Where are you seeing the proposed prices? We haven't completely finalized them which is why I am curious.
> On Mar 22, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > > Proposed prices for Wikimania tickets continue to seem artificially > low. I'm not sure what the benefit to this is. Could people who have > run events in other contexts comment on how you set ticket prices? > > In my experience, tickets are set at roughly what it costs for each > person to attend. Then there may be different sorts of tickets: for > local supporters & volunteers, for school groups, for students & > community members, presenters, VIPs & sponsors. Sponsorship helps > ensure how many tickets of each type there are. Last-minute tickets > are more expensive. > > This has a few benefits: > * tickets fully cover the cost of food and materials > * tickets contribute significantly to covering the cost of the event > * scholarships and reimbursements for attendance (for scholars, > professionals, academics all getting covered by their home > institutions), in paying for tickets, cover the full cost of those > people attending the event. > * more accurate headcounts in advance. > > Warmly, > Sam > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
