9 people is a lot more than what I ever had when I started to organize any of the Perl events.
I'd just use leap of faith. Start really organizing it and hoping that it will work out. I'd set a date and a place and start collecting talks and start talking about it with Mojo developers asking if any of them would be interested to come over. (Without you committing to them yet.) You might need to cover the expenses of flying that person over and giving a hotel room or they might be ready to pay for themselves. I'd ask for an instance of Act http://act.mongueurs.net/ (the same software almost every Perl conference and workshop uses) and if you wanted we could use the domain http://act.perl.org.il/ You could also start looking for sponsors. Unless you are ready to pay the rest of the bill. If I recall correctly in 2013 http://act.perl.org.il/ilpw2013/ we had two sponsors: we got the venue free from Shenkar and Booking gave us some money. That and the registration fees covered most of the expenses. I think I covered the rest and as I recall Sawyer also paid a some of the lunches out of his pocket. But we did not pay for any of the international guests. How many people would be reasonable to you? The last time we had a Perl workshop in Israel there were 60 people. The full price was 190 NIS / person including refreshment and lunch. People who registered a month ahead paid 90 NIS only. Almost everyone paid 90. (except of the speakers who did not have to pay at all). Gabor On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Roey Almog (Infoneto Ltd) < [email protected]> wrote: > Gabor Hi, > > Currently we barely have 9 persons that show interest.... > I am embarrassed to try bring core developer for just 9 participants.... > > I thought to do the event free or with minimal payment just for covering > renting the location > > What do you think will be the best way to get more participants (taking > into account I am not going to pay them...) ? > > Roey > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Gabor Szabo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Roey Almog (Infoneto Ltd) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Sorry, was too busy on other things - currently we need more persons if >>> there are 15 persons then we can expect around 10 participants which is >>> enough >>> However I think we need to do more maybe add some other things that will >>> attract more Perl persons - I thought about using elasticsearch with Perl >>> but wit none blocking interface (we exactly that with Mojo::UserAgent). I >>> open to suggestions >>> >>> >>> >> >> If I may give my 2c experience in organizing Perl-related events in >> Israel: >> >> About 70% of the participants register on the last day of registration. >> (especially if that is the end of a discount). >> >> >> BTW Do you plan to bring in a core Mojo developer from abroad? >> >> Gabor >> >>
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