<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div>SotM finances are based on the expectation that most people attending will be ‘mappers’ who pay the lower rate, I doubt they make much money from the business tickets. </div>
<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Steven,</div><div><br></div><div>I agree that SotM is a bit extreme in the price difference. It doesn't need to be that much. But I can speak for SotM Tokyo, where I was involved, and there were more business tickets sold than I expected and they made up a large share of the total revenue through ticket sales.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My main point is, that for delegates, who get paid the conference by their employer, a slightly higher price doesn't really matter (it's just a fraction of the total cost anyway), because they just pass the costs to the employer. For the employer it has a value, if one can see the company name on the badge.</div>
<div>But someone from nearby for example or tries to keep the travel costs low and takes a holiday to attend FOSS4G, such a discounted community ticket makes a difference, whether the person is a charter member or not. </div>
<div>I think we should strengthen the value of the community, not the "club" of charter members. ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Daniel</div><div> </div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan<br>
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