What a giving and thoughtful community we appear to have :) I do like a good competition, and I think its really great to encourage young developers to get their names out there and support them on their way out.
So—Why don't you come up with a prize that someone *new* to railscamp can win, that subsidises their next camp? Perhaps best app voted by peers built at railscamp(9?) ? Just a thought. Cheers, Ben On Thursday, 10 March 2011 at 6:20 PM, Nigel Rausch wrote: > 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. > 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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