On 5/18/07, Paul Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now this isn't fair - upto this point you had quite precise and narrow > meanings > and expectations linked to particular words; party & conference. > I still have pretty precise and narrow meanings and expectations. I think you do, too. But I don't think they match at all. Mine were linked to my perception of the event. See my first two mails in this thread.
> You're not accounting properly for no shows. If someone registers and then > doesn't show up then it costs us around 50 pounds (ok I haven't spent long > working this out but it's probably about right) not to mention the wasted > organisational overhead. So yes we tried to choose the minimum charge that > was still psychologically significant enough that people would think twice > before > booking on a whim and then not showing up on a whim. > So the reality is that I do feel uninvited and now have to pay because there's some people that take GUADEC too lightly. I think I'll just show up. You can still throw me out if the 10 pounds are worth it to you. Benjamin _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
