On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 01:27:57PM -0500, Martin Hannigan wrote: > > > > FWIW, with the increase to $450, the ~$500 it costs to attend RIPE > > for five days, incl. breakfast/lunch, seems like a much better > > value. It would not surprise me to see a further drop in attendance > > from people doing the same calculation. IMHO, $400 would have been > > a more reasonable increase, matching the previous increase from $300 > > to $350 several years back. > > > > -rsw. > > > > > Hi Randy, > > A day comparison may be better. Converted to $US > > RIPE$US NANOG$US > > 1 Day $92.60 $112.50 > Dinner $86.16 $0 > ------- ------- > > Adjusted $110.00 $112.00 > > I included the dinner since it's a cost since almost everyone > goes. Overall, I think the costs are close. RIPE may fund more > of this internally though since they receive revenue from RIR > allocations. It's hard to do apple for apples vs. RIPE.
yup apples for apples is difficult.. dont forget tho RIPE provides breakfast and lunch at the hotel within that fee also RIPE dinner is a full sit down dinner with drinks and music for the whole evening, whereas beer n gear (which is sponsor provided of course) is only 2hrs, buffet + drinks. most people at nanog typically would spend money after in going out for a dinner Steve
