Ellie - I was looking at the proposed ticket prices in the 2015 bids :) > On 3/22/2014 4:21 PM, Samuel Klein 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 particular, I mean full price tickets. Our most expensive tickets are regularly less than the full cost of participation. Deryck - I agree, the price community members must pay to attend should not rise. Rupert - yes, subsidizing the cost of helping contributors meet one another is important. But I think we can be more clear about the size of the subsidy: we should know what a "full cost" ticket is, and allow those who can pay it to do so. And perhaps we could also have a "donor" ticket option as Deryck suggests. Michael Snow writes: > This could be a reasonable approach, but it would need significant effort to > ensure awareness of the different options, particularly low-cost tickets for > attendees with limited resources. What about a self-identifying system where anyone can claim a low-cost community ticket? Also noting on the same page the full cost of attending, and offering tickets at that price too. > listing higher ticket prices is a major deterrent to attending. Worth exploring with data: what inspires or deters attendance. That may be affected by all of: the various prices listed, the difference between the high and low prices listed, presentation of other options, banner text used, &c. Sam. _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
