Hi Manny,
I pretty much agree with Mirko. I think the concern that is being
expressed by Paul and others is that the proposal
(https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon17_Proposals) was submitted
and accepted on the basis of no registration fee. As was raised in the
meeting
(https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting_2_November_2016)
a suggestion is to develop a budget for the conference. You can then
ascertain whether the funding you have is adequate and if not you can
come back to an IRC meeting or to this list to canvass possible
solutions. So far there has been no call out to Listed Support
Companies for sponsorship but previous conferences have done that. Not
having a registration fee does not prevent you putting a limit on the
number of attendees, or even categories of attendees. Although as Mirko
argues, locals are good.
I hope this helps.
Bob
On 04/11/16 17:53, Mirko Tietgen wrote:
Hi,
from the IRC meeting I understand the fee and the registration is
there to avoid having locals attend the conference. Is that correct?
A very important point of Kohacon as I understand it is to give
locals a chance to participate in something they could otherwise
not be part of. Free of charge.
We switch the location every year and have rules to avoid it going
back and forth between Europe and the USA most of the time. Rules
that lead to the Philippines winning the bid by default, because a
European location was automatically ruled out this time.
As I understand, we do that so there is a small chance for people
to attend a Kohacon even if they can't travel to distant places.
I'd like people in the Philippines to have that chance next year.
I would like some clarification on this please.
-- Mirko
Manny Tamayao schrieb am 03.11.2016
Dear Paul and to our fellow Koha Community,
Forgive us for the modification.
Yes, to your surprise we will have a registration fee ($100)
for KohaCon2017. We are doing our best to make it registration
free.
We are talking to the stakeholders of the venue and looking for
other sponsors to help us.
Again, we hope that you will understand us and everyone will
register online https://goo.gl/forms/BSZz8NT46u4pBqT23.
Salamat,
Manny
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Ø Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 17:30:07 +0100
Ø From: Paul Poulain <[email protected]>
Ø To: [email protected]
Ø Subject: Re: [Koha] KohaCon 2017 Online Registration Form
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Ø Hello Manny,
Ø I'm a little bit surprised, with the reg fee as
Ø https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon17_Proposals
says:
Ø "proposed cost: no registration fee".
Ø Le 30/10/2016 à 16:20, Manny Tamayao a écrit :
Ø Good day Koha community,
Ø >
Ø Here's the link to our KohaCon 2017 online registration
form:
Ø https://goo.gl/forms/BSZz8NT46u4pBqT23. We will waive the
registration fee
Ø of the first 100 participants who will register early.
Ø >
Ø Kindly help us to disseminate this information.
Ø >
Ø Salamat,
Ø Manny
Ø >
Ø >
Ø >
Ø --
Ø Paul Poulain, Associé-gérant / co-owner
Ø BibLibre, Services en logiciels libres pour les
bibliothèques
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