If paying for food is a hardship for many attendees (and I know eating out all week gets expensive) we could do other things like: - request break/lunch sponsorships (we've specifically not done this in the past in favor of getting other things funded or getting cash that we could spend on travel reimbursements) - look for more options like apartments where people would have access to kitchens
But this is a tangent from the travel committee proposal ... Stormy On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Ruben Vermeersch <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
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