The sponsorship can be done at a personal level. Paul O'keeffe and I have sponsored people to multiple camps. This has been either buying the ticket for them or paying for airfares. Between two people its not a big hit. We are all part of a local community and you know if someone is hitting hard times, so just offer some assistance....
Cheers, Nigel @NR99 On 10/03/2011, at 2:15 PM, Mike Bailey wrote: > If it were possible for Corporates to provide sponsorship without changing > the nature of the event that would be awesome! We would think they're great > and all want to work for them. > > Keeping the price down would also save people the embarrassment of having to > prove their pov status in order to benefit from a "grant" ticket. > > Not sure how many people remember getting their ass kicked at Set, Wii and > Urban Terror by Crystal at RailsCamp NSW a couple of years back? I thought it > was cool having a 12 year old girl there take some of us down a notch. > Diversity rocks. > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > It's worth noting that none of the Rails Camps aim to make a profit, just to > cover costs - and it's the venue that makes things expensive. However, with > the numbers of people interested, we don't have much leeway on that front. > > And if we did opt for a more pared-back event, it'd be the usual crew who > would be organised enough to grab a ticket before it sold out - and so those > who aren't regulars (read: those who struggle to afford Rails Camps as they > are now) would still miss out. That's my guess, anyway. > > Of course - it's easy to talk things down. Not sure of the best approach > forward, though... do we set aside a number of tickets for those on lower > incomes? Will companies and others step up to fund those tickets so others > can pay a discounted/free rate? > > -- > Pat > > On 09/03/2011, at 9:53 PM, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > > 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. > > -- > 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. 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