On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > There's just over a week to go for early bird registration for > > OpenStreetMap's second international conference in Limerick, Ireland > > on the weekend of 12-13 July 2008. It is a great opportunity to > > meet your fellow mappers from all over the world. > > I can't help noticing that the registration fee has doubled from £25 > last year to £50 this year (and that's comparing last year's normal > price to this year's early bird). > > What is the reason behind that? Is Limerick so much more expensive > than Manchester? Have we doubled the amount of food available per > person? Has this year's conference attracted significantly less > sponsor money than last year's? Has last year's conference ended in > a financial disaster for the organisers? Or <wishful_thinking>are > we now paying our speakers?</wishful_thinking> > > I don't doubt that even at £50 the conference is excellent value for > money. But at £25 it would have been twice the value for money ;-) > As David says, it's £25 compared to €50. Like last year we are planning a first class conference at an exceptionally good price. Last year's conference was financially a success and the budget for this year is engineered to ensure that it will also be successful. Fixed costs are very low and variable costs are largely covered by the registration fee and corporate sponsorship. The budget for SotM is comparable to last year, however there are lots of variables involved: 1) We have to pay for the conference venue this year / last year it was free, thanks to Manchester University. 2) The Pound has weakened against the Euro. Although conference pricing is in Euros, our UK based sponsors work to a Sterling budget. 3) The credit crunch means corporate sponsors are more cautious this year. We still have sponsorship opportunities if anyone is interested. 4) We had a very good deal on catering last year / we have to pay normal market rates this year. 5) Limerick doesn't have a Curry Mile - we are still working on that one :) Etienne > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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