>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bill> Well, this is more along the "price" issue that you don't want
Bill> to hear about, but I much prefer a single fee for everything
Bill> instead of separate tutorial and conference fees.
So you'd rather the overall price be increased, based on the average
cost of attending a decent number of the tutorials? Wouldn't that be
unfair to those that are attending *just* the conference?
Bill> I understand the scheduling hell, but I like the flexibility to
Bill> decide what to attend during the conference. What I attend in
Bill> the morning may influence what I attend in the afternoon.
The problem is materials. Since the tutorials hand out some
significant paper, it's hard to decide how much repro to do in
advance, unless you know in advance. Also, without enough advance
signups, the tutorial speakers themselves need to get cancelled, since
they (we :) are an actual hard cost with cutoff deadlines for
cancellation. And, how big of a room should you have, if people can
just wander in and out?
A conference with casual tutorial signup or walk-in is a logistical
nightmare for the organizers. Don't expect it to happen anytime soon
on any professional conference *I* present at. :)
--
Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>
Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.
See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
