Re: [openhealth] Should we make FOSS Health conference exclusive?

2009-03-12 Thread Thomas Karopka
Hi Fred, I think it is a good strategy to raise prices but to still be open. Unfortunately I can not participate in the event due to my limited budget but I would prefer to have an open event. I support Tim's view that it is neccessary to address also people outside the core community. But it m

Re: [openhealth] Should we make FOSS Health conference exclusive?

2009-03-11 Thread Karsten Hilbert
> Now for the main point of my message. Is it appropriate for me to > make this an invitation-only event, like FOO camp? I could call it > Friends > of Fred or FOF (ok thats a terrible idea). The point is, it would help me > keep the conference size down and ensure that everyone there was

Re: [openhealth] Should we make FOSS Health conference exclusive?

2009-03-11 Thread Tim Cook
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 08:31 -0500, fred trotter wrote: > Now for the main point of my message. Is it appropriate for me to > make this an invitation-only event, like FOO camp? I could call it > Friends > of Fred or FOF (ok thats a terrible idea). The point is, it would help > me > keep the confere

[openhealth] Should we make FOSS Health conference exclusive?

2009-03-11 Thread fred trotter
Hi, So Early bird sales for the conference have gone really well. Much better than I expected, and potentially problematically well. If DOHCS attendance is any indicator, there will be a spike of late registrations. I may be running out of space, which is not a problem if I know months in a