I honestly don't think it's a disaster if registration fee approaches
$200 either. (I realize you said $200 in _addition_ to the usual $125,
I'm saying $200, heh).
I think $200 is about the max that seems okay to me, but $200 does.
That's still a good price for the conf, and still fairly affordable, and
with inflation from the original $125 like five years ago not totally
out of line even.
$300 would be really unfortunate though. But $180? We'll live.
On 6/14/2011 7:42 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
The third code4lib conference was hosted in Portland, and the venue was a
hotel. Costs were **much** higher in Portland, due mainly to the type of
venue (hotel) and Portland being a larger city. To keep the registration
fee at $125 (which I think it was, if memory serves me correctly), we
needed to get $40k worth of sponsorships, which was about 4x the amount of
either the previous two years. It was hectic and a bit nerve-wracking, but
we hustled and worked hard and brought in the necessary sponsorships
without the need to provide any special events - all of the sponsors we
willing to sponsor us based on the general sponsorship levels that we've
put out each year.
This is exactly what is going on in Seattle.
If we can attract $40K in sponsorships, the registration fee will be kept
low. But that gives people an idea of what is being dealt with in the
background as that works out to nearly $200 per attendee. Not trivial to do
in today's climate, but you can be sure everyone will try their best.
kyle
