I agree completely with Michael, I haven't been able to attend since the Birmingham conferences either due to the expense involved.
David On 1 February 2014 11:59, Michael <spark...@gmail.com> wrote: > 400? > > Christ on a bike, europython used to be affordable. Florence was > ridiculously expensive (when you factor everything in). > > Unless when you say 'all inclusive' you mean 'including accommodation'. > > I presume the increased costs are at least in part due to the slow shift > towards peak holiday season. > > (I haven't been since Birmingham due to the massively increase cosy of > sending. For those who don't remember/know, when Euro python was in the UK I > organised the recording and transcoding of talks, on a shoe string) > > Saying it's 'comparable to other conferences' it's pointless btw, the reason > (in part at least as I understood it) Euro python existed was to have an > affordable alternative. > > Michael. > > On 31 Jan 2014 19:05, "Andreas Jung" <li...@zopyx.com> wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> >> Jacob Hallén wrote: >> >> > >> > In the Call for Participation that was the basis for the selection of >> > a new site for Europython, there was a requirement for the cost of >> > attendance. It turns out that the promised figures from the Berlin >> > team can't be met and that cost of attendance will take a serious >> > jump, compared to Florence. >> > >> > This is a serious problem for the EPS, because our explicit goal is >> > to arrange a really affordable conference. We are now looking at >> > conference fees that are 5 times higher than the ones for Göteborg >> > and it is starting to hurt. Worries about getting enough participants >> > and getting a reasonable mix of people has gotten the EPS board more >> > involved in pricing issues than they would like to be. This is not >> > only a concern for the conference this year, but for future >> > conferences. A large number of the attendees have come to EuroPython >> > for many years. If they are scared off by the price this year, they >> > are less likely to come back in the future. >> > >> >> With respect but this is FUD. >> >> The standard ticket price for EP 2013 were for >> Student/Individual/Business: >> 330 ? / 500 ? / 620 ? >> >> The standard EP 2014 rates are for Student/Individual/Business: >> >> 200 ? / 400 ? / 600 ? >> >> Keep in mind that all EP 2014 tickets are all-inclusive (social event, >> catering during the sprints etc.) >> >> Andreas >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >> >> iQGUBAEBAgAGBQJS6/PIAAoJEADcfz7u4AZjLcELwM0a9Fe4fLkA+mULWdLfKvP9 >> HHHLVH99/hs/Pe4ZHAmcUF2rc6T3lyLdAC/XK3EzTl+ppEGdbXlab+oPrN6VfjHv >> GnUVvt7TKYfCI4cw9FkgqF1wXrqdcRVT0MXu1fecKUxKst+zQ54XaI+wY8MGhDww >> dC1KA5YTYZODSO3l+WFxpMblxSTeyegutSaPV7XdoxxSq5bhLhnEEj6Ev9uAxql9 >> Dg87vOpTWe6DU/g/0A3tsaJCduwvOVwYyHBPBPuOYts7zYrVv0QYDdNXi7Jw8Gl4 >> HVFd2Xb4IBPWYpeUmL1QeFj+o652aE0kIpNAIxHVi856HhyCKwBGqzpqRo/5YOcI >> C9K6kg6kacINgiwsNSulm2sa0JLM/AsiWMd5ZFgqnaJAi3mpRcaN+dZ00zMPuvax >> Bhmv3ea1FJubFfu9XQWYJug4R7yEs8zwd9IDikSaQb94v68rDqZ+61SZ2W+Mk+eQ >> V+P0egepnsnqRp9dnuRAFN9J7gySQmA= >> =yuc7 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EuroPython 2014 - Berlin, 21th-27th July >> >> EuroPython mailing list >> EuroPython@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython > > > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython 2014 - Berlin, 21th-27th July > EuroPython mailing list > EuroPython@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am participating in UCU industrial action by "working to contract" to defend my pay: http://www.ucu.org.uk/hepay13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ EuroPython 2014 Berlin, 21th27th July EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython