[Board] Fwd: [Foss4g2010] subscriptions

[Tyler Mitchell]

Lorenzo, correct me if I'm wrong, but the only urgency you really have is to get a price for the ultra-early (2009) registrations?  Is that what's on your mind?

Otherwise, the next step was to get a detailed budget approved by the board.  Are you rushing for any other reason?

Tyler

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
Date: Friday, November 27, 2009 12:26 pm
Subject: Re: [Board] Fwd: [Foss4g2010] subscriptions
To: Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com>
Cc: arnulf <arnulf at osgeo.org>, "foss4g2010 at lists.osgeo.org" <foss4g2010 at lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo-Board <board at lists.osgeo.org>

> Incidentally, reducing registration revenue by 15% on the 600-attendee
> budget submitted with the bid turns the result from a $30K 
> profit to a
> $15K loss. And that's assuming a $100K sponsorship docket, which is
> $20K higher (rough rough roughly) than Sydney pulled.
> 
> P.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Paul Ramsey 
> <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Lorenzo Becchi 
> <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com> wrote:
> >> I don't know why there is all this interest now about prices 
> when you have
> >> been approving this budget with same prices one year ago. 
> I've heard no
> >> comments at that time.
> >
> > And further, going back to the original bid budget, I find the
> > proposed values don't match the ones in the wiki.
> >
> > Bid early full registration: $415 + $195 = $610 / 1.5 = 406EUR
> > Bid late full registration: $493 + $234 = $727 / 1.5 = 485EUR
> >
> > Wiki early full registration: 350EUR, 14% reduction
> > Wiki late full registration: 415EUR, 14% reduction
> >
> > At the time of the bid (Dec 2008) the exchange rate was 1.25 
> so the
> > differences were even larger.
> >
> > Clearly something has changed since the bid, and I don't think it's
> > unreasonable to ask to see a budget in Euros in a spreadsheet form
> > where it can be easily reviewed and scenarios checked before putting
> > out prices publicly, which are difficult to alter after-the-fact.
> >
> > P.
> >
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