Philip Van Hoof wrote: >> That's all I'm saying, is that when it comes to the financial outlay & >> security of the conference, I think there should be a registration fee, >> which should be waived generously. But the default option should >> definitely be "pay the fee". > > No, the foundation is supposed to attract sponsors for the purpose of > paying for that. > > If it fails at this, it fails at its purpose. And that means we have to > start replacing the people that run it, instead of starting to ask > registration fees at a conference that always worked fine the way it > worked in the past.
I can run a conference with free entrance for 300 or 400 people, no problem. 500 or 600, not so much. Organisational effort and costs go up exponentially as the size of a conference increases, which is why OSCON costs $750 to attend, in spite of being well sponsored. Anyway - in the past, GUADEC has had a registration fee - it's been €30, £30, and €50. Last year, there wasn't one, but there were no free conference Tees either. So if you're saying that GUADEC should work the way it has in the past, I answer "Yes, absolutely, with a registration fee". Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [email protected] _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
