Chuni, I might add that in talking with the client I find that the following questions can be helpful.
1) How much is it worth to you to achieve the goal you have indicated (whatever that might have been)? 2) How much would it cost to achieve that goal using any other approach you can think of (just to create perspective)? Of course if they dont think it is worth anything there might be some question as to Why bother? Or if they can think of a more economical way to achieve their intentions Go for it! ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:15 PM To: [email protected]; 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' Subject: Re: [OSList] Fees for OS conferences? Chuni I think it depends totally on the client and the situation. When I do something like an OSONOS I simply attempt to cover costs. Most recently with the OSONOS by the Sea (well not that recently as that was 3 years ago) the fee was $25. That paid for space and coffee/donuts. A local church provided the space, and all meals and accommodations were handled by the individual participants. Actually we ran a considerable surplus. So with the surplus, I doubled the Churchs fee, as it was ridiculously low, and then sent $500 to the Access Queen. However if we were talking about a major corporation holding a serious working conference (2 ½ days) on a critical issue the money can and (I think) should be equally serious. Of course it is all coming out of a common corporate pot, but in a recent case I think it probably came out to $1500-2000 per participant. For whatever it is worth, Ive never had an argument with anybody in terms of the value received. For the corporation the tab was probably close to $450,000, but considering what they achieved, and compared to how much it could have cost had they done it any other way (traditional committees over a year or two) that price was bargain basement LOW. Any help? ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:31 PM To: OSLIST Subject: [OSList] Fees for OS conferences? Hello All, I'd like to find out if anyone has charged the attendees for coming to the OS convening. If so, how do you do it? On what basis do you determine the fees? Thank you. Chuni Li New Jersey 732-306-4002
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