Hey, 2011/11/22 Dave Neary <[email protected]>: > > In general, I think it's important to set the expectation that GUADEC > attendance is not free, but that we will never turn anyone away for > financial reasons. Perhaps a "suggested contribution" similar to voluntary > (but heavily encouraged) entrance fees to museums would be appropriate?
2 things about this * while I'm not opposed to paying an entrance fee, I've found the recommended fee to be far too much for someone coming as a hobbyist. When you add up travel and housing, being ask to pay 50 or 80 euros as an entrance fee is far too much imo. * what fosdem wrt the entrance fee seems to work well. Basically, attendance is free, registration required to get the conference schedule, but you are strongly encouraged to make a donation to support the conference. Then if you give 25 euros (I'm making up numbers) you get a tshirt, 50 euros gets you a free oreilly book (a small one) and a lottery ticket, and I think there is something else at 100 euros or so. Christophe _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
