Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal for NewNOG ’s membership structure

2010-12-28 Thread laperriere . sylvie
Hi, Early bird registrations provide cash flow to make hotel deposit commitments. If all members get early birds rate and register at the last possible minute, that dings the cash flow and increase liabilities for the organizers. One month before the conference, we typically need to have

Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal for NewNOG ’s membership structure

2010-12-28 Thread Jay Hennigan
On 12/28/10 10:13 AM, laperriere.syl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Early bird registrations provide cash flow to make hotel deposit commitments. If all members get early birds rate and register at the last possible minute, that dings the cash flow and increase liabilities for the organizers.

Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal for NewNOG's membership structure

2010-12-28 Thread Brian Johnson
SNIP If the membership dues are greater than the sum of early bird differentials for meetings attended in a year, then it makes financial sense NOT to join if you lose the early bird benefit. SNIP Jay- I see your point here, but I would just also like to point out that I would think