Hi, Boston's meet-up uses timely reminders to get people to RSVP and un- RSVP if their plans change. That strategy produces an acceptable and predictable flake rate. Ned has the exact figures.
A local technical women's networking group asks for a small amount ($5-8) to RSVP via Eventbrite and then donates it to a non-profit like Science Club for Girls. Cheers, Deb Cheers, Deb On Jun 9, 2015 4:09 AM, "M.-A. Lemburg" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09.06.2015 09:46, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > > On 08/06/15 21:00, Don Sheu wrote: > >> Hey folks, wondering what approaches folks have to encouraging accurate > >> RSVPs for events. > >> > >> Some of PuPPy's organizers want to charge a fee of $5 over Eventbrite. > >> Amount would be refunded on check-in. > >> > >> Welcome everybody's thoughts and experience on this one. > >> > > > > We don't charge for the @ldnpydojo - although we send an email the day > > before to all attendees reminding them that the event is on and asking > > them to tell us if they can't make it so we can release tickets. People > > are pretty respectful of this and most people who say they'll come > > along, do. > > > > Basically, it's a question of timely polite communication on our part. > > For our Python Meeting Düsseldorf (http://pyddf.de/) we do ask people > to register via email, but most simply attend the meeting without > registration. > > Our meeting charges a small fee to cover the venue costs, but this > is paid at the meeting, not upfront. > > So far, we have not had problems with this, so we're no longer > insisting on registration. > > Another user group meeting in Cologne uses Doodle for the RSVPs. > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jun 09 2015) > >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ > >>> mxODBC Plone/Zope Database Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ > >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 > http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ > _______________________________________________ > Group-Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/group-organizers/attachments/20150609/9de2ee1f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Group-Organizers mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers
