I'll jump in for Dale here. I believe he is trying to say that by moving the circus around Australia it will only create better awareness of the event. I was there this year and will not miss it next year.
I'm sure if you had one in Melbourne previously I would have been exposed earlier and therefore attended more events. Regards, Bjorn Schultheiss -----Original Message----- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Bowers Sent: Thursday, 12 October 2006 10:08 AM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: webDU 2007: 22-23 March 2007, Hilton Sydney Dale, We always appreciate feedback on webDU and ways we might improve the event. However, I'm not sure I understand your suggestions. Dale Fraser wrote: > I think you are all missing my point, you say it's too small to move, > I say it's small because it doesn't move. > > The 90% of Melbourne people that don't go because it's in Sydney will > never get a chance to be impressed by it and make the effort to fly to > Brisbane the next year. With the same logic, 90% of Sydney people won't go because its in Melbourne. Are you saying that people don't travel to the conference because the distance makes it too expensive? The cost of flights, accommodation and conference pass totals at less than many conferences entry price alone. We do this in an effort to make the conference accessible to as many people as possible. > Add into this the new Flex interested parties, and you might get more > bums on seats than you think. Based on recent VIC UG meetings, most > people were in attendance when Flex was on the agenda. webDU was one of the first conferences world wide to run a dedicated Flex track. We'll be doing the same again this year coming. We're hoping Flex has a national appeal. > PS: I have never been because it's in Sydney, but I am going to Max. > If I have to travel to a conference I want to get the most from my money. You suggest it's a financial issue. And yet you could send your entire team to webDU for less than flying a single person to MAX. It's worth noting that webDU ticket pricing has not increased over the last 4 years. It still costs less to attend webDU than a 2-Day beginners course in Flash. It's great to go to MAX if you have the chance. I'm just not sure I understand your supposition that MAX is somehow better value for money because webDU is in Sydney and not in Melbourne. Clearly MAX is a very different conference to webDU, but i think its highly unlikely you mean that travel cost is a strong argument in favour of attending MAX. What apart from moving the venue to Melbourne do we need to do to encourage you to make the journey? Best regards, -- geoff Conference Manager http://www.webdu.com.au/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
