I love the idea - am just wondering how you're planning to combine £50 without financial risk, with lunch & room (having an idea what hotels charge for a catered event day), Travel for you/the committers etc.
I'll be happy to forward this to some people within my company - aiming at several european cities including London. Ping me directly if needed. Olaf Am 27.06.2017 um 13:12 schrieb Mark Thomas: > Hi, > > I'm looking to start a series of Tomcat events. Starting in London, the > hope is that - if they are successful - to expand to any UK - or > possibly European - location where there is a demand. > > The essentials are: > - 1 day event > - ticket price is £50 > - attendees get a say in the topics > - lunch provided > - me, and possibly a.n. other committer, presenting > - venue TBD but somewhere in London Underground zone 1 > > At this point I am looking to see if there is sufficient interest in the > Tomcat user community to go ahead and organise the first event. Please > let me know (either on this thread or off-list) if you are likely to attend. > > I am trying to do this without taking on any financial risk for me > personally or the Apache Software Foundation. That makes organising a > venue tricky as they typically require payment upfront or a significant > deposit. With that in mind, if anyone works for a company that would be > willing to host the first of these please let me know. In return for > providing the venue and the lunch, the hosting company will get 50% of > the available places at zero cost. My guess is that we'd need a venue > for ~20 people for the first event. > > The plan is to build up a small fund that we can then use to: > - pre-book venues so we aren't reliant on companies > - pay travel expenses for speakers so we can expand to locations outside > of London > - bring in additional speakers (so it isn't always just me doing the > talking) > > My plan is to be completely open regarding the finances. I'll post a > spreadsheet somewhere that shows all the income and expenses so everyone > can see what money is generated by these events and where it is then > spent. If the events turn out to be wildly successful and the events > generate a large surplus (experience tells me this is unlikely) then > that would be donated to the ASF. > > I look forward to your responses, > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
