On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Alberto Mesas wrote: > If we are able to get a free fee I'm sure we can get " a lot " of local ppl > visit the GUADEC and get their first contact with GNOME development. > If GNOME wants fresh blood GUADEC is a good way to get it.
Probably too late for this year, but what about having a free day? It may have one or two tracks of talks and the rest of hackers hacking outside and Getting new people Involved? behdad > 2006/2/15, Danilo �egan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Today at 12:27, Andy Wingo wrote: > > > > > I wasted a bit of time searching the internet for last year's prices. I > > > seem to recall that "professionals" paid more than "students/hobbyists". > > > Note that most company people fall in the former category. So company > > > people end up paying more. This is fine with me, but I seem to remember > > > some whinging last year on the planet. Still I think it's a good plan -- > > > to have a "hobbyist" level and a "professional" level. Not that it > > > should be apparent on badges or anything, that's poor taste IMO. > > > > It was �30 for students, and �150 or something like that for > > professional people. Note that "professional" fee applied only to > > those being sent by companies, not to those funding themselves, at > > least that was the explanation last year. > > > > >> Participants also need to understand that GUADEC is a main source of > > >> income for GNOME during the rest of the year. > > > > > > I was not aware of this. I thought that the fees advisory board members > > > pay financed the rest of GNOME. Is this not the case? Murray/Dave? > > > > I doubt registration fees are: if there were 300 participants last > > year, that would amount to less than 10k euros (approximate: some > > didn't pay the fee, some paid "professional" fee). Cornerstone > > sponsor on its own should provide more money, if I got it right. > > > > Cheers, > > Danilo > > _______________________________________________ > > guadec-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list > > > --behdad http://behdad.org/ "Commandment Three says Do Not Kill, Amendment Two says Blood Will Spill" -- Dan Bern, "New American Language" _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
