Personally, I'd want a more organised 'conference like' event if we're heading towards the 300 mark, irregardless of what I earn or my status through my career.
Every event has been more and more expensive, and from running one I can tell you how hard we worked to keep the prices down (which I know all the other organisers have done too). Whoever runs a camp wants it to be better than the last one, which is a really great standard to live up to! I'd be happy to have more of a 'back to basics' weekend that was a little more affordable, because when you're looking at a few hundred bucks for ticket, air travel, transfers, time away from clients, partners and all the rest of it—heading over seas for a little more is pretty desirable. Having said all of that, I think it should be up to the people who run the camp to choose how they want to run it. ps - Its time for another in Melbourne, right? On 10 March 2011 14:48, Mark Ratjens <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm seriously giving thought to showing up for my first ever Railscamp, > especially since it is just up the road from my parents' place ... would be > happy to pitch in to sponsor a student. How would it work? > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Chris Herring < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> There was talk a while ago, at rorosyd I think, of sponsoring >> students/those on less money to help them come to a rails camp? Did anything >> ever come of that as it may be a way to combat this, especially as the price >> rises inevitably. >> >> On Thursday, 10 March 2011 at 2:40 PM, Mike Bailey wrote: >> >> Thanks to the organisers for all the hard work that goes into planning a >> RailsCamp. >> >> While $260 may not seem like much for "senior rails devs" I would hate to >> think we're excluding students, single mums, folks working for non-profits, >> etc. What do people think about trying to keep costs down for future >> railscamps? >> >> - Mike >> >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Keith Pitty <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I just wanted to let everyone know that we're pushing back the start of >> ticket availability by a few hours to make it easier for our friends in WA. >> >> So tickets will now go on sale at http://railscamp9.eventbrite.com/ from >> 1:00 pm AEDST on Monday. >> >> Regards, >> Keith 0417 405 109 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
