > up.) > > > I think it's a good idea except for students! > > Regards, > Johannes > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
