Hi, Early bird registrations provide cash flow to make hotel deposit commitments. If all members get early birds rate and register at the last possible minute, that dings the cash flow and increase liabilities for the organizers. One month before the conference, we typically need to have paid down 30k to the hotel, so the 100 or so early birds are important.
Also, early birds was a way to entice people to register early and build a critical mass of attendees. Newcomers may decide to join if there is a critical mass of attendees already, it can help them justify attending to their management. So I see a clear distinction in early bird rate (cash flow help) vice discounting registration fees for members. I support both and want us to make sure that we are not losing sight of the financial timing. Regards, Sylvie Envoyé de mon terminal mobile BlackBerry par le biais du réseau de Rogers Sans-fil -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Golding <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:51:09 To: Randy Bush<[email protected]> Cc: Nanog Futures<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal for NewNOG ’s membership structure _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
