On 5/16/07, Paul Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well to play along with the party metaphor just a little longer - when I'm > invited to a > party I generally like to bring along a token of appreciation for the host(s) > for the effort > of organising and hosting the party. > > Anyway back to the real world. If after thinking about it you're still not > happy with the > registration fee then please fill in a sponsorship application just for the > registration fee. > It's not about the money. It's about my feelings towards GUADEC. I always thought it's more of a get-together of all the hackers sponsored by people that appreciate the work we are doing. Everybody working on GNOME was invited. Do you feel invited when you have to pay a fee? (The same goes for applying for sponsorship btw: Do you feel invited when you have to beg for the money?)
For me this is the fundamental question if this is more like a party where the host invites people he appreciates or if this is more like a conference where interested people are asked to pay a fee? The Guadec homepage seems to emphasize the word "party". The mandatory fee doesn't. Let me be crystal-clear about this again: It's not about the money. It's certainly worth even 140 pounds to meet everyone. But it wouldn't feel the same to me when it wants a fee from me. Even if that fee is just 1 penny. Benjamin _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
